Shereen Bhan

Shereen Bhan
Shereen Bhan
	Bhan at the India Economic Summit 2009
Born	20 August 1976 (age 48)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Delhi; University of Pune
Employer	CNBC TV18
Organization(s)	Journalist, News anchor

Shereen Bhan (born 20 August 1976) is an Indian journalist and news anchor^[1]^[2] who currently serves as the Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18. Bhan took over the role from 1 September 2013 after her predecessor Udayan Mukherjee decided to step down.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Early and personal life

Shereen Bhan was born on 20 August 1976 into a Kashmiri Hindu family of the Bhan clan.^[6] She did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Kashmir and also at Air Force Bal Bharati school (A.F.B.B.S) Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Bhan graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi with a degree in Philosophy and a master's in Communication Studies from the University of Pune, with film and television as her area of specialization.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Bhan began her career working as a news-researcher for Karan Thapar in his production house Infotainment Television. She joined UTV's News and Current Affairs division and produced shows like We the People for Star TV and Line of Fire for SAB TV. She joined CNBC-TV18 on 7 December 2000.

Bhan is also the Anchor & Editor of Young Turks, one of India's longest running shows on entrepreneurs. She hosts Overdrive, which won the News Television Award for the 'Best Auto Show' for three consecutive years. She heads the channel's special feature programming that carries several pioneering shows such as Ministers of Change and What Women Really Want. Bhan received the 'Best Business Talk Show' award at the News Television awards for two years consecutively. She also won the 'FICCI Woman of the Year' award for her contribution to the Media in 2005, and was named a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum. She won the ‘Best Business Anchor Award’ at the ‘News Television Awards’ in 2013.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Bhan anchors and produces several shows including India Business Hour, The Nation's Business and Power Turks.^[10]

Awards

In April 2005, she was awarded the FICCI Woman of the Year award.^[11]
Women's magazine Femina included her among the 20 Beautiful Faces of the year in its September 2005 issue.
She was featured on the cover of Verve magazine's December 2008 issue^[12]
Shereen figured among the 50 most Beautiful Women in the Vogue October 2008 issue.
In 2009, the World Economic Forum named her as one of the Young Global Leaders of 2009.^[13]
In 2021, Best News Presenter or Anchor, India Business Hour, 26th Asian Television Awards (Nominated)

References

^ Shereen’s Moment
^ "You must react to news as it breaks: Shereen Bhan".
^ "Will Focus More on Humanising News: Shereen Bhan". 13 July 2013.
^ "Udayan Mukherjee steps down as CNBC-TV18's Managing Editor". Business Standard India. 11 July 2013.
^ http://archive.mid-day.com/columnists/2013/jul/120713-hot-in-the-newsroom.htm ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Brand New Dreamers". IIPM Editorial. Retrieved 2 February 2006.
^ Menezes, Shifra (30 October 2007). "You have to react to news as it breaks: Shereen Bhan". Rediff. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "40 Women under 40 ... adding zing to corporate India!". IIPM Editorial. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "Lucknow Tribune". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Women at work". May 2005.
^ FICCI Press Release Archived 16 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Verve Archives, Dec 2008
^ World Economic Forum, Young Global leaders of 2009 Archived 16 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Shereen Bhan at IMDb

[1] Shereen’s Moment

[2] "You must react to news as it breaks: Shereen Bhan".

[3] "Will Focus More on Humanising News: Shereen Bhan". 13 July 2013.

[4] "Udayan Mukherjee steps down as CNBC-TV18's Managing Editor". Business Standard India. 11 July 2013.

[5] ttp://archive.mid-day.com/columnists/2013/jul/120713-hot-in-the-newsroom.htm ^{[dead link‍]}

[6] "Brand New Dreamers". IIPM Editorial. Retrieved 2 February 2006.

[7] Menezes, Shifra (30 October 2007). "You have to react to news as it breaks: Shereen Bhan". Rediff. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

[8] "40 Women under 40 ... adding zing to corporate India!". IIPM Editorial. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

[9] "Lucknow Tribune". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[10] "Women at work". May 2005.

[11] FICCI Press Release Archived 16 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[12] Verve Archives, Dec 2008

[13] World Economic Forum, Young Global leaders of 2009 Archived 16 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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