Punya Prasun Bajpai (News Anchor) Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio
Real Name	Punya Prasun Bajpai
Profession	Journalist, News Anchor
Physical Stats & More
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 5”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 70 kg in pounds- 154 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	18 March 1963
Age (as in 2018)	55
Birth Place	Patna, Bihar
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Pisces
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Patna, Bihar
School	Not Known
College	Not Known
Educational Qualifications	Not Known
Debut	1996
Family	Father- Late Manikant Vajpayee (IIS Officer) Mother- Not Known Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Writing, Reading
Controversies	• In March 2014, a video was leaked on YouTube showing an unethical off-the-record conversation between Arvind Kejriwal and Punya Prasun at the end of the interview on Aaj Tak. • In August 2018, just a few months after joining ABP News, he resigned from the channel, allegdly due to pressure that had been mounting after he, and Milind Khandelkar did a story on a woman being tutored to make false claims in an interaction with PM Narendra Modi.
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Not Known
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife/Spouse	Not Known
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- Not Known
Money Factor
Salary	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Punya Prasun Bajpai

• Does Punya Prasun Bajpai smoke?: Not Known

• Does Punya Prasun Bajpai drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Punya Prasun Bajpai is an Indian Journalist and Executive Editor at Aaj Tak.

• Bajpai is a well-known name in the field of electronic media. He has more than 20 years of experience in electronic and print media.

• Bajpai has also worked with many other reputed media agencies such as Jansatta, Sunday Observer, Sunday Mail, Lokmat, Zee News and NDTV.

• In 2003, he quit Aaj-Tak and Moved to NDTV.

• He worked at Zee News for four years as a prime-time anchor and editor before returning to Aaj Tak.

• Bajpai was one of the ten most active Indian journalists on Twitter in 2015.

• Bajpai has written many books, some of which are राजनीति मेरी जान (Raajneeti Meri Jaan), डिजास्टरः मीडिया एंड पॉलिटिक्स (Disaster: Media and Politics), संसदः लोकतंत्र या नजरों का धोखा (Sansad: Loktantra ya nazron ka dhokha), आदिवासियों पर टाडा (Aadivasiyon par TADA) and others.
  

  Punya Prasun Bajpai – Raajneeti Meri Jaan

• He was applauded for his work during 2001 Indian Parliament attack where he anchored live for 5 consecutive hours.

• Bajpai received the Ramnath Goenka award for Hindi print and electronic media in 2005-06 and 2007–08.

• He is the only journalist who received Ramnath Goenka award twice.

• Bajpai was caught in unethical media practices with AAP Founder Arvind Kejriwal.