Nilanjana Gupta

Nilanjana Gupta is a journalist who presently is based in the UAE. Born in Punjab, Nilanjana was always a curious student. Throughout her school life, she showed great interest in learning about national and international news, and the current affairs. She often participated in debates and even wrote lots of essays on the current issues. After completing her schooling, she pursues engineering from Punjab University and graduated in 2009.

After completing her graduation, Nilanjana worked as a research analyst for Grail Research. During her stint with Grail, Nilanjana worked on analysing the various business related market issues and strategies to help avoid financial disruptions. After that, she worked as a freelance writer for India Today. This is where she really made a name for herself as she would go on to write some of the most fantastic pieces on the magazine. She was in-charge of writing for India Today groups’ Good Housekeeping magazine.

She wrote various stories about lifestyles, health, food, family values and even a little on beauty products. Through India Today, she also got a chance to interview some of the top most CEOs of various enterprises like Flipkart, 99Labels and many more. This was also the first time she would break into the Bollywood mold as she interviewed celebrities like Sonali Bendre Sonali Bendre, the epitome of beauty and grace was >> Read More... and many others. She was also responsible for the quality check of the online magazine.

After concluding her work with India Today, Nilanjana decided to further pursue her studies in journalism and she joined Syracuse University, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... where she studied MS- Broadcast and Journalism. She was one of the most achieving students at her University, she wrote pieces regularly for CONNECT, a public affairs program broadcasted on WSYR-TV 9.2 She also was awarded the Liu Foundation Multicultural Scholarship from her alma mater for her active and positive indulgence in multicultural issues.

After completing her post-graduation, Nilanjana started working for NewsX in India where she was the web producer. She would proof read the material that was to be uploaded on the website, she also handled the website maintenance and upload blogs and articles regularly about health and lifestyle. Nilanjana would go on to work for Al Jazeera English in Washington DC as an intern, she is also a member of the South Asian Journalists Association and currently she works for Khaleej Times as a journalist in Dubai.

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Nilanjana Gupta is a famous journalist who is Hindi by origin. Specifically, she is a multimedia journalist. She had completed her MS in digital journalism from Syracuse university, which is located in New York. Before that, she completed her graduation in IT engineering. In the beginning of her career, she was a part of the online department of News X, which is a famous news channel.

Talking about her past works, she worked in the office of Al Jazeera English in Washington, DC, under an internship. She was an integral part of the top show of that channel, which was ‘Inside Story.' After that, she served the same channel as an associate producer of the show ‘The Stream’, which was a full-time job. Also, as a part of her prior careers, she worked as an intern in the office of 88.5 FM. As per media news, at present, she is holding the position of a videographer in Khaleej Times, which is a leading newspaper in Dubai, UAE.

She also gave her services at CNN’s Indian affiliate, which is situated in Noida, India, for two years. Most of her works so far include tasks like researching newspapers, writing stories, finding new facts related to random topics, and current affairs. She had got many articles published in the Public Affairs magazine. She considers herself to be best at producing and writing stories and articles. She also worked in a CONNECT company for a certain period.

According to her interview, she likes to meet deadlines and complete challenging tasks related to her field. Apart from being a dedicated journalist, she also enjoys playing guitar and listening to music in her free time. She likes singing as well. She prefers to spend her free time with her family and is also fond of cats.