Mallika Bajaj

Mallika Bajaj

Mallika Bajaj is an Indian journalist and sportscaster. Most recently she has appeared as the youngest ever television host of the Davis Cup competition in India.[1]

Biography

Bajaj was born in Mumbai, the youngest child of R.K. and Abha Bajaj. She began playing tennis at the age of six,[2] but was forced out of the sport by an ankle injury. While waiting on university admission results to a Media Studies program in Australia, she took an internship with an online business daily, where she produced video stories for the site.[1] She turned to film-making, and produced a documentary along with fellow injured sportsman Sandeep Mukherjee. The film, titled Play and Stay, was a tie-in with the International Tennis Federation's campaign of the same name.[2] Her video work paved the way to a part-time anchor spot at a Mumbai television news program,[1] and ultimately to her role as the host of the Davis Cup.

Bajaj has also appeared as a sportscaster at the 2010 Australian Open tennis tournament, followed by a broadcast of the Australian Football League (AFL), and she has written for Advantage Tennis.

Mallika at the Global Scholar and Young Leader Conference 2011

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (14 August 2009). "Interns on the Job". Business Line.
  2. 1 2 Ramani, Rupha (22 June 2007). "Injury brings Mallika closer to court". IBN Live.
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