Sharanjit Leyl
| Sharanjit Leyl | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sharanjit Leyl February 15, 1973 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Occupation | Broadcast Journalist, Business News Presenter/Producer |
| Notable credit(s) |
Bloomberg Television Canadian Broadcasting Corporation BBC World News |
Sharanjit Leyl (pronunciation: /ˌʃərˈənˌdʒɪt ˈleɪl/) is a Singaporean producer/presenter, with BBC World News. She regularly anchors Asia Business Report and Newsday from the BBC's Singapore studio. She is also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report. She has filed reports for radio on the BBC World Service business programmes as well as its arts and culture programme The Strand, and written for BBC news online.
Leyl was born in Singapore to a Sikh family of Indian descent that migrated to Singapore during the 1930s. Leyl moved to Washington D.C. in her teens with her family, where her father worked in defense procurement. There she earned a degree in both journalism and English Literature from the University of Maryland College Park. She then moved to Vancouver, Canada where she completed a master's degree in English Literature at the University of British Columbia which focused on post-colonial writers such as Salman Rushdie.
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