journalist
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. He was the India editor of
BBC Hindi
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service, including
Internet
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and
radio
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, from 2006, having previously been a correspondent for the BBC. He started the BBC's first
Mumbai
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Bureau reporting across BBC television and radio services in
English
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,
Hindi
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Times of India
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'' and ''
Indian Express
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''.
Srivastava joined Sahara News Media Group as editor and CEO in December 2009, reporting to Sahara Group's chairman, Subrata Roy Sahara. He resigned from Sahara on 5 May 2010.
In 2011, Srivastava travelled across India as a journalism trainer with the
BBC World Service Trust
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and continues to report for the BBC.Sanjeev Srivastava "There is a difference in Bharat and India" ''The Sunday Indian'', 29 July 2011
Srivastava has also been the editor-at-large at Firstpost.com. He was the editor of DD News prime time show ''Newsnight'' 8pm – 10 pm before joining Focus News as group editor. He is the recipient of the Haldi Ghati award for journalism.