Rini Khanna (born 1964) is an Indian television

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, who worked with state-run

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(1985 – 2001) which made her well known, and later started a career as

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professional and anchor person for various events. She started her career as a

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with

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in 1982.

Early life and education

Born to malayali parants Samuel Simon a IAF officer and Mary kutti, hails from konni

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Kerala. She studied in nine schools in Delhi,

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(Punjab), Mumbai, Jodhpur,

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, Tambaram and back in Delhi. She finished her schooling at

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at Subroto Park, Delhi in 1981. Thereafter she graduated in English literature from

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, and did her post graduation in History and also did a PG diploma in Journalism from

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(IIMC), New Delhi.

Career

At 13, Khanna began producing and hosting programmes and interviews on India’s National Radio,

and was soon reading the primetime national news on All India Radio. In addition she does commentary on occasions including Independence day, Republic day etc. for television and radio. She was handpicked from Radio to anchor the National news on Delhi

, the premier Indian television channel in 1985, co-anchoring news with Tejeshwar Singh. Khanna is a voice talent, rendering commentary and voiceovers for documentaries, advt films and feature-films. She also anchors international and national conferences, cultural shows and seminars for organisations, UN agencies, corporate groups and Government agencies. Khanna has also given the female voice over for the

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along with male voice over of

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Personal life

Khanna is married to businessman Deepak Khanna. The couple lives in

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, New Delhi and have a 26-year-old son, Sahil Khanna.

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