Nidhi Razdan, NDTV’s famous television journalist and news anchor, has revealed in a tweet that she has quit NDTV to join Harvard University as a Professor. She will be joining the University’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences as associate professor.
The tweet read: “Some personal and professional news: after 21 years at NDTV, I am changing direction and moving on. Later this year, I start as an Associate Professor teaching journalism as part of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences”.
She also expressed her gratitude towards her colleagues deeply and thanked NDTV co-founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy “for being the most incredible mentors and bosses”. There were a number of responses to her tweet, from prominent journalists and some politicians also congratulated her on the career change.
Nidhi has been a well-known name in tele-journalism for the last two decades. She has also won the International Press Institute India award for excellence in journalism for her reporting of the Kathua rape and murder case in Jammu and Kashmir. In addition to that, she went on to become the face of the channel’s Left, Right and Centre. Her book under the same title explored diverse views from people across a wide spectrum of life-politicians, activists, administrators, artistes, academicians-who offer their idea of India.