Naghma Sahar, a popular face on Indian television

Television in India

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, is a news reporter for NDTV India

NDTV India

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, and used to host Salaam Zindagi on NDTV India.

Early life and education

Born and Bought up in Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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After securing a Masters degree in Geography from Delhi School of Economics

Delhi School of Economics

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 (University of Delhi

University of Delhi

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), Naghma was working towards getting a Phd degree. But life, it seems, had other plans for her.

She was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in rural development. During this time, Naghma worked with Aaj Tak

Aaj Tak

Aaj Tak is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel owned by TV Today Network Ltd. Aaj Tak loosely translates as "Till Today" or "Up to the Minute". Watched by some 45 million viewers in India’s cable and satellite universe, Aaj Tak is one of India’s largest privately owned news channels...

 for a month as a researcher. She went back to academics only to join Aaj Tak later in November 1999.

Career

She started her career in the television media as a reporter in 1999. Before that she had a brief stint as a print journalist with Asian Age

Asian Age

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A shy person by nature, Naghma was into academics and coming face to face with million of viewers was certainly not something she planned for herself.

She joined NDTV in 2003 and has since been anchoring primetime news on NDTV India while also reporting on important events. Covering stories that touch human lives has been Naghma's forte. On her talk show, Salaam Zindagi, she gets to use her natural sensitivity while handling stories of courage and success. She now hosts International Agenda, a presentation on International news and Indian defence policies towards world nations.

Today, she is a known face on NDTV. From print journalism to broadcast journalism

Broadcast journalism

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, this lady has come a long way. An anchor of several prime time shows, Naghma has also worked with the United Nations Population Council and the Centre for Social Research (CSR) - an NGO

Non-governmental organization

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 which focuses on women issues

Personal life

She loves to travel and spends most of her free time reading. One of her all time favourites in Literature has been Jude the Obscure

Jude the Obscure

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by Thomas Hardy.

Birthdate: 18 August Native Place - Bihar Education: Schooling... (not known—Niraj491985 (talk) 20:49, 20 December 2010 (UTC)) Graduation... (not known) Masters... Masters in Geography - Delhi School of Economics M.Phil and Ph.D from - Jawahar Lal University (JNU) nagna saher hot news reader Professional Career: - Entered into journalism after my Masters with 'Asian Age' - After M.Phil did half-an-hour election programme for Doordarshan - End of 1999, Joined AajTak - Co-anchor for 'Subah Aaj Tak', breakfast show on Aaj Tak - In 2003 (not confirmed), Joined NDTV

Some of memorable coverage: - Tsunami Coverage from Nagapattnam - Earthquake in Uri, Kashmir - Mumbai Bomb Blast - Kumbh Mela in 2000 - Jai Jawan with Akshay Khanna - 24 hrs with Lalu Prasad Family during Bihar Elections (time Lalu lost