Supriya Shrinate

Supriya Shrinate (born 27 October) is an Indian politician and former journalist, who currently serves as a National Spokesperson for the Indian National Congress.^[6][7] She contested the 2019 Indian general election (Lok Sabha election) from Maharajganj constituency.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist. She began her career with India Today later she joined NDTV as an Assistant Editor. She was working as an Executive Editor in ET Now of The Times Group when she joined active politics.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Early life[]

Shrinate is the daughter of former MP Harsh Vardhan.^[16] Shrinate attended Loreto Convent school in Lucknow. She graduated with a Master of Arts in History from the University of Delhi.^[17]

Journalism[]

Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist in the print and electronic media. In 2001, she began her career with India Today (TV channel) as a Special Correspondent. In 2004, she joined NDTV as an Assistant Editor. In 2008, she joined ET Now as Chief Editor - News. She was named Policy Editor and Executive Editor for ET Now the same year.^[18]

Politics[]

In 2019, she resigned from her post as a Senior Anchor in ET Now to contest 2019 Indian general election.^[19][20][21] She contested from Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency) as an Indian National Congress candidate and came on the third position with 72,516 votes.^[22]

In 2019, she was appointed as the spokesperson of All India Congress Committee.^[23] She participated in TV debates as Congress spokesperson.^[24][25][26]

References[]

External link[]

• Keynote by Supriya Shrinate, Chief Editor-News, ET Now at Institute for Competitiveness, India part of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School.