Afshan Anjum is a popular Indian TV reporter, anchor and blogger. She is known for hosting the TV news program “Kissa Cricket Ka” (2008) on the Indian TV news channel NDTV.
Wiki/Biography
Afshan Anjum was born on September 23 in New Delhi. She is in her 30s (as of 2021). Her zodiac signs are Libra. From 1996 to 1999, she received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Delhi. She took a course in broadcast journalism. She received a scholarship in 2006 during her program at Cardiff University/Prifysgol Caerdydd in Wales, UK. After marriage, she and her husband moved to Jamu & Kashmir.
Appearance
Height (approximately): 5’5”
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father was at Avery India Ltd.
Afshan Anjum’s mother and aunt (right)
Husband and children
Her husband, Danish Aziz, is a director of DKZ Associates, which works for UNICEF in its development program.
Afshan on her wedding day
The couple has a blessing from a son Zizou.
Afshan Anjum and her husband and son
Profession
In January 1999, she joined AAJ TAK as a sports correspondent in New Delhi, where she worked for nearly four years. In January 2003, she began working as a news editor (Sports) on NDTV, and during this time she hosted the daily sports roundup program “Khel India/Googly”. Afshan hosted her sports news program “Kissa Cricket Ka” (2008) with former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu. Some of her popular sporting events include the 2004 Tour of India, 2007, 2011 and 2015 ICC World Cup Cricket. newspapers in Srinagar, Jamu and Kashmir. In September 2020, she was appointed as a C4D consultant for UNICEF India.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bblkn0svv8i
Awards and honors
- Best TV Events at ITA (2007)
- Madhav Jyoti Alankar Award (2009)
- NT Awards “Best Sports Host in Hindi” (Five IEs in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unsmzrpi0zy
- Human Foundation and Adia Bella Group Award (2018)
- International Women’s Achievement Award (2018)
Facts/trivial matters
- In an interview, she talked about her mother in her 30s. She said,
My thirties have my kids, and I believe I have lived more than half of my life at that age. By then, everyone including my mother, my neighborhood aunt, my gynecologist and even my maid reminded me that it was time. Not only do I keep reminding the biological clock, but I also remind that it may never happen. I do really want it, too. But how could I have a baby before I was 35 when I was married only? I want to know how many societies in the world recommend having a baby at 35. This number seems to have become an informal deadline for becoming a mother. ”
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.
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