Karan Thapar
| Karan Thapar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 November 1955 Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India |
| Education |
The Doon School Pembroke College, Cambridge St Antony's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist, News Anchor |
| Years active | 1985 – present |
| Notable credit(s) |
Devil's Advocate India Tonight The Last Word Face to Face (BBC) Hardtalk India (BBC) To the Point |
Karan Thapar is an Indian journalist and a television commentator and interviewer. He was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted The Devil's Advocate and The Last Word. He is currently associated with India Today and hosts the shows To the Point and Nothing But The Truth.
Karan Thapar is the youngest child of former Chief of the Army Staff General Pran Nath Thapar and Bimla Thapar. Historian Romila Thapar is his cousin.
He is an alumnus of The Doon School and the Stowe School. While at Doon, Thapar was the Editor-in-chief of The Doon School Weekly. He graduated with a degree in Economics and Political Philosophy from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1977. In the same year, he was also President of the Cambridge Union. He subsequently obtained a doctorate in International Relations from St Antony's College, Oxford.
He began his career in journalism with The Times in Lagos, Nigeria and later worked as their Lead Writer on the Indian subcontinent till 1981. In 1982 he joined London Weekend Television where he worked for the next 11 years. He then moved to India where he worked with The Hindustan Times Television Group, Home TV and United Television before setting up his own production house in August 2001, Infotainment Television, which makes programmes for amongst others BBC, Doordarshan and Channel News Asia.
Currently the President of Infotainment Television, Thapar is noted for his aggressive interviews with leading politicians and celebrities.
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