Sagarika Ghose is a noted journalist, broadcaster and author. In 2024, she was elected as Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from the All India Trinamool Congress.
Ghose has worked as a journalist since 1991 at The Times of India, Outlook magazine and The Indian Express. She was a prime-time news anchor on BBC World’s Question Time India. She was also a prime-time news anchor at CNN-IBN — where she was deputy editor — from 2005-2014, hosting the shows Face the Nation, and India 360.
Books
- Indira, India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s Most Loved Prime Minister
- Why I Am A Liberal: A Manifesto for Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom
- The Gin Drinkers
- Blind Faith
Awards
- C.H. Mohammed Koya National Award for journalism in 2017
- NT Award for Best Public Debate Show in 2013
- ITA Best Anchor Award from the Indian Television Academy in 2013
- ITA award for Excellence in Journalism in 2009
- Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1987