Sarika Sehgal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarika Sehgal (born September 1976) is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Sehgal's broadcasting career began in Toronto as a producer for a national morning show. From there, she served as an anchor and reporter for CICI in Sudbury. Similar duties soon followed at CKEM in Edmonton where she was a key part of the special September 11, 2001 attacks coverage. Within a year, she was on her way to CFCN to co-produce and anchor the noon-hour newscasts, as well as report on health issues. Sehgal also served as an executive producer and co-anchor for CHCH in Hamilton. In September 2003, Sehgal headed back to Toronto to co-host CKXT's Toronto Tonight.
After the cancellation of Toronto Tonight, Sehgal joined CBC Newsworld as a host in November 2005. On July 10, 2006, Sehgal became host of the new show CBC News: Tonight. She then became host of CBC News: Today. Sehgal is also the host of CBC News: Around the World, an international news program which airs weekdays on CBC Newsworld at 7:00 p.m.
Born in Canada, Sehgal studied in India for six years and travelled the world. In addition to being a graduate of Humber College's broadcasting program in Toronto, Sehgal has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto.
Sehgal has also been involved with numerous multi-cultural initiatives, such as appearing on stage at Toronto's Yonge & Dundas Square as a special guest of the 'desiFest' May 2007 South Asian Canadian music festival founded by youth entrepreneur Sathish Bala.
Sehgal announced on live television on CBC News: Today on August 30, 2007, that she is leaving the CBC and spending the next year just travelling.
Sarika is married to Toronto ophthalmologist Paul Sanghera.
