Who is journalist Pradeep Bhandari as he leaves Zee News, biography, age, family and education

Who is journalist Pradeep Bhandari as he leaves Zee News, biography, age, family and education

Pradeep Bhandari is a news anchor and journalist from India, have a look at his biography, education and family

He oversaw news operations for the ITV Network’s India News channel.

Pradeep Bhandari is the creator and chief editor of the digital media website Jan Ki Baat. Bhandari began working as a consultant editor for Zee News on March 10, 2024.

Who is journalist Pradeep Bhandari as he leaves Zee News, biography, age, family, parents and education

38-year-old Pradeep Bhandari was born on 30 June 1985 to a police officer Dilip Bhandari and his wife Rajni Bhandari who was a healthcare worker. Bhandari grew up with his two sisters Shilpa and Shubra. He is 5ft 9in tall. Pradeep completed his education at Cambridge International School, Indore.

In 2012, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology.

Pradeep Bhandari career

Pradeep Bhandari was named the news director of India News, an ITV Network Hindi news channel, in August 2022. He established Jan Ki Baat, a digital media firm well-known for using opinion and exit polls to anticipate elections. For more than 39 Indian elections, he has made predictions.

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“Janta Ka Mukadama,” a prime-time show on India news hosted by Pradeep Bhandari airs 60 minutes a day at 8 p.m. on weekdays. In 2020, he became well-known for his coverage of the Sushant Singh Rajput death case and was praised for his distinct reporting approach.

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Prior to his resignation in February 2021, Bhandari was employed as Republic Media Network’s consulting editor.  He hosted “Lalkaar,” a well-liked programme on Republic TV. He was a teacher at Pink Flower Public School as well.

Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches from Ground Zero, written by Pradeep Bhandari was published by Rupa Publications in 2019.

After that, in September 2020, Bhandari worked for Republic TV as a consulting editor. While covering the drug investigation involving Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, and Rakul Preet Singh, she was accosted by reporters from NDTV and ABP News outside the Narcotics Control Bureau office in Mumbai. A man was seen pushing Pradeep Bhandari in a video that went popular on social media and the man even made an attempt to slap him.

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Zee News has stopped his how ‘Taal Thok Ke’ along with other ongoing shows of Pradeep Bhandari from the channel recently. Taal Thok Ke was aired at 5 Pm followed by his show Apka Sawal at 8 Pm with Pradeep now claiming that he has quit the channel.

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