Mr. Kartikeya Sharma is an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He is the grandson of a former President of India and the son of a former Union Cabinet Minister. He is part of key Parliamentary Committees on Communication & IT, Subordinate Legislation, Rules, and Privileges, and is a member of the Indian Council of World Affairs.

An Oxford graduate with an MBA from King’s College London, he owns and runs three sports leagues in wrestling, boxing, and polo. He is the founder of iTV Network, one of India’s largest media groups, with 1,200 journalists, 17 major bureaus, nine news channels including NewsX, and five newspapers including The Sunday Guardian. Through the Sunday Guardian Foundation, he supports health-related charitable work in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Maharashtra. He recently started NXT, a global conclave platform, with its first edition in 2025 held in New Delhi, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.