Anuranjan Jha

Anuranjan Jha
Anuranjan Jha
Born(1977-03-01)1 March 1977
NationalityIndian
EducationDelhi University and Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • activist
RelativesRamesh Chandra Jha (Grandfather) Sanjeev K Jha (Cousine)
Websitewww.anuranjanjha.com

Anuranjan Jha is an Indian journalist and author.[1] He is a well-known persona in Indian media. For the past 25 years, while Mr Jha was praised for his frank, unbiased opinions and constructive experimentation in journalism, he was also instrumental in exposing social corruption at various levels. Some of his stings and investigative stories are rare examples in Media Industry. He was the founder and CEO of "Media Sarkar", an online current affairs website that conducted controversial sting operation on Aam Aadmi Party in 2013.[2] Prior to that, Jha had launched India's first matrimonial television channel, Shagun TV. His career in journalism spans 25 years. Before launching Shagun TV, Jha has worked with India TV, Cobrapost, Zee News, Aaj Tak, BAG Films, India News and Jansatta, and was chief operating officer (COO) of CNEB, a news channel. He has published three books as an author- Ramlila Maidan, Gandhi Maidan and Jhoom.[3]

Currently living in Shrewsbury, England and contributing as columnist in various national and international media houses including Outlook (Indian magazine)[4]

  1. ^ "ब‍िहार में शराबबंदी का असर". Jansatta. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Media Sarkar chief Anuranjan Jha hits back". 24 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "वरिष्ठ पत्रकार अनुरंजन झा करेंगे 'रामलीला मैदान' की लीला का पर्दाफाश". 9 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ India, 26 Aug 2022