Ambika Anand

Ambika Anand
Born	(1980-09-15) 15 September 1980 (age 44) Chandigarh, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Delhi University Cardiff Business School
Occupation(s)	Journalist, News presenter
Employer	NDTV

Ambika Anand (born 15 September 1980) is an Indian TV anchor and fashion consultant.^[1] She has previously anchored shows like Eyes on Style, Band Baajaa Bride Season 7,^[2] Big Fat Indian Wedding, I'm Too Sexy For My Shoes,^[3][4][5] and I'm Too Sexy – All Access.^[6][7] and hosted The Ambika Anand Show on her YouTube channel.

Early life and career

Born in Chandigarh, she is daughter of Anil P Anand and Jayshree Anand, she completed her schooling from Delhi Public School & graduated from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. She earned a Diploma Degree in Economics from the Cardiff Business School.^[4][8]

Anand joined NDTV on 8 December 2002 and worked for their show India Business Report, a weekly programme that was produced for the BBC. After close to two years of working with NDTV, she went and worked for the Department of Communication of the International Labour Organization in Geneva.

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.^[4]

Anand turned to fashion and wedding related programming in 2007 and joined NDTV's lifestyle channel, Good Times. 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.^[9][10][11]

Continuing with her foray in this genre, she began anchoring a new show Band Baja Bride in 2011,^[12] a bride makeover show where she performed the part of mentor. She also hosted The Fast and the Gorgeous, a reality show, in the same year.^[13]

Awards and honours

• Was on Verve's India's best dressed list in 2009, 2010 ^[14][15]
• Her show I'm Too Sexy For My Shoes also won the Best Lifestyle & Fashion Show for 2010 at the Indian Telly Awards^[16]
• Awarded Cosmopolitan 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^[10]
• Band Baajaa Bride, a show that Anand hosted won Best Lifestyle Show at the Indian Telly Awards 2011 ^[17]
• Was on the list of HT City Delhi's Most Stylish 2013 ^[18]
• 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! ^[19]

YouTube

In 2019, she started her own YouTube channel and launched The Ambika Anand Show.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Anand, Ambika (18 August 2018). "What Fashionista Ambika Anand Would Wear if She were PeeCee". TheQuint.
2. "NDTV Good Times announces season 7 of Band Baajaa Bride". Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
3. Wedding Planner Indian Express, 25 May 2009.
4. Ambika Anand Profile Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine NDTV.
5. Glitterati from fashion and films add a splash of style Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine afaqs, 13 February 2010.
6. "NDTVGOODTIMES I'm Too Sexy –All Access". Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
7. "It's Show Time with Ambika Anand | Verve Magazine". www.vervemagazine.in. 19 June 2015.
8. From business to fashion Archived 30 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Afternoon, 23 June 2011.
9. "Good Times in Fashion are here". Deccan Herald. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
10. "10 Things To Do Before You Say Bye! - London episode". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
11. Show Time: Second season of 'I am too sexy for my shoes' The Hindu, 11 Mar 2010.
12. Wedding bloom The Hindu, 18 Feb 2011.
13. 'The Fast and The Gorgeous' back with Ambika Anand
14. India's Best Dressed List 2010 Verve, Volume 18, Issue 10, October, 2010.
15. India's Best Dressed List 2009 Verve, Volume 17, Issue 10, October, 2009.
16. "The Tenth Indian Telly Awards". Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
17. The 11th Indian Telly Awards Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
18. HT City Delhi's Most Stylish 2013
19. NDTV’s Coverage of CFW wins Indian Television Academy Award

External links

• Ambika Anand on Twitter