As I Like It

Karan Thapar was born in 1955 in Srinagar. After receiving a doctorate in International Relations from St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, he began his career in journalism with The Times. In 1993 he moved to India and worked with a number of television production houses before setting up his own production house, Infotainment Television, in 2001. Karan Thapar is perhaps India’s best known television commentator and interviewer. In 2003, he became the first person to win both awards (best programme and best presenter) in the current affairs category of the Asian Television Awards. The best presenter award was for Face to Face India, and he won the same award again in 2005 for Hard Talk India.