Ambika Anand (born 15 September 1980) is an Indian TV anchor and fashion consultant. She has previously anchored shows like ''Eyes on Style'', ''Band Baajaa Bride'' Season 7, ''Big Fat Indian Wedding'', ''I'm Too Sexy For My Shoes'', and ''I'm Too Sexy – All Access''. and hosted ''The Ambika Anand Show'' on her YouTube channel.

Early life and career

Born in

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, she is daughter of Anil P Anand and Jayshree Anand, she completed her schooling from Delhi Public School & graduated from

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. She earned a Diploma Degree in Economics from the Cardiff Business School.Ambika Anand Profile

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. Anand joined

on 8 December 2002 and worked for their show ''India Business Report'', a weekly programme that was produced for the

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. After close to two years of working with NDTV, she went and worked for the Department of Communication of the

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. In December 2005, she rejoined NDTV and worked on several programmes in her capacity as reporter and anchor, including ''Hot Property'', ''Boss's Day Out'' and ''Value for Money''. She also anchored live business news on the channel. Anand turned to fashion and wedding related programming in 2007 and joined NDTV's lifestyle channel,

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. She worked on a series of hit programs like ''Big Fat Indian Wedding'', ''10 Things To Do Before You Say Bye'', ''Vanity No Apologies'', ''The Inside Story'' and ''I Am Too Sexy For My Shoes''. Continuing with her foray in this genre, she began anchoring a new show ''Band Baja Bride'' in 2011, a bride makeover show where she performed the part of mentor. She also hosted ''The Fast and the Gorgeous'', a

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, in the same year.

Awards and honours

* Was on '' Verve''s India's best dressed list in 2009, 2010 * Her show ''I'm Too Sexy For My Shoes'' also won the Best Lifestyle & Fashion Show for 2010 at the

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* Awarded

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India's Fun Fearless Female TV Personality Award 2011 * ''10 Things to do before you say Bye! - London'' - A show that Anand was a part of, won the award for Outstanding Broadcast Feature at VisitBritain Media Awards 2011 * ''Band Baajaa Bride'', a show that Anand hosted won Best Lifestyle Show at the Indian Telly Awards 2011 * Was on the list of ''HT City'' Delhi's Most Stylish 2013 * In 2019, The Colombo Fashion Week show was sent as an entry by NDTV 24x7 for Best Fashion And Lifestyle Show for Indian Television Awards 2019 and won in that category. Ambika had scripted and anchored the show! NDTV’s Coverage of CFW wins Indian Television Academy Award
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YouTube

In 2019, she started her own

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and launched ''The Ambika Anand Show''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anand, Ambika Indian women television presenters Indian television presenters 1980 births Living people People from Delhi NDTV Group Delhi University alumni Indian bloggers Alumni of Cardiff University Delhi Public School alumni Indian women bloggers