Shubhankar Mishra
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Shubhankar Mishra
A journalist and podcaster who moved from mechanical engineering into journalism, and founded the independent NewsBook network.
Shubhankar Mishra is a journalist and podcaster. He studied mechanical engineering before moving into journalism.
He hosts the Unplugged podcast and publishes reporting and explainers on his own channel. He is the founder of NewsBook, an independent news network with channels across several subjects.
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THE JOURNEY
From engineering to the newsroom
A journey in chapters.
- 01 / CHAPTER
Mechanical engineering
He studied mechanical engineering before he turned to the news.
- 02 / CHAPTER2016 to 2017
First anchor chair: India News
He began as a news anchor at India News, presenting on its regional channels for Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan.
- 03 / CHAPTERNovember 2017 to December 2018
Zee Media
He moved to Zee Media as a news anchor, presenting on its regional channels, among them Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand.
- 04 / CHAPTERDecember 2018 to February 2022
TV9 Bharatvarsh
He joined the TV9 network as a news anchor for its Hindi channel, TV9 Bharatvarsh, and stayed for three years.
- 05 / CHAPTERFebruary 2022 to July 2023
Aaj Tak
After TV9 he joined the India Today Group as a news anchor for Aaj Tak.
- 06 / CHAPTER2025 to 2026
Prime time on NDTV India
Alongside his own channels, he hosted Kachahari, a prime-time show on public-interest issues on NDTV India, until he moved on in 2026.
- 07 / CHAPTER2023 to today
Founding NewsBook
He moved into digital news and founded NewsBook, an independent network with channels covering news, cricket, devotional, crime, health, history and film.
- 08 / CHAPTERSeptember 2023 to today
Unplugged
His long-form podcast took shape: conversations with guests from politics, cinema, cricket, music and faith.
