Suhasini Haidar is an Indian journalist who serves as the diplomatic editor of The Hindu, an English-language news agency in India.
Wiki/Biography
Suhasini Haidar was born on Tuesday, February 20, 1973 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (50 years old as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Pisces. Later, she moved to Delhi from Chennai with her parents. She received her bachelor’s degree from Lady Shriram College, Delhi. She later earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Boston University School of Communication.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair color: dark brown
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Subramanian Swamy, an Indian politician, economist, and statistician. He was a professor of mathematical economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and her mother’s name is Rox Roxna Swamy. Suhasini’s sister Gitanjali Swamy is an entrepreneur and private equity professional.
Suhasini Haidar’s parents
Suhasini Haidar’s sister Gitanjali Swamy
husband and children
Her husband Nadeem Haidar is the son of former Indian Foreign Secretary Salman Haidar. The couple has two daughters named Ava Mumtaz and Maya Mehr.
Profession
In 1994, Suhasini began her journalism career as an intern at CNN’s New York United Nations bureau. Thereafter, she became a producer for CNN’s New Delhi bureau in April 1995. She had a distinguished tenure at CNN International from 1995 to 2005. During this time, she provided regular reports from countries across the Indian subcontinent, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Her contributions earned CNN the 2005 Columbia-DuPont Broadcast Journalism Award for its extensive coverage of the 2004 Indian tsunami.
Suhasini Haidar covers tsunami news in Campbell Bay, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, 2004
She also spent a month working for CNN.com in New York, where she contributed to their coverage of the 2001 Al Qaeda 9/11 attacks on the United States. In 2000, she was injured in a bomb blast while doing in-depth reporting. Reporting from the conflict zone in Kashmir. She was later appointed as a correspondent for CNN International’s New Delhi bureau. From 2005 to 2014, she served as CNN-IBN’s foreign affairs editor and prime-time anchor. She was later appointed as the Diplomatic Editor of The Hindu, where she wrote regularly on foreign policy issues and hosted the weekly online program ‘Suhasini Haidar’s Worldview’. In March 2011, she was the only Indian journalist present in Gaddafi-controlled areas during the Libyan conflict. She has interviewed many prime ministers and presidents, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, and former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Suhasini Haidar interviews former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan
Awards
- 2009: ‘7RCR Children’s Day’ wins NT Award for Best Chat Show, special interview with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Gurshalan Kaur
- 2009: News Television Awards for Best Television News Presenter
- 2010: “7RCR Children’s Day” program won the ITA Award
Suhasini Haidar won the ITA Award in 2010
- 2011: Exchange4Media Awards for Best Live News Coverage (Libya)
- 2011: Indian Television Academy Global News Coverage Award – GR8!Awards
- 2013: Enba Exchange4Media Awards for Best International News Coverage
- 2014: NT Awards for Best Television News Presenter
- 2014: Limca Book of Records Person of the Year
- 2015: Prem Bhatia Award for Best Journalist, Diplomacy and International Affairs Reporting
It’s an honor and a pleasure to be awarded the Prem Bhatia Reporting Award! PhD.@pbmehta PBMT lecture will be delivered at IIC tomorrow at 6 pm
— Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) August 10, 2015
- 2018: Haldighati Award and Maharana Mewar Foundation Award for Best Journalist
Facts/Trivia
- She is a fitness enthusiast and regularly practices yoga.
Suhasini Haidar practices yoga
- In her spare time, she likes to read books.
Suhasini Haidar’s Instagram post about reading
- She is an animal lover and has two pet dogs named Pepper and Darius.
Suhasini Haidar and her pet dog
- In November 2017, she gave a TEDx talk on “Learning to Capitalize on Your Moments of Truth.”
Suhasini Haidar in 2017 TEDx talk
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education