Marya Shakil is an Indian television journalist and TV news anchor in

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. She hosts the network's shows ''News Epicenter'' and ''Reporters Project''. Marya Shakil center with Pratik Sinha and Ashish Khetan at Amnesty Event New Delhi

Marya Shakil center with Pratik Sinha and Ashish Khetan at Amnesty Event New Delhi

Early life and background

Marya's father Shakil Ahmad Khan was a politician from Makhpa, Makhdumpur,

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. He was initially in

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, later switched to

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

, and then joined

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in 2010. Khan was member of Bihar legislative assembly twice. He was a senior cabinet minister for energy, law, minority welfare and public relations department for ten years in the

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government, prior to joining

in 2010. Her father was also a criminal lawyer in

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and died in August 2012. Marya has two sisters. Marya completed her master's in mass communication from

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia is a Public university, public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British R ...

in 2005. She did internship at Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group) in 2004. Marya joined

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(

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) in 2005. She did a 30 Minutes documentary on

2008 Bihar flood The 2008 Bihar flood was one of the most disastrous floods in the history of Bihar, an impoverished and densely populated state in India. The Koshi embankment near the Indo-Nepal border (at Kusaha VDC, Sunsari district, Nepal) broke on 18 Aug ...

. Ahead of

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election followed as a result the expiration of the five-year term of the previous legislature elected in Uttar Pradesh, India. The election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held in seven ...

, Marya’s 30-minute show, ‘The Muslim Manifesto’, documented the "layers of change" within the Muslim community. She was a recipient of Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship in 2016.

Personal life

Marya is married to Irfan Khan, who has started BlogMint company. The couple lives in

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Awards

Marya has won the

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards (RNG Awards) are one of the awards in India in the field of journalism. Named after Ramnath Goenka, the awards have been held annually since 2006, with the 12th edition being held in 2017. The awa ...

as Best Political Journalist (Broadcast) in 2012 for her show on 2012 UP elections and then again in 2014 for her 2014 general elections coverage, including a documentary on Indian Prime Minister

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. * 2021, Best Current Affairs Presenter, Epicentre, 26th

Asian Television Awards The Asian Television Awards, founded in 1996, is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, it comprises 56 categories across news, documentaries and curre ...

(Nominated)

References

External links

Marya Shakil
on

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