Krupa Padhy is a British journalist and broadcaster. She presents on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4. She specialises in news and current affairs.
Padhy was raised in a Gujarati-speaking household in Greenford, London. Her parents moved to the UK in the 1970s. Padhy attended Brentside High School. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Warwick and a master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. [1]
Padhy secured her very first job of her life at the age of 15 at W H Smith, where she organised the newspapers into piles. [1]
Padhy worked for two years within international development before joining the BBC. Padhy had also worked within print journalism before joining the corporation. [2]
Padhy's first job at the BBC was as a trainee journalist on Today. [1] As of 2010, Padhy worked at World Have Your Say on the BBC World Service, [2] and since then, Padhy has presented several different programmes on the BBC World Service. [3] Starting in 2012, Padhy has contributed several pieces to From Our Own Correspondent. [4] Padhy currently presents Weekend, Outside Source and Newshour. [5] In the early or mid-2010s, Padhy began presenting on BBC World News, where she continued to present after the channel's merger with the domestic BBC News channel. [6] Padhy has presented many documentaries for the BBC; for example, in 2018, [7] Padhy presented a short series of documentaries on the BBC World Service which looked at scientific advancements in relation to human procreation. [8] In 2021, a series presented by Padhy [9] about Indian immigrants from East Africa to the UK [10] was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. [9] Starting in 2021, [1] Padhy is an occasional presenter of Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. [11] As of 2021, Padhy continued to edit programmes, in addition to her on-air and production work. [1] Padhy also presents The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4. [6]
In 2020, Padhy won the Media award at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards. [12]
Padhy has also written pieces for the BBC website, including a 2024 piece about people embracing their stutter. [13]
In 2013, Padhy's first child died at the age of 9 hours old because of medical negligence at a London hospital. [14]
In a 2021 interview, Padhy said that she had struggled at times with a stammer. [1]
In a 2025 article, Padhy said that she experienced extreme emotions while parenting, and that all the extreme emotions that parents often experience are valid. [15]