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Palki Sharma

Palki Upadhyaya (née Sharma; born May 29, 1982) is a journalist, news anchor, designer,[1][2] and the former Executive Editor of WION.[3][4][5] Upadhyaya had earlier worked with CNN-IBN and Doordarshan.[6] She is also the founder of Reyva, a designer Saree brand.[6][7]

Palki Sharma
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Born
Palki Sharma

(1982-05-29) 29 May 1982 (age 43)
Pilani, Rajasthan
Citizenship India
EducationMaster's Degree in Communication and Journalism
Alma materICG Institute for Educational Research & Development,
Alliance Francaise de, Delhi
Home townJaipur, Rajasthan, India
TelevisionWION GRAVITAS
Spouse(s)
Sanket Upadhyay
(
m. 2008)
Children1

Early life and educationEdit

She has a master's degree in Communication and Journalism from ICG.[2] She is also a Certified C1 French Learner from Alliance Francaise de, Delhi. In 2008, she married Sanket Upadhyay, who is also a journalist.[8]

CareerEdit

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.[2] She was also assigned the tasks of shortlisting, formatting, and writing stories on current affairs at Doordarshan.[2] 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 in 2016.[2]

She served as the executive editor of WION (TV channel) where she was the host of the prime-time news programme GRAVITAS.[9][10][11] On September 3, 2022 She resigned from her role as Managing Editor and presenter of news channel, WION.

ControversiesEdit

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.[12]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Palki S Upadhyay (December 17, 2009). "Family Histories, Memoirs". News18. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Palki S Upadhyay (Journalist) Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Husband, Children, Family & More". StarSunFolded. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "News Channel of The Year Award Goes to WION — The Jury's Choice". India.com. February 23, 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020. WION also won the Best International Program for Gravitas, its flagship primetime show that is hosted by its executive editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay.
  4. ↑ Kurus (April 14, 2020). "'How Dare You Talk About Taiwan ?' China Furious With Wion As It's Propaganda Gets Exposed Worldwide". IndianPolitics.co.in. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "WION USA Direct : Palki Sharma Upadhyay reports from Inside UNGA". JustDial. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Komal Pawar (May 10, 2016). "Here's Why Jaipur's Ex-CNN Anchor Palki Sharma Switched To Entrepreneurship". Retrieved 21 April 2020. 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.
  7. ↑ "Watch out! She has designs on you". 90 Caps. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sanket Upadhyay joins CNN-News 18". Exchange4Media. Aug 2, 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Gravitas के जरिए WION ने दिखाया दम, पलकी शर्मा की उम्दा एंकरिंग". samachar4media.com. Samachar 4 Media. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "WION Exclusive: Palki Sharma Upadhyay interviews Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe". TR-CAM. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Ratnesh Dwivedi (December 29, 2018). "Launch of my Thesaurus Two Volume Book for Media & Communication Students - A Handbook of Media Vol 1 & 2". Global Ethics Network. Palki Sharma Upadhyaya who brings a very concurrent global affairs show 'Gravitas' at WION
  12. ↑ Tiwari, Ayush (23 November 2022). "Why Zee Media won't let Palki Sharma Upadhyay join Network18". News Laundry. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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