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Barkha Dutt is the Group Editor of English news at New Delhi Television.

As a journalist, Dutt began her career at NDTV, a TV production house which used to create news programmes and provide content to Star TV. Later, NDTV created its own independent news and content channels, and Barkha Dutt rose to be its Managing Editor for English News. She is currently Group Editor-English News. She appeals to viewers across a wide spectrum: her recent placing in a poll of Hindi newspaper readers highlights her relevance to audiences beyond the English-speaking minorities in India.

Barkha has been recognized for her work by many international and local organizations. She writes a weekly column, Third Eye for the Hindustan Times, as well as a weekly opinion piece for the Khaleej Times. She is the host of the television talk show, We the People.

She is the youngest journalist in India to be awarded the Padmashri, among the country's highest civilian honours. She is a nominated member of India's National Integration Council. She was also Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.

Dutt's reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999 brought her to prominence in India. She has since covered conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.She won a padma shri for her coverage of the 2004 Tsunami .

Dutt was educated in Delhi and in New York. She studied at Modern School,New Delhi; graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi studying English literature; received a master's in Mass Communications from Jamia Millia Islamia; and a master's in journalism from Columbia University, New York. She was one of the winners of the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship, which sends 6 Indians overseas to study every year. She was named among the Global Leaders of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum two years ago.

Her job has inspired a Bollywood film Lakshya, in which Preity Zinta played a character called Romila Dutta, based on Barkha Dutt. In 2008, another film Mission Istanbul had a character based on Barkha.

Awards:

• Padma Shri, 2008.
• Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2005-06.
• Commonwealth Broadcasters Award for Journalist 2002.
• Her Sunday talk show has won the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row.
• In 2008,Barkha Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.
• She has also received Society's Young Achievers Award.
• Chameli Devi award for the best woman journalist.
• Global Leader of Tomorrow Award from the World Economic Forum, 2001 & 2008.
• Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the Indian Express, 2005