Angela Saini (born 25 October 1980 in London, England) is a British science journalist and author. Her first book Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World was published on 3 March 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, and by Hachette in the Indian sub-continent in April 2011.
She has been published in Science, Wired, The Guardian and New Scientist[1] and appears regularly as a reporter for science shows on the BBC World Service. She was named European Junior Science Writer of the Year in 2009 by the Euroscience Foundation, and was shortlisted for an Association of British Science Writers Award in 2010.
Saini is a former reporter for BBC London News, the BBC's regional television news programme covering Greater London.[2] In 2008, she carried out an investigation into bogus universities, tracking down the head of the Irish International University, which was broadcast on the BBC TV's flagship Ten O'Clock News, BBC News 24 and BBC World. The report won a Prix Circom Award for regional television journalism in Europe.[3]
Saini has a Masters degree in engineering science from the University of Oxford and is a former ITN news trainee.