Chitra Tripathi
Chitra Tripathi At Rashtrapati Bhavan
Born11 May 1986
Gorakhpur, India
Alma materDeen Dayal Upadhyaya University, Gorakhpur
Occupation(s)Journalism, news presenter
Years active2005 – present
Known forNews anchor of Aaj Tak
SpouseMr Atul Agarwal
ChildrenAum Agarwal

Chitra Tripathi (born 11 May 1986) is an anchor currently working in Hindi news channel AAJ TAK News. Tripathi started her career in 2005 from Gorakhpur Doordarshan. She has worked with news channels like Sahara India, India News, News 24, ETV Network, ABP News.

She joined ABP News in 2016 and hosted shows including Kaun Banega Rastrapati, 2019 Kaun Jeetega, Modi ke 4 Saal. On 11 February she resigned from ABP and joined Aaj Tak as Deputy Editor and first covered the 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes. She had covered shows on Aaj Tak like Dangal after death of Rohit Sardana, Shankhnaad replacing her former show Desh Tak on the same channel. She was awarded with the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2015 for her Kashmir coverage. On 11th Of October 2022, she announced on twitter about her new assignment with ABP News where she files report from Saifai on the last journey of Neta ji Mulayam Singh Yadav. To her viewers surprise not even completing her innings at ABP news for a month, she rejoined her ex-channel Aaj Tak,[1] which Tripathi considered a better workplace.

Personal life

In 2008, she married her long-time boyfriend Atul Agrawal, a Hindi TV journalist and news anchor.[2]

Career

Tripathi is currently with Aajtak channel. Tripathi started her career in 2005 from Gorakhpur Doordarshan. She has worked with news channels like Sahara India, India News, News 24, ETV Network, ABP News. She joined ABP News in 2016 and hosted many shows like Kaun Banega Rastrapati, 2019 Kaun Jeetega, Modi ke 4 Saal, etc. On 11 February she resigned from ABP and joined Aaj Tak as Deputy Editor later to resign from Aaj Tak and join ABP again. She has covered many shows on Aaj Tak like Dangal after death of Rohit Sardana, Shankhnaad replacing her former show Desh Tak on the same channel.[3] She was awarded with the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2015 for her Kashmir coverage.[4][5] She is also known for Bullet Reporter on Aaj Tak which is an election-based show. She had covered so many events like 2017 Indian presidential election, 2019 Indian general election, Kumbh Mela 2019, 2021 West Bengal Elections, 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections, 2022 Gyanvapi Masjid Survey, etc.[6][7] She is one of the 14 news anchors across nine news channels who are boycotted by the INDIA alliance on September 14, 2023.

References

  1. ↑ "Chitra Tripathi quits ABP News Network, joins Aaj Tak again - Exchange4media.com". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Who is Chitra Tripathi, Wife Of Journalist Accused Of Fabricating A Story About Being Robbed?". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "चित्रा त्रिपाठी का जीवन परिचय विकिपीडिया | Chitra Tripathi (News Anchor ) Biography in Hindi | family | Husband | Children | Education". Biography in Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "चित्रा त्रिपाठी". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "किसानों की महापंचायत में टीवी एंकर का हुआ विरोध, लगे 'हाय-हाय' के नारे, वरिष्ठ पत्रकारों ने जताई नाराजगी". Jansatta (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "मुजफ्फरनगर में किसान महापंचायत के कवरेज के दौरान महिला एंकर से बदसलूकी". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chitra Tripathi (News Anchor) उम्र, पति, परिवार, Biography in Hindi - बायोग्राफी". 14 May 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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