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| name = Palki Sharma
 
| birth_name = Palki Sharma
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pilani]], Rajasthan
| television = [[WION (TV channel)#Content|WION GRAVITAS]]  
| home_town = [[Jaipur]], Rajasthan, India
| spouse = {{marriage|Sanket Upadhyay|2008}}
| alma_mater= ICG Institute for Educational Research & Development, <br> Alliance Francaise de, Delhi
| education = Master's Degree in Communication and Journalism
| children = 1
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'''Palki Upadhyaya''' ({{nee}} '''Sharma'''; born May 29, 1982) is a journalist, news anchor, designer,<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.news18.com/blogs/india/palki-s-upadhyay/family-histories-memoirs-11010-744666.html|title =Family Histories, Memoirs|publisher =News18|quote =|location =|date =December 17, 2009|website =|author =Palki S Upadhyay|accessdate =24 April 2020 }}</ref><ref name ="StarSunFolded">{{cite news |url =https://starsunfolded.com/palki-s-upadhyay/|title =Palki S Upadhyay (Journalist) Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Husband, Children, Family & More|publisher =StarSunFolded|quote =|location =|date =|website =|author =|accessdate =22 April 2020}}</ref> and the former Executive Editor of [[WION (TV channel)|WION]].<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.india.com/news/india/news-channel-of-the-year-award-goes-to-wion-the-jurys-choice-3951632/|title =News Channel of The Year Award Goes to WION — The Jury's Choice|publisher =India.com|quote =WION also won the Best International Program for Gravitas, its flagship primetime show that is hosted by its executive editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay.|location =|date =February 23, 2020 |website =|author =|accessdate =21 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =http://www.indianpolitics.co.in/how-dare-you-talk-about-taiwan-china-furious-with-hoon-as-its-propaganda-gets-exposed-worldwide/|title ='How Dare You Talk About Taiwan ?' China Furious With Wion As It's Propaganda Gets Exposed Worldwide |publisher =|location =|date =April 14, 2020|website =IndianPolitics.co.in|author =Kurus|accessdate =22 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.justdial.com/JdSocial/news/1569601531449052|title =WION USA Direct : Palki Sharma Upadhyay reports from Inside UNGA|publisher =JustDial|quote =|location =|date =27 September 2017|website =|author =|accessdate =24 April 2020 }}</ref> Upadhyaya had earlier worked with [[CNN-IBN]] and [[Doordarshan]].<ref name = "iwb">{{cite news |url =https://www.indianwomenblog.org/heres-why-jaipurs-ex-cnn-anchor-palki-sharma-switched-to-entrepreneurship/|title =Here's Why Jaipur's Ex-CNN Anchor Palki Sharma Switched To Entrepreneurship|publisher =|quote =It was after an eleven-year career in journalism with CNN-IBN that Palki Sharma decided that it was time for her to move out of her comfort zone.|location =|date =May 10, 2016|website =|author =Komal Pawar|accessdate =21 April 2020}}</ref> She is also the founder of Reyva, a designer Saree brand.<ref name ="iwb"/><ref>{{cite news |url =http://www.90caps.com/culture/watch-out-she-has-designs-on-you/|title =Watch out! She has designs on you|publisher =90 Caps|quote =|location =|date = 8 April 2016|website =|author =|accessdate =22 April 2020}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
She has a master's degree in Communication and Journalism from ICG.<ref name ="StarSunFolded"/> She is also a Certified C1 French Learner from Alliance Francaise de, Delhi. In 2008, she married Sanket Upadhyay, who is also a journalist.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/sanket-upadhyay-joins-cnn-news-18-65442.html|title =Sanket Upadhyay joins CNN-News 18|publisher =Exchange4Media|quote =|location =|date =Aug 2, 2016|website =|author =|accessdate =22 April 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
In 2002, she started her career by appearing on India’s largest broadcasting television network [[Doordarshan]] as a news anchor, where she hosted for the regional and national channels.<ref name ="StarSunFolded"/> She was also assigned the tasks of shortlisting, formatting, and writing stories on current affairs at [[Doordarshan]].<ref name ="StarSunFolded"/> In 2004, she joined [[Hindustan Times]] as Staff Writer and wrote stories on civic and social issues. In May 2005, she entered India’s largest English-language news television channel- [[CNN-News18]] as an Anchor and Senior Editor. In 2007, she was awarded the Best News Reader Award. She groomed herself as a successful anchor and journalist and moved on to [[ITV Network (India)|iTV network]] in 2016.<ref name ="StarSunFolded"/>
She served as the executive editor of [[WION (TV channel)]] where she was the host of the prime-time news programme GRAVITAS.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.samachar4media.com/industry-briefing/gravitas-a-primetime-show-on-wion-is-unique-47405.html|title =Gravitas के जरिए WION ने दिखाया दम, पलकी शर्मा की उम्दा एंकरिंग|publisher =Samachar 4 Media |quote =|location =|date =14 April 2018|website =samachar4media.com|author =|accessdate =23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://tr-cam.com/video/gJkJma6wd04/wIon-exclusive-palki-sharma-upadhyay-interviews-sri-lanka-pm-ranil-wickremesinghe.html|title =WION Exclusive: Palki Sharma Upadhyay interviews Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe|publisher =TR-CAM|quote =|location =|date =|website =|author =|accessdate =24 April 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.globalethicsnetwork.org/m/blogpost?id=6428686%3ABlogPost%3A100066|title =Launch of my Thesaurus Two Volume Book for Media & Communication Students - A Handbook of Media Vol 1 & 2|publisher =|quote =Palki Sharma Upadhyaya who brings a very concurrent global affairs show ‘Gravitas’ at WION|location =|date = December 29, 2018|website =Global Ethics Network|author =Ratnesh Dwivedi|accessdate =}}</ref> On September 3, 2022 She resigned from her role as Managing Editor and presenter of news channel, WION.
== Controversies ==
After Upadhyay announced her retirement from WION and the creation of a new talk show in [[CNN-News18]], [[WION]] filed a lawsuit against Upadhyay, saying that " confidential and proprietary Zee information" are taken by Upadhyay, and demanded that Upadhyay should continue to work for WION until December 2022 and pay for damages worth Rs 2 crore. However, the Delhi High court refused WION's appeal, and the next hearing of the case would be delayed until March 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tiwari |first1=Ayush |title=Why Zee Media won’t let Palki Sharma Upadhyay join Network18 |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/11/22/why-zee-media-wont-let-palki-sharma-upadhyay-join-network18 |access-date=23 November 2022 |agency=News Laundry |date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Indian editors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]]
[[Category:Television news anchors]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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