Kim Jagtiani

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birth_name = Komila Jagtiani
birth_date = birth date|1980|8|8|
birth_place = Mumbai, India
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occupation = broadcaster

Kim Jagtiani (born Komila Jagtiani on August 8, 1980) is an Indian Canadian television personality who hosts tv programmes, including regular appearances on "Daily Planet" for a series entitled India Unleashed. She is also a VJ (Video Jockey) for Channel V India (an Indian equivalent of MTV), hosting Cool Stop, P.O.V. and Club V, and is considered to be a household name in India.

Jagtiani won "Miss India Canada" in 1999. Born in Mumbai, India, she and her family moved to Oshawa, Ontario in Canada, and she altered her name from Komila to Kim in order to better help her adjust to Canadian society.Fact|date=August 2007

While vacationing in India, a television station Channel V contacted her, asking if she'd like to audition to be a VJ. Though she declined, her aunt made her reconsider and she went to the audition. Believing her audition went poorly, she was surprised to be contacted yet again by Channel V, who offered her a full time position. Leaving her studies at University of Toronto, she moved to Mumbai to begin her new job. Through her 5 year career at Channel V she learned to speak Hindi. Following this, she joined STAR One in India to host the award winning travel program Exotica. She has also acted in several Indian plays and commercials and is also trained in various forms of dance.

On August 2, 2007, Discovery Channel announced Jagtiani as the new co-host of "Daily Planet", Discovery Canada's daily science feature show, starting September 4, 2007.Cite web|url=http://www.discoverychannel.ca/reports/rw/2578/Kim-Jagtiani-is-Daily-Planets-new-co-host.aspx|title=Kim Jagtiani is Daily Planet's new co-host|publisher=CTVGlobemedia|date=2007-08-02|accessdate=2007-08-30]

It has been announced that Kim has now returned to India and is no longer the co-host of "Daily Planet".

References

External links

* [http://www.discoverychannel.ca/reports/article.aspx?aid=1160 A short article regarding Kim Jagtiani's assistance with India Unleashed]
* [http://www.mybindi.com/gallery/adayinthelife/vjkim.html An article about the life of Kim Jagtiani]

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2007 – 2008
coanchor Jay Ingram