Barkha Dutt (born December 18, 1971) is an Indian TV journalist and the group editor of English news at New Delhi Television.
She is the youngest journalist in India to be awarded the Padma Shri, among the country's highest civilian honours. She has been recognized for her work by many international and local organizations. She has been awarded the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award twice by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008). She writes a weekly column, Third Eye for the Hindustan Times, as well as a weekly opinion piece for the Khaleej Times. She is the host of the television talk shows, We the People and Buck Stops Here.
She is a nominated member of India's National Integration Council. She was also Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.
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Education
Dutt was educated in Delhi and in New York. She studied at Modern School, New Delhi, graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi studying English literature; received a master's in Mass Communications from Jamia Millia Islamia; and a master's in journalism from Columbia University, New York. She was one of the winners of the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship, which sends 6 Indians overseas to study every year.
Career
Dutt's reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999, including an interview with Captain Vikram Batra, brought her to prominence in India. She has since covered conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.She won a padma shri for her coverage of the 2004 Tsunami . As a journalist, Dutt began her career at NDTV, a TV production house which used to create news programmes and provide content to Star TV. Later, NDTV created its own independent news and content channels, and Barkha Dutt rose to be its Managing Editor for English News.She is currently Group Editor-English News. She appeals to viewers across a wide spectrum: her recent placing in a poll of Hindi newspaper readers highlights her relevance to audiences beyond the English-speaking minorities in India.
In 2008, another film Mission Istanbul had a character based on Barkha.
Awards
Her work has won her over twenty international and national awards including the Padma Shri Award (Journalism), 2008., Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2005-06 and Commonwealth Broadcasters Award for Journalist of the Year.
Her Sunday talk show has won the maximum awards for any show across television channels, winning the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row.
In 2008,Barkha Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.
She has also received Society's Young Achievers Award.
Criticism
Her reporting of the Kargil conflict was criticized by The Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta who insinuated that she may have compromised the security of the troops by giving away locations.Ms Dutt refuted these charges, citing former Army chief Gen VP Malik's book that had proved otherwise. General Malik had been army chief during the Kargil conflict.
Barkha Dutt, according to many publications, was the journalist who came in for the most criticism after the Mumbai Terror Attacks
NDTV issued a legal notice to a blogger Chetan Kunte for "abusive free speech" for a post criticizing their coverage of the Mumbai attacks. The blogger unconditionally withdrew his post, replacing it with legal undertaking and an admission that his post had been "defamatory and untrue" which resulted in several Indian bloggers criticizing NDTV for trying to silence critics
She is the youngest journalist in India to be awarded the Padma Shri, among the country's highest civilian honours. She has been recognized for her work by many international and local organizations. She has been awarded the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award twice by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008). She writes a weekly column, Third Eye for the Hindustan Times, as well as a weekly opinion piece for the Khaleej Times. She is the host of the television talk shows, We the People and Buck Stops Here.
She is a nominated member of India's National Integration Council. She was also Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.
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Education
Dutt was educated in Delhi and in New York. She studied at Modern School, New Delhi, graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi studying English literature; received a master's in Mass Communications from Jamia Millia Islamia; and a master's in journalism from Columbia University, New York. She was one of the winners of the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship, which sends 6 Indians overseas to study every year.
Career
Dutt's reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999, including an interview with Captain Vikram Batra, brought her to prominence in India. She has since covered conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.She won a padma shri for her coverage of the 2004 Tsunami . As a journalist, Dutt began her career at NDTV, a TV production house which used to create news programmes and provide content to Star TV. Later, NDTV created its own independent news and content channels, and Barkha Dutt rose to be its Managing Editor for English News.She is currently Group Editor-English News. She appeals to viewers across a wide spectrum: her recent placing in a poll of Hindi newspaper readers highlights her relevance to audiences beyond the English-speaking minorities in India.
In 2008, another film Mission Istanbul had a character based on Barkha.
Awards
Her work has won her over twenty international and national awards including the Padma Shri Award (Journalism), 2008., Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2005-06 and Commonwealth Broadcasters Award for Journalist of the Year.
Her Sunday talk show has won the maximum awards for any show across television channels, winning the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row.
In 2008,Barkha Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.
She has also received Society's Young Achievers Award.
Criticism
Her reporting of the Kargil conflict was criticized by The Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta who insinuated that she may have compromised the security of the troops by giving away locations.Ms Dutt refuted these charges, citing former Army chief Gen VP Malik's book that had proved otherwise. General Malik had been army chief during the Kargil conflict.
Barkha Dutt, according to many publications, was the journalist who came in for the most criticism after the Mumbai Terror Attacks
NDTV issued a legal notice to a blogger Chetan Kunte for "abusive free speech" for a post criticizing their coverage of the Mumbai attacks. The blogger unconditionally withdrew his post, replacing it with legal undertaking and an admission that his post had been "defamatory and untrue" which resulted in several Indian bloggers criticizing NDTV for trying to silence critics
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