Avinash Kaur Sarin
Avinash Kaur Sarin is a well known Indian News Anchor,Journalist, Voice Artist, Documentary Director
and television personality.She presented news as one of the primary News anchors of “Doordarshan”,the
National News Network of India. Born in a Sikh family with her father as a Professor in Music, Avinash
was hugely influenced by Indian culture since childhood.Her bent towards the arts was obvious.With a
double degree in Bachelors (Honours) in Physics from Miranda House, University Of Delhi and Bachelors
of Education (University Of Delhi), Sarin started her career with television as an anchor of a Science Show,
“Vigyan Patrika “On Doordarshan in 1979. Soon she became very popular among the viewers. Her Voice,
diction and smiling face made her the celebrity news anchor of the decades of 80’s and 90’s in India. She
was made a member of the official panel of producers/directors of Doordarshan programs, and as such
she directed several documentaries on Asian culture. Presently, she is a perfect role model for all those
who want to follow a career on Television. She holds seminars, evaluations and screenings of upcoming
newsreaders at Doordarshan and Indian Institute of Mass Communication. She also travels all over the
world for workshops on anchoring and broadcasting and travels between her 2 homes, one in New Jersey,
United Sates and the other in New Delhi, India.
