Padmaja Joshi joins NDTV 24x7 as Managing Editor and Primetime Anchor

Padmaja Joshi, who has worked across formats, languages, and platform, has joined NDTV 24x7 as Managing Editor and Primetime Anchor. She brings with her over two decades of experience across some of India's top news networks.

From reporting in the dust of election trails to helming complex newsrooms, she has led from both the field and the desk - across languages, across channels, across formats.

At India Today, she anchored the prime-time show People’s Court, oversaw day-band editorial output, and contributed to prime-time scripting, shaping stories with empathy and rigour. At Times Now, she conceptualised, anchored, and produced Newshour Agenda at 10 PM, then took over India Upfront at 8 PM, both shows becoming slot leaders under her watch. She also ran the Output Desk, giving editorial direction to the entire channel during one of its most successful phases, marked by record viewership and big-breaking stories. She led high-impact live coverage from the ground, including the West Bengal and Bihar elections, the Delhi riots, and Lok Sabha elections.

At the TV9 Network, she served as Senior Executive Editor, anchoring In Your Interest on News9 - a long-form, editorially sharp departure from the conventional debate format and Adi and Parvah Desh Ki on TV9 Bharatvarsh. She seamlessly blended languages and formats, helming bilingual programming with conviction and consistency.

Welcoming her to the newsroom, Rahul Kanwal, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of NDTV, said: "Padmaja brings to NDTV an editorial steadiness that is increasingly rare — a blend of field instinct, newsroom leadership, and unshakeable credibility. She understands the rhythm of a breaking story and the silence it sometimes needs. We are thrilled to have her voice here."