Chitra Tripathi

Chitra Tripathi (born 11 May 1989) is an Indian anchor working in Hindi news channel ABP News. She started her career in 2005 from Gorakhpur Doordarshan. She has worked with news channels like Aaj Tak, Sahara India, India News, News 24, ETV Network, ABP News
She joined ABP News in 2016 and hosted shows including Kaun Banega Rastrapati, 2019 Kaun Jeetega, Modi ke 4 Saal. On 11 February she resigned from ABP and joined Aaj Tak as Deputy Editor and first covered the 2019 India-Pakistan border skirmishes. She had covered shows on Aaj Tak like Dangal after death of Rohit Sardana, Shankhnaad replacing her former show Desh Tak on the same channel. She was awarded with the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2015 for her Kashmir coverage. On 11 October 2022, she announced on twitter about her new assignment with ABP News where she files report from Saifai on the last journey of Neta ji Mulayam Singh Yadav. To her viewers surprise not even completing her innings at ABP news for a month, she rejoined her ex-channel Aaj Tak, which Tripathi considered a better workplace.
Personal life
In 2008, she married her long-time boyfriend Atul garwal, a Hindi TV journalist and news anchor.
Career
Tripathi is currently with ABP News channel as Vice President and hosting Mahadangal - a debate show at 5 pm and Janhit - Daily Prime Time Show at 9 Pm . Tripathi started her career in 2005 from Gorakhpur Doordarshan. She has worked with news channels like Sahara India, India News, News 24, ETV Network, ABP News. She joined ABP News in 2016 and hosted many shows like Kaun Banega Rastrapati, 2019 Kaun Jeetega, Modi ke 4 Saal, etc. On 11 February she resigned from ABP and joined Aaj Tak as Deputy Editor later to resign from Aaj Tak and join ABP again. She has covered many shows on Aaj Tak like Dangal after death of Rohit Sardana, Shankhnaad replacing her former show Desh Tak on the same channel. She was awarded with the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2015 for her Kashmir coverage. She is also known for Bullet Reporter on Aaj Tak which is an election-based show. She had covered so many events like 2017 Indian presidential election, 2019 Indian general election, Kumbh Mela 2019, 2021 West Bengal Elections, 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections, 2022 Gyanvapi Masjid Survey, etc. She is one of the 14 news anchors across nine news channels who was boycotted by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance on 14 September 2023.
 
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