Nayandeep Rakshit

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nayandeep Rakshit

• Nayandeep Rakshit is an Indian journalist, TV host, and entertainment writer.

• He was born and brought up in Kolkata, West Bengal.

  

• When he was in his teens, his father wanted him to become a doctor in the Indian Navy, he even studied science in his classes 11 and 12. Gradually, he realised that he wanted to study journalism.

  

• From September 2004 to September 2011, he worked with the student-run newspaper The Telegraph in Schools (TTIS) as a reporter and an executive, and then, he worked as the senior tiger reporter for the same newspaper.

• Nayandeep then joined ABP news channel and Aditya Group as a reporter.

• In August 2011, he joined the Indian news magazine ‘G’day India: Australian Indian Perspective’ as a reporter and Bollywood correspondent.

• He then joined Hues of Aspiration, West Bengal as a freelance writer and worked there from March 2012 to November 2012.

• In June 2012, he worked at the entertainment portal Koimoi as an interview specialist and a news writer. He worked there till March 2014.

• Nayandeep then joined DNA India as a sub-editor, and after 3 years, he worked with DNA After Hours.

• In September 2013, he started working at the publication house Youth Eye as a sub-editor.

• He has also worked as a writer with the media houses like Tollywood Dhamaka and Altamode.

• On 22 April 2019, he started working as a senior entertainment correspondent at the famous media house PinkVilla.

  

• In 2021, he joined the entertainment website Bollywood Bubble as a business and content head.

• He has hosted many popular YouTube interview shows such as ‘Woman Up,’ ‘Her Story,’ ‘What The Sach,’ and ‘Chemistry 101.’

• In an interview, Nayandeep shared that once he had anxiety issues, and in that phase, his parents supported him throughout. ^[4]YouTube- Anchor Amisha Gupta

• He can speak various languages such as English, Hindi, Bengali, and Spanish.

• He has been invited to various TEDx Talks as a guest speaker.

• He is an avid animal lover. He has pet dogs named Milo and Maggie.

  

• Nayandeep has received the Best Journalist Award by the Newsmakers Achievers Award.

  

• He is a huge fan of the Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan. He has often talked about his love for the actor through his interviews and Instagram posts.

  

• During an interview, he shared that his favourite interviews were with the Indian actors Shah Rukh Khan and Vidya Balan.