Palki Sharma

India Global Review

Founder IGR

Biography

Palki Sharma is an award-winning journalist and Founder of India Global Review. Before launching her own venture, she was Former Managing Editor of Firstpost at Network18, India’s biggest news network with 20 channels in 15 languages and 700 million unique viewers per month. Under her leadership, Firstpost has become one of India’s fastest growing news platforms. Her show Vantage is the most watched English prime time news show, with more than 70% of the viewership outside India. Sharma has interviewed world leaders & heads of state like Brazilian President Lula da Silva, French President Emmanuel Macron, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohammad, Nobel Laureate & Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, among others. As an international journalist, Palki Sharma has reported from the ground on key events and stories like the ongoing Ukraine conflict, the Israel-Hamas war, the U.S. Presidential election, Modi’s state visit to the U.S., the Quad Summits in Tokyo & Washington DC, UNGA sessions, the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, the Modi-Xi Wuhan Summit, Israel visit, etc. Her coverage of the pandemic and sharp commentary on China’s role has won her a global following. Sharma has a career spanning over 24 years with stints in WION, the ITV Network, CNN-IBN and Doordarshan News as anchor and editor. She has also worked with the Hindustan Times newspaper. From geopolitics and climate change to space missions and social trends, Sharma tracks a range of news stories that interest and impact people and shape our collective future. She has been a speaker at prestigious events & institutions like the Harvard Business School, the London School of Economics, Oxford University, Future Investment Initiative (Riyadh), Raisina Dialogue (New Delhi), ISRO, etc