Niharika Acharya

Niharika Acharya

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Niharika Acharya Biography

Niharika Acharya is a journalist, a well-known news anchor and freelance fox TV producer. She anchored the popular shows, ‘Voice of America’ and ‘Duniya’ program on Aaj Tak and has been one of the hot female TV anchors of Indian television. She earlier served as the Managing Editor of Voice of America’s India Service and is one of the most searched TV personalities from India. She currently serves as Editorial Director at National Journal, an Atlantic Media company. Before that she worked in at Bloomberg TV from 2010 to 2014, where she produced the show, Political Capital with Al Hunt. Her success as a TV anchor has also helped the TV channels to get good TRP Ratings.

 

She is a native of Sarahan, a small picturesque village in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh famous for Bhimakali Temple. She was born into a middle class family. She holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia University. Basically she lived a Delhi based life. After PG, she started off with the news channel NDTV as reporter and anchor and was associated with it for seven years. In 2003 she moved to US and joined Voice of America Hindi TV and Radio service, and is still associated with it as a freelancer. 'Hello India' and 'Hello America' are among her popular shows with VOA, she does in collaboration with Aaj Tak TV.

 

In search of new stories, she has travelled across India and in many other countries. As a TV journalist she has covered many events including - 2004 and 2008 U.S Presidential Elections, UN General Assembly sessions, 9/11 Anniversaries and US-India Relations. She joined Bloomberg Television in 2010. As the Managing Editor of Voice of America’s India Service, she has interviewed many internationally well-known personalities like Benazir Bhutto, Bill Clinton, Neil Armstrong, Sunitha Williams etc apart from cine artists from Hollywood and Bollywood.

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Updated: February 21, 2016

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