Pallavi Aiyar is an Indian journalist and author currently based in

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. Previously, she was the

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correspondent for ''

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'', Europe correspondent for the ''

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'' and China

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chief for ''

''.

Biography

Aiyar is the daughter of Indian journalist

Swaminathan Aiyar Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar (born 12 October 1938) is an Indian economist, journalist, and columnist. He is consulting editor for the ''Economic Times'' and writes regularly for the ''Economic Times'' and ''The Times of India''. He is also a ...

from his newsreader ex-wife Gitanjali Aiyar (née Ambegaonkar). She obtained a B.A in

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from St. Stephen's College,

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, an

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from

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, and an MSc in global media and communications from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. In 1999, she became a journalist for ''

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'' and eventually became the China bureau chief of ''

'' in 2006. In 2007, she was awarded the Prem Bhatia Memorial Prize for Excellence in Reporting. Also in 2007, she was a fellow at the

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at the University of Oxford. In July 2008, she published her first book, ''Smoke and Mirrors'', (HarperCollins) on her experiences in China. The book won the Vodafone-Crossword Readers Choice Award for 2008. She is the also the author of the 2016 parenting memoir, ''Babies and Bylines'', and 2011 novel, ''Chinese Whiskers.'' She was lead author of a new edition of the ''Lonely Planet, Discover China'', guide tailored specifically for the Indian market. She has also published ''Punjabi Parmesan: Dispatches from a Europe in Crisis'' with Penguin India and ''New Old World: An Indian Journalist Discovers the Changing Face of Europe'' with St. Martin's Press. She is a 2014 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

References

External links

Pallavi Aiyar Official website
* ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHwxO5z0oXE German Marshall Fund (YouTube channel) – Interview with Pallavi Aiyarbr>"Pallavi Aiyar at the international literature festival berlin"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aiyar, Pallavi Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford The Hindu journalists Indian reporters and correspondents St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni Delhi University alumni Indian women journalists 20th-century Indian journalists 20th-century Indian women writers Year of birth missing (living people)