Shekhar Gupta Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Secrets, Affairs, Images, Marriage, Phone number.

Shekhar Gupta is a prominent Indian journalist. He was the Editor-in-Chief and the CEO of the Indian Express for 13 years, but, he quit in 2015. He then started his digital media news company, The Print, and is also its Editor-in-Chief.

Shekhar Gupta Bio/Wiki

NameShekhar Gupta
NicknameShekhar
ProfessionJournalist
Famous ForHosting the NDTV talk-show; Walk The Talk
Date of Birth 26 August 1957
Age (as in 2019)62 Years
Zodiac/Sun SignVirgo
Birth PlacePalwal, Haryana
Home townPalwal, Haryana
Mother TongueNot Known
Parents/ FatherNot Known
MotherNot Known
BrotherNot Known
SisterNot Known

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Personal Life

School  Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Palwal
Vidya Mandir School, Punjab
College/ UniversitySchool of Communication Studies, Panjab University
Education QualificationBachelor of Journalism
Contact numberNot Known
AddressPalwal, Haryana, India
ReligionHinduism
CasteVaishya (Bania)
NationalityIndian
CarNot Known
HobbiesRedding books 
DebutNot Known
Awards, Honours, Achievements1), Honoured with the 1984 American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) Fellowship at the Tufts University and The New York Times
2), He received the Inlaks Young Journalist of the Year Award in 1985
3), The GK Reddy Award for Journalism in 1997
4), The Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration in 2006
5), He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2009 for his contribution to journalism

Marital Status/Affairs

Marital Status Married
Affairs/GirlfriendsNeelam Jolly
Wife/SpouseNeelam Jolly (Social Worker)
ChildrenNot Known

Salary/Networth

Salary
(As the Editor-in-Chief
and the CEO of Indian Express)
INR 10 crores per annum
NetworthNot Known

Social Media Accounts

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shekharguptaofficial/?hl=en
Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/shekharguptaofficial/
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/ShekharGupta
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Shekhar Gupta Some Lesser-Known Facts

  • Does Shekhar Gupta Drink Alcohol?: Yes
  • Does Shekhar Smoke?: Not Known
  • Shekhar Gupta is a renowned Indian journalist who was the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of the Indian Express for 13 years. He switched over to India Today as the Editor-in-Chief in 2015. In August 2017, he founded his own digital media news company, The Print, and is also its Editor-in-Chief.
  • His father was a Punjab Government Employee. As his father was a government employee, he got transferred a lot and had to move often, and so, he did his schooling from a lot of different places.
  • In an interview, he revealed that in his student life, he had no interest in science and technology but he was interested in arts. Once, when he went to Punjab University to get the spelling of his name in his mark sheet corrected, he saw the notice for the admission tests of journalism, he filled out the form and got selected.
  • In 1977, he started out his career as a cub reporter at The Indian Express in Chandigarh. He joined India Today in 1983, where he covered many important and big stories such as the Operation Bluestar from inside The Golden Temple and the Nellie Massacre of Assam in 1983.
  • He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the UPA Government in 2009 for his contribution to journalism. He was presented the award by the former President Pratibha Patil.
  • In 2017, he started his own digital media company with Barkha Dutt called, The Print. Although they announced the venture jointly on Twitter on 7 January 2016, Barkha Dutt’s name was not mentioned in the company’s records as Director. After 6 months, Barkha’s name was even dropped from the company website as a co-founder.

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