Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt was born in India on 18th December 1971 and is one of India's foremost reporters. She rose to fame due to her excellent coverage of the Kargil War in 1999. She is hailed as the "Indian Christiane Amanpour". She has a Bachelor's degree in English literature from St. Stephen's College, Delhi; a Master's degree in Mass Communications from Jamia Milia Islamia's Mass Communications Research Center, Delhi; and a master's in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. She was a 1997 winner of the Inlaks Scholarship, which sends six Indians abroad annually for graduate work. She hosts popular talkshow, We The People in NDTV. She currently anchors the 9 p.m. daily news bulletin and co-anchors "Newshour," an hour-long analysis and discussion program for STAR TV, the Asian satellite channel. Some of her writings can also be viewed in Outlookindia's website.

I personaly love her show "We The People" on NDTV. I'm a big fan of hers. She is my role model too!!!!

About the show: We The People is an unconventional debate platform that features panelists from various walks of life. Barkha Dutt, takes social issues to a new level of significance by pushing the limits of intrepid discussion in this NDTV series.

As a journalist, Dutt began her career at NDTV when it was a TV production house creating news programmes and providing content to Star TV. Later, NDTV created its own independent news and content channels, and Barkha Dutt rose to be its Managing Editor for English News. She is currently Group Editor-English News.

Dutt's reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999, including an interview with Captain Vikram Batra, brought her to prominence in India. She has since covered conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. She won a Padma Shri for her coverage of the 2004 Tsunami [5] and Commonwealth Broadcasters Award for Journalist of the Year. Her Sunday talk show has won the most awards for any show across television channels, winning the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row.[6] In 2008, Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.[7] She has been awarded the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award twice by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008)[8]. She has also received Society's Young Achievers Award. [9] She is a nominated member of India's National Integration Council[10]. She was also Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the
International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.

She also maintains a blog. Here is the link for you:-
http://barkhadutt.wordpress.com/