Shweta Singh
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Shweta Singh is a television journalist and sports anchor at Aaj Tak
, an Hindi language television network
that carries news and current affairs in India, owned by TV Today Network
Ltd.Her idols are Vinod Dua
, and Prasun Punya Vajpayi of Aaj Tak
for their straight-speak. She has interests in diverse fields and is a calm and composed anchor. She handles live situations well.
, Bihar
. She was born and brought up in Bihar
and did her schooling there.
A graduate in Mass Communications from Patna University, Shweta worked with Sahara and Zee before joining Aaj Tak
but anchoring was not something she easily slipped into. She wanted to make documentaries and not actually be on TV. But life life took a U-turn after she joined Television
as an Anchor
.
, the Hindi
news and current affairs channel from the TV Today Network. She started her career in 1995 covering the Bihar
Assembly elections for The Times of India, Patna
. After a brief stint with various print media, she moved to television in 1998 as an anchor and reporter with Sahara News. She was also briefly associated with ZEE News in 2002-03. She spent almost five years with Aaj Tak. In addition to anchoring, her forte is also sports reporting, having covered events ranging from the Olympics to the Cricket World Cup
.
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...
, an Hindi language television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
that carries news and current affairs in India, owned by TV Today Network
TV Today Network
The TV Today Network is one of India's leading English-Hindi news television networks along with Network 18 and NDTV. It is listed on the BSE and the NSE and consists of the following news channels:...
Ltd.Her idols are Vinod Dua
Vinod Dua
Vinod Dua is one of the best known names of the Indian media. He has been the face of Indian television since 1974. He has seen and been associated withIndian television’s transition from a government controlled, black and white,...
, and Prasun Punya Vajpayi of 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 their straight-speak. She has interests in diverse fields and is a calm and composed anchor. She handles live situations well.
Early life
Singh was born in a bihari family in PatnaPatna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
, 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....
. She was born and brought 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....
and did her schooling there.
A graduate in Mass Communications from Patna University, Shweta worked with Sahara and Zee before joining 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...
but anchoring was not something she easily slipped into. She wanted to make documentaries and not actually be on TV. But life life took a U-turn after she joined Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
as an Anchor
Anchor
An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα .Anchors can either be temporary or permanent...
.
Career
Shweta Singh has joined B.A.G. Films & Media Ltd. as Associate Editor and anchor. She was a prime-time anchor with Aaj TakAaj 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...
, the Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
news and current affairs channel from the TV Today Network. She started her career in 1995 covering the 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....
Assembly elections for The Times of India, Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
. After a brief stint with various print media, she moved to television in 1998 as an anchor and reporter with Sahara News. She was also briefly associated with ZEE News in 2002-03. She spent almost five years with Aaj Tak. In addition to anchoring, her forte is also sports reporting, having covered events ranging from the Olympics to the Cricket World Cup
Cricket World Cup
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...
.