Rana Ayyub

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rana Ayyub

• She was born to an upper-middle-class family in Srinagar, J&K.

• She attained her primary schooling from Srinagar.

• For higher education, she moved to New Delhi, where she pursued her Post Graduation in Social Communications and Media.

• Ayyub also has an experience in filmmaking and radio shows.

• In 2008, she joined Tehelka as an Investigations and Political Affairs Journalist.

• Before joining Tehelka, she worked as a freelancer for various news channels.

• In October 2011, Ayyub was honored with “Sanskriti Award” for excellence in journalism.

• In 2013, she resigned from Tehelka over a dispute with Tarun Tejpal (editor-in-chief of Tehelka) as there was a sexual assault charge against him.

• The Outlook magazine listed her investigation of the alleged Gujarat fake encounters as one of the 20 greatest magazine stories of all time across the world.

• She is a good friend of Bollywood actress Richa Chadha.

• She played the role of a journalist in the 2016 Bollywood film- Chalk n Duster.

• She is a staunch critic of Narendra Modi-led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Government.