Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist. She began her career with Business Today and later joined NDTV Profit as an assistant editor. She was working as an executive editor for ET Now of The Times Group when she became active in politics.[10][11][12][13]
Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist in print and electronic media. In 2001, she began her career as a business journalist with Business Today as a special correspondent.
In 2004, she joined NDTV Profit as a correspondent, and was promoted to assistant editor. In 2008, she joined ET Now as the Chief Editor of News. Later that same year, she was named the Policy Editor and the Executive Editor for ET Now. She was host debate (India development debate)[18]
Politics
In 2019, she resigned from her post as an executive editor in ET Now to contest the 2019 Indian general election.[19][20][21] She contested the Maharajganj constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate and lost to Pankaj Choudhary of BJP, coming in third with 72,516 votes and 5.91% of the vote and her deposit was forfeited since she was unable to secure enough votes.[22] This was the same constituency from which her father Harsh Vardhan had earlier been an MP. According to her 2019 Lok Sabha election nomination filing, she has a net worth of 8.5 crores.[23]
In 2022, Shrinate was appointed Chairman of Social Media & Digital Platforms of the Indian National Congress.[29] Shrinate is mostly in news for her on-screen dual with fellow commentators.
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