Kim Jagtiani

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Kim Jagtiani
Born	Komila Jagtiani August 8, 1980 (1980-08-08) Mumbai, India
Occupation	broadcaster
Employers	Discovery Channel Canada

Kim Jagtiani (born Komila Jagtiani on August 8, 1980) is an Indian Canadian television personality, who hosts tv programmes, including helping to answer questions regarding either culture for the Discovery Channel, including an appearance on Daily Planet for a series entitled India Unleashed. She is also a VJ (Video Jockey) for Channel V India (an Indian equivalent of MTV), hosting Cool Stop, P.O.V. and Club V, and is considered to be a household name in India.

Jagtiani won Miss India Canada in 1999. Born in Mumbai, India, she and her family moved to Oshawa, Ontario in Canada, and she altered her name from Komila to Kim in order to better help her adjust to Canadian society.^{[citation needed]}

While vacationing in India, a television station Channel V contacted her, asking if she'd like to audition to be a VJ. Though she declined, her aunt made her reconsider and she went to the audition. Believing her audition went poorly, she was surprised to be contacted yet again by Channel V, who offered her a full time position. Leaving her studies at University of Toronto, she moved to Mumbai to begin her new job. Through her 5 year career at Channel V she learned to speak Hindi. Following this, she joined STAR One in India to host the award winning travel program Exotica. She has also acted in several Indian plays and commercials and is also trained in various forms of dance.

On August 2, 2007, Discovery Channel announced Jagtiani as the new co-host of Daily Planet, Discovery Canada's daily science feature show, starting September 4, 2007.^[1]