Nisha Pillai
Nisha Pillai | |
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BBC World News live on 9/11 | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Sir Biren Mookerjee (grandfather) Sir Narayanan Raghavan Pillai (grandfather) |
Website | nishapillai.com |
Nisha Pillai is an Indian journalist based in London. She is a main
Early life
Pillai was born in Kolkata, India, and grew up in Mumbai. When she was 14,[4] her family moved to London, England. She attended a girls school in Birmingham,[5] then graduated in analytical economics at the London School of Economics.
Her mother Nita Pillai (née Mookherjee) was the younger daughter of industrialist Sir Biren Mookerjee and Lady Ranu Mookherjee, an impresario and an associates of Rabindranath Tagore. Her paternal grandfather was the former Ambassador of India to France, Sir Narayanan Raghavan Pillai.[6]
Career
After attending university, she joined
She joined the BBC World News channel in 1995 as one of the main anchors, presenting the hourly news reports. In 1997, she presented the channel's coverage of
She has also presented the BBC's flagship interview programme HARDtalk, and listed her interviewees as including Hindu nationalist Bal Thackeray of the Shiv Sena, musician Phil Collins, writer V. S. Naipaul and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.[4]
Pillai coaches senior executives in presentation skills at
Personal life
She has two children, one whose name is Kiran,[5] and visits India regularly.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Book Nisha Pillai - Contact speaker agent". JLA. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ a b Hilary Knight Management, Nisha Pillai - CV Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kate Moon Management, "Nisha Pillai"
- ^ a b c Grilled to perfection, Lucknow Newsline, 28 May 2006 Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Face to face with Nisha". The Hindu. 13 May 2004. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ Pillai, Nisha. "Tandoored Legs". Outlook Magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
Further reading
- Performing Artistes, "Nisha Pillai" biography
- BBC Press Office, Nisha Pillai, biography
- BBC News, "Nisha Pillai", profile
External links
- http://www.nishapillai.com—Nisha Pillai Website
- Nisha Pillai at IMDb