Dibang

Who is Dibang?

Dibang, a senior journalist and member of debate panel with the news channel ABP News, is rated amongst the best Hindi anchors in the industry today. He was the Managing Editor of NDTV India, a 24 hour Hindi news channel. As the Executive Editor, he was the launching face for NDTV India. Before joining NDTV, he worked for Aaj Tak, a 24-hour Hindi news channel. When Aaj Tak became a 24 hour channel, Dibang was the launching face. Before joining television news, Dibang was a correspondent with The Sunday Times of India in New Delhi. He started his career in journalism with the Illustrated Weekly of India. A graduate from University of Delhi, Dibang grew up in Arunachal Pradesh in North-east India.

He anchors the first-ever hour-long Hindi debate show on television, Muqabla. At the Indian Television Academy Awards 2006, Muqabla won the Best Talk Show Award. Remarkably, it was the first time that a Hindi chat show won such an award in a category consisting mostly of English chat shows.

Dibang has won many awards for his anchoring and documentaries. He also acted in an Italian film directed by Italo Spinelli. He has worked for several foreign television network and among them are: [SBS] and [ABC] of Australia, [NHK] of Japan and [RAI] of Italy.