Rashmi Shukla - Managing Editor
Rashmi joined VOA-Hindi in 1985 where she regularly hosts VOA-Hindi's popular live, call-in programs 'Hello America' and 'Hello India' and has covered many major news events such as U.S. Presidential elections, Indian Prime Ministers visits to the US, and UN General Assembly sessions. Rashmi also covers major international conferences, interviews top leaders in various fields and was specially sent to India to cover former President Clinton's visit.
Rashmi started her broadcasting career with All India Radio and Indian National Television (Doordarshan) while she was still in grade school. After graduating from the prestigious Delhi University with a degree in English Literature, her love for electronic media took her to the prestigious Indian Film and Television Institute (FTII) in Pune, graduating summa cum laude. Rashmi later came back to Delhi and joined Doordarshan, India's only national TV channel at the time, as a Producer. During her seven years at Doordarshan, Rashmi wrote, directed, presented and produced numerous television programs including news magazines, features and several documentary series on child labor, drugs and dowry abuse, interviews with Indian political leaders, coverage of Indira Gandhi’s death and the Non-Aligned Conference.
Throughout her career, Rashmi has earned a number awards including Doordarshan's first National Award for a documentary about an abused deaf and mute girl who overcame adverse circumstances to become a doctor. Several other television programs she produced won recognition at national and international TV competitions. With VOA-Hindi, Rashmi has won over 50 Excellence in Programming awards as well as the David Burke Professional Journalism Award, the Cowen Award for Humanitarian Reporting and the New York Radio Festival Award.
It is not only the art of broadcasting and presentation that Rashmi excels in. She also enjoys sketching, drawing and painting. You wouldn't know the artwork hanging on the walls of her home were done by Rashmi unless, of course, you looked at the signature at the bottom. In her spare time, she also likes to design Indian dresses or, at least, tweak the designs she bought from the market.
But what Rashmi is especially proud of is her newly discovered vetting and editing skills. Recently, she edited, designed and published one of her father's manuscripts into a book entitled 'A Garden of Deeds'. Currently, she is working on his second book. 'Daddy has written enough manuscripts for me to work on all my life. I am sure I will never find the time to write my own' she says.
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