Supriya Shrinate (born 27 October 1977), also known as Supriya Srinet, is an Indian politician and former journalist, who currently serves as a National Spokesperson for the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

. She contested the

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(

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election) from Maharajganj constituency. Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist. She began her career with ''

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'' later she joined

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as an assistant editor. She was working as an executive editor in '' ET Now'' of

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when she joined active politics.

Early life

Shrinate is the daughter of former MP Harsh Vardhan. She was educated at the Loreto Convent Lucknow. She graduated with a Master of Arts in History from the

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Journalism

Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist in the print and electronic media. In 2001, she began her career with

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as a special correspondent. In 2004, she joined

as an assistant editor. In 2008, she joined ET Now as chief editor – news. She was named policy editor and executive editor for ET Now the same year.

Politics

In 2019, she resigned from her post as a executive editor in ET Now to contest

. She contested the Maharajganj constituency as an

candidate and lost to

Pankaj Choudhary Pankaj Chaudhary (born 15 November 1964) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh. Early life He was born on 15 November 1964 to Late Shri Bhagwati Prasad Chaudhary. Kurmi-sainthwar ...

of BJP, coming in third with 72,516 votes and 5.91% of the vote. In 2019, she was appointed as the spokesperson of

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. She participated in TV debates as Congress spokesperson. She also participated in UP Assembly Elections 2022 as star campaigner of

. In 2022, Supriya Shrinate have appointed as Chairman of Social Media & Digital Platforms of Indian National Congress.

References

External links

Keynote by Supriya Shrinate, Chief Editor-News, ET Now at Institute for Competitiveness, India part of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School.
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