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 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]
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