Journalist Barkha Dutt quits NDTV after 21 years, likely to start her own venture

While wishing her the best for her future endeavours, NDTV today has put out a formal communication on their website, briefly revisiting Barkha Dutt's long and eventful career.

Updated: January 15, 2017 6:09 PM IST

By Zeeshan Shaikh

Journalist Barkha Dutt quits NDTV after 21 years, likely to start her own venture

New Delhi, January 15: Senior Journalist and NDTV’s consulting editor Barkha Dutt today stepped down from her position as a consulting editor at NDTV after working there for almost 21 years. Barkha Dutt, a Padma Shri award winner is likely to concentrate on her own news venture and will explore some new opportunities.

Barkha Dutt, a Padma Shri award winner, ended the long innings today at NDTV, where she has worked since the start of her career in 1995. Since last couple of years, Barkha Dutt was the host of NDTV’s popular prime time show, ‘The Buck Stops Here’ and the famous weekend talk show ‘We The People’.

According to a tweet shared by Barkha Dutt on January 9, she recently joined The Washington Post’s Global Opinion section as a contributing columnist,

While wishing her the best for her future endeavours, NDTV today has put out a formal communication on their website, briefly revisiting Dutt’s long and eventful career.

At social media platform, Barkha Dutt also confirmed her move in a series of tweet, Barkha said that “We the people was the longest running TV show that she had built from scratch”.

In her tweets she said, “Did my last We The People. At 16 yrs its longest running TV show which I built from scratch, won scores of awards for& am hugely proud of. It’s been a super ride at NDTV but new beginning in 2017. I shall be moving on from NDTV to explore new opportunities & my own ventures. As I move on after 21 Great NDTV yrs; a team I’m SO proud of, an Emmy Nomination & many other awards to cap it all, I count on your wishes. Hugely excited to start New Year on a new slate, diversify my interests & build my own independent projects. Watch this space for more”.

However, Barkha Dutt did not divulge many details on her next move but said that she will most likely come up with her own projects, and promised more details on her future plans.

As soon as the news about Barkha Dutt leaving NDTV started appearing, musician Vishal Dadlani and Journalist Rahul Singh were among the first few who congratulated her.

Read Full Statement Issued By NDTV:

In 1995, Barkha Dutt joined NDTV straight out of college, and now, after 21 wonderful years together, Barkha has requested that she would like to explore some new opportunities, pursue other interests and work on her own ventures.

In all her years with NDTV, she has been hugely productive and has grown with the organisation, becoming an acclaimed, award-winning journalist of repute across India and many parts of the world. We are certain that Barkha will go from strength to strength and NDTV wishes her all the very best.

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