Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt
Dutt at the World Economic Forum, 2010
Born (1971-12-18) 18 December 1971 (age 52) [1]
New Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
EducationSt. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA)
Jamia Millia Islamia (MA)
Columbia University (MS)
OccupationNews Anchor
Years active1991–present
Notable credit(s)We the People
The Buck Stops Here
RelativesBahar Dutt (sister)
AwardsPadma Shri

Barkha Dutt is an Indian television journalist and author. She has been a reporter and news anchor at NDTV and Tiranga TV. She currently runs her own digital news channel called 'MoJo Story'.[2]

Dutt was part of NDTV's team for 21 years, until she left the channel in January 2017.[3] She emerged as a prominent figure after her frontline war reporting on the Kargil Conflict between India and Pakistan in 1999.[4] Dutt has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.[5] Dutt was one of the journalists taped in the Radia tapes controversy.[6]

  1. ^ Fr. Francis M Peter; Carlyle Mcfarland; M Lazer Selva; Illa Vij; Aparna Ghosh Dastidar. Grammar & More 8. Ratna Sagar. p. 143. ISBN 978-81-8332-460-1.[unreliable source?]
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  3. ^ "NDTV Statement on Barkha Dutt". NDTV.com.
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  6. ^ Udas, Sumnima (2 December 2010). "Leaked tapes put India, media in crisis". CNN. Retrieved 5 December 2010.