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{{short description|Indian journalist based in London}}
{{redirect|The Max Factor|other uses|Max Factor (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nisha Pillai
| image = Nisha_Pillai_moderating_at_ITU_WTIS_2014.jpg
| caption = Pillai moderating a discussion at an [[ITU]] conference.
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| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India
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| education = [[London School of Economics|LSE]]
| occupation = [[News presenter]]
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| children = 2
| relatives = [[Biren Mookerjee|Sir Biren Mookerjee]] (grandfather)<br> [[N. R. Pillai|Sir Narayanan Raghavan Pillai]] (grandfather)
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| credits = ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' "The Max Factor"<br/> [[BBC World News]] live on 9/11
| agent = JLA,<ref name=jla/> Hilary Knight,<ref name=hk/> Kate Moon<ref name=km>Kate Moon Management, [http://www.katemoonmanagement.co.uk/person.php?person=48&name=Nisha%20Pillai "Nisha Pillai"]</ref>
| URL = {{URL|1=http://www.nishapillai.com|2=nishapillai.com}}
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'''Nisha Pillai''' is an Indian journalist based in London. She is a main [[news anchor]] for [[BBC World News]].

==Early life==
Pillai was born in [[Kolkata]], India, and grew up in [[Mumbai]]. When she was 14,<ref name=Lucknow/> her family moved to London, England. She attended a girls school in [[Birmingham]],<ref name=Hindu>[https://archive.today/20130125055844/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/05/13/stories/2004051301190200.htm Face to face with Nisha], ''[[The Hindu]]'', 13 May 2004</ref> then graduated in analytical economics at the [[London School of Economics]].

Her mother Nita Pillai (née Mookherjee) was the younger daughter of industrialist Sir [[Biren Mookerjee]] and Lady Ranu Mookherjee, an impresario and an associates of [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. Her paternal grandfather was the former Ambassador of India to France, Sir [[N. R. Pillai|Narayanan Raghavan Pillai]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Pillai|first=Nisha|title=Tandoored Legs|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?224119|publisher=Outlook Magazine|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
After university, she joined [[Schroders]] Investment Bank, then moved into journalism with the weekly ''[[Investors Chronicle]]''. Pillai joined the [[BBC]] in 1986, first working on ''[[The Money Programme]]'', then ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' from 1990 to 1995. Her nine-month investigation into financial affairs of [[media proprietor]] [[Robert Maxwell]] was presented as "The Max Factor", which won an award from the [[Royal Television Society]] in 1991.

She joined the BBC World News channel in 1995 as one of the main anchors, presenting the hourly news reports. In 1997, she presented the channel's coverage of [[Pakistan]]'s 50th anniversary of [[Independence Day (Pakistan)|independence]] in [[Islamabad]], and, from [[Jerusalem]] in 1998, [[Israel]]'s 50th anniversary of its [[Declaration of Independence (Israel)|declaration of independence]]. Pillai gave [[live television|live coverage]] of the [[September 11 attacks]] and the [[Battle of Baghdad (2003)|fall of Baghdad]]. She has also hosted live interactive debates between audiences in America and in connected studios in Pakistan and Jordan.

She has also presented the BBC's flagship interview programme ''[[HARDtalk]]'', and listed her interviewees as including Hindu nationalist [[Bal Thackeray]] of the [[Shiv Sena]], musician [[Phil Collins]], writer [[V. S. Naipaul]] and Bollywood megastar [[Amitabh Bachchan]].<ref name=Lucknow>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=184830 Grilled to perfection], Lucknow Newsline, 28 May 2006</ref>

Pillai coaches senior executives in presentation skills at [[London Business School]], records [[podcast]] interviews on economic analysis for a [[Credit rating agency|ratings agency]],<ref name=jla>JLA, [http://jla.co.uk/presenters/nisha-pillai Nisha Pillai] Biography</ref> and [[Facilitator|facilitates]] many conferences and economic forums.<ref name=hk>Hilary Knight Management, [http://www.hkmanagement.co.uk/nisha_pillai/nisha_pillai_cv.html Nisha Pillai - CV]</ref> She counts her understanding of economics and [[mental arithmetic]] among her strong points.<ref name=Hindu/>

==Personal life==
She has two children, one called Kiran,<ref name=Hindu/> and visits India regularly.<ref name=Lucknow/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Performing Artistes, [http://www.performingartistes.co.uk/artistes/447/nisha-pillai.htm "Nisha Pillai"] biography
* BBC Press Office, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/bbc_world/nishapillai.shtml Nisha Pillai], biography
* BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/hi/profiles/newsid_3624000/3624735.stm "Nisha Pillai"], profile

== External links ==
* http://www.nishapillai.com—Nisha Pillai Website
* {{IMDb name|1574758}}

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