New Delhi: Renowned journalist Barkha Dutt has ended her 21-year-old association with NDTV.
Announcing the same on Twitter, the award winning journalist on Sunday said that she was all set to make a new beginning in 2017.
“Its been a super ride at NDTV but new beginning in 2017. I shall be moving on from NDTV to explore new opportunities and my own ventures!” read the Twiiter post of Dutt.
“Hugely excited to start New Year on a new slate, diversify my interests and build my own independent projects. Watch this space for more” the post continued.
Meanwhile, NDTV also put up a statement on its website stating: “In 1995, Barkha Dutt joined NDTV straight out of college, and now, after 21 wonderful years together, Barkha has requested that she would like to explore some new opportunities, pursue other interests and work on her own ventures.
In all her years with NDTV, she has been hugely productive and has grown with the organisation, becoming an acclaimed, award-winning journalist of repute across India and many parts of the world. We are certain that Barkha will go from strength to strength and NDTV wishes her all the very best.”
Dutt had stepped down as Group Editor of NDTV in February 2015, but continued to anchor her show on the channel.
Her announcement comes as big surprise, especially because another renowned television journalist Arnab Goswami is all set to start his own venture named ‘Republic’.
