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Anjana Om Kashyap      (Indian Journalist from  Ranchi)

Currently, she is an executive editor of Indian news Channel AAJ TAK.

Born and brought up in Ranchi -, her Omprakash was a doctor on short-service-commission with the Indian Army and served during the Bangladesh War of Independence.

She had her initial schooling at Loreto Convent, a local Catholic school and then, from Delhi Public School, Ranchi. She went on to pursue a honours in botany, from under University of Delhi, despite having no natural inclination for science; Anjana  Om Kahsyap went on to appeared for the All India Pre Medical Test but failed to pass. She was a prolific debater and exhibited strong leadership qualities since childhood, having become the head-girl in both the schools and the president of her college hostel. She did her post-graduation from Delhi School of Social Work, 

 and from there she developed the skills of public activism during her field visits.

After completing her post-graduation she started working as a counselor at the Daewoo Motors; however, she did not like the job and resigned after about a year.[She then joined an NGO in the role of a legal counselor, for slum-dwellers.

In the early 2000s, Anjana opted for a diploma in journalism, from Jamia Millia Islamia, primarily on the insistence of her husband.[Upon graduation, she was inducted in Doordarshan and she was assigned to the news-desk of Aankhon Dekhi, an investigative show but was allotted infrequent reporting duties, as well.

Within a year, she moved to Zee News. She wanted to be an anchor all through-out; the channel found her lacking in speaking finesse and employed her in producing roles. In her later years at Zee, she successfully passed the auditions and was occasionally used as an anchor for special features.

In 2007, she joined News 24, where she was, for the first time, assigned a mainstream role at anchoring in the form of moderating an evening debate show. She left the venture in early 2012 and moved to Star-News; however, it was shut down months later. Finally, she joined Aaj Tak, in around late 2012.

Anjana OM Kashyap was one of the few reporters, who were allowed an interview by Modi, in the run-up to the 2019 National Elections;   

 Anjana is married to Mangesh Kashyap, an officer of the 1995 Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service cadre. She met Mangesh during her days at Delhi University. Mangesh was the erstwhile Addl. Deputy Commissioner of the Delhi Police and since 2016, has been the Chief Vigilance Officer of South Delhi Municipal Corporation. They have a son and a daughter.

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