Sutapa Deb

A postgraduate in English literature, Sutapa Deb is a well-known television journalist. Her journey as a journalist began with Indian Express and India Today in Delhi. Eighteen years ago, she made the transition from print to television when she joined NDTV. As a television journalist she has reported on diverse issues and sectors among them education, women, children, health, labour, disability and unemployment, prompted by the belief that these were people’s issues. She traveled to villages in West Bengal, Manipur, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and other states to bring the voices of the rural to mainstream news coverage.

She is the driving force behind the pioneering series India Matters on NDTV at a time that television channels are obsessed with politics, cricket and films, with more celebrities and scandals.

The series look beyond the headlines and the news events. It attempts to understand the processes that shape the event and offers insights. The objective always is to raise public awareness. At the same time, it succeeds in holding viewers’ interest through simple techniques, a tout script, and high production values and by practicing the highest standards of journalism.

In certain cases, the reports have made the administration take action. In, 2002, her documentary on the Unsung Heroes of the Gujarat Earthquake won her the Indian Telly Award for the best documentary of the year.

Sutapa Deb has been honoured with the 'Commonwealth Broadcasting Association-Thomson Foundation Journalist of the Year' award at the CBA's Broadcasting Awards for 2008 in Nassau, Bahamas.