Palki Sharma Upadhyay is a famous Indian news anchor and journalist. She made headlines on September 2, 2022, when she resigned from her post as Editor-in-Chief of WION News Channel.
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Palki Sharma was born on Saturday, May 29, 1982, in Pilani, Rajasthan, India (40 years; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Gemini. She grew up in Delhi, India. She completed her school education at Loreto Convent, Tara Hall, Shimrat. Later, she did her Masters in Communication and Journalism from ICG Institute of Educational Research and Development, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Palki Sharma Upadhyay is qualified and certified as a C1 French learner from the Alliance Française of Delhi. Palki S Upadhyay grew up in an upper-class family.
Palki Upadhyay’s Childhood Photos
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
According to some media sources, her father is a former Indian cricketer and her mother works as a beautician in Delhi.
Palki S Upadhyay and her mother
Palki Sharma Upadhyay has a sister named Sanchita.
Palki S Upadhyay and her sister Sanchita
husband and children
In 2008, Palki Sharma Upadhyay married NDTV senior journalist Sanket Upadhyay. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter. Her daughter’s name is Manya Upadhyay.
Palki S Upadhyay’s son and daughter
Profession
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Palki Sharma Upadhyay started working as a reporter and news anchor in 2002 at Doordarshan, India’s largest radio and television network. She is tasked with hosting the channel’s national and regional television programmes. She also takes on the additional charge of screening, formatting and writing stories on current affairs for the channel.
Palki S Upadhyay while working at Doordarshan
hindustan times
She joined Hindustan Times as a staff writer in 2004 and started writing stories on prevailing civil and social issues in the country. During her one-year tenure at Hindustan Times, she was responsible for censoring films and editing details for the Jaipur edition of the paper.
CNN-News18
Subsequently, she joined India’s largest English news television channel “CNN-News18” in May 2005 and started serving as its anchor and senior editor. She has been with the news channel for over a decade and has handled various news and chat shows. She was a popular news anchor of that decade and was popular for interviewing different prominent personalities of the country such as cabinet ministers, opposition leaders, business leaders, social activists, artists, writers, sports stars, movie stars and young people Achievers. She is responsible for the writing, formatting and presentation of the channel. She is the go-to person for book reviews at IBNLive.com. She moderates many online live chats related to a variety of current affairs and public interests.
Palki S Upadhyay works at IBN Live
iTV network
In 2016, Palki S Upadhyay started working with the news channel iTV Network, a year in which she was considered the most successful anchor and reporter in India. She worked at the network for a short time, responsible for daily debate and discussion programs on the channel, especially those related to politics and its guidelines. She is responsible for mentoring and training colleagues and subordinates at iTV Network through interviews with different popular personalities. She is a key figure in the channel and is responsible for drafting the channel’s daily news schedule.
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In 2019, she joined WION, an Indian multinational English-language news channel based in New Delhi, where she resigned on September 2, 2022, after three years as the channel’s editor-in-chief.
Palki S Upadhyay while working at WION
Awards, Honors, Achievements
In 2007, Palki S Upadhyay won the Best News Reader Award. In 2020, she won the English Award for “Best International News Program” at the News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA) for “Gravitas”.
Palki won the English award for “Best International News Program” at the News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA) for “Gravitas”
Favorites
- Books: Indian Summer by Alex von Tunzelman, Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Daniel Muennu Din’s “Other Rooms and Other Wonders” and Hanif Qureshi’s “Love in Blue Hours.”
Facts/Trivia
- In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking different types of food for her family, and interior design.
- According to Palki S Upadhyay, she has enjoyed drawing pots as a recreational activity since her childhood. Some media reports mentioned that in addition to being a professional news anchor, Palki also has a variety of innate artistic talents.
Palki S Upadhyay posts on Instagram some of the bottles she painted at home
- In a media interview, Palki revealed that her parents had a love marriage and there was a romantic love story behind their marriage. She added that she loved their love story and how she often heard the same story from her mother. She said that if she had the opportunity to write romance novels in this life, she would definitely write about her parents’ love stories in the future.
- Palki S Upadhyay loves to wear a variety of sarees and has a collection of the same sarees for different occasions. She is the founder of sari brand Revya. Her passion and eagerness for sarees inspired her to start her own business. Her brand of diverse and unique saree designs showcases her fashion sense.
Palki S Upadhyay poses in saree
- Palki S Upadhyay is known for her advocacy on issues related to Iraqi refugees and Tibetans in India. She came to limelight for her coverage of the US presidential campaign of Barack Obama exclusively for India.
- Palki S Upadhyay said she was born and brought up in a family that followed many orthodox rules and regulations for girls. In an interview with media reporters, she talked about her life before and after marriage. She said her married life was very happy. Her in-laws never stopped her from covering late-night breaking news from home. However, her parents restricted her from working as a journalist in her spare time.
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