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{{Distinguish|text = the Indian filmmaker and actor [[Saurabh Shukla]]}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Saurabh Shukla
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|03|05}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
| occupation = Editor-in-chief of NewsMobile
| years_active = 2000 - present
}}

'''Saurabh Shukla''' (born 1973) is an Indian [[News|news journalist]] and the founder and [[editor-in-chief]] of NewsMobile.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://onfrontiers.com/profile/sshukla2|title=Saurabh Shukla — OnFrontiers Expert|website=OnFrontiers|language=en|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref> He has worked as an editor with [[TV Today Network|TV Today]], senior editor at [[India Today]], diplomatic editor at [[Mail Today]] and chief diplomatic correspondent at [[Hindustan Times]].

== Education ==
Saurabh studied [[Master's degree|Masters]] in [[International relations|International Relations]] from the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi]] during 1994–96. He also did his master's degree in Security Studies as a British Chevening Scholar as the University of Hull, [[United Kingdom|UK]] during 1998–99.

== Career ==
Saurabh worked with [[Aaj Tak]] during the initial years of his career.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/six-journalists-bag-the-first-ever-rai-bahadur-m-s-oberoi-media-awards-24182.html|title=Six journalists bag the first ever Rai Bahadur M S Oberoi Media Awards - Exchange4media|website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|language=en|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref> He has interviewed global leaders, including [[Donald Trump]] in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/viral-videos-trending/donald-trump-awkward-interview-by-indian-editor-news-mobile-times-now-3088306/|title=Watch: This interview of 'real man' Donald Trump by an Indian editor will leave you in splits|date=2016-10-18|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref> and reported from [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Iran]], [[Sudan]], and [[Nigeria]] in addition to [[India]]. Saurabh is a member of the [[India International Centre]], a member of the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and is a fellow at the 21st Century Trust, London. He is a former joint secretary and a former member of the Media Advisory Committee of the [[Parliament of India]], [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref name=":0" />

In 2014, Saurabh was quoted in an article on [[Dawood Ibrahim]] by [[The Hindu]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hand-over-dawood-india-tells-pak/article6730857.ece|title=Hand over Dawood, India tells Pakistan|date=2014-12-27|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-05-05|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was also quoted by [[The Guardian]] in an article on the rising trend of cashless payments in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/09/rise-cashless-city-contactless-payments-exclusion-cashfree-society|title=The rise of the cashless city: 'There is this real danger of exclusion'|last=Forrest|first=Adam|date=2017-01-09|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-05-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He also authored a news article for [[Republic TV|Republic World]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/pakistan-news/deceit-not-peace-corridor-is-pakistans-game|title=Deceit, not peace corridor, is Pakistan's game|website=Republic World|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref> and an editorial article for Employment News<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://employmentnews.gov.in/NewEmp/MoreContentNew.aspx?n=Editorial&k=186|title=Employment News|website=employmentnews.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref> in 2018.

== Awards ==

* 2006 - MS Oberoi Transparency International Award for Excellence in Journalism<ref name=":1" />
* 2008 - Indian leader fellowship by Spain India foundation
* 2010 - International Finalist Kurt Schork International Award by Columbia University

== Books ==

* ''IC 814 Hijacked'' by Anil Jaggia and Saurabh Shukla<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.in/IC-814-Hijacked-Anil-Jaggia-ebook/dp/B00O0W3DPS|title=IC 814 Hijacked|last=Jaggia|first=Anil|last2=Shukla|first2=Saurabh|date=2000-05-01|publisher=Roli Books|language=English}}</ref>

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