Karma Paljor

Karma Paljor is an Indian journalist and television news anchor. His career as a media professional began in 2001 and he has been associated with news channels including CNN-News18. He has received several awards for his role as a reporter and for his coverage of natural disasters. He co-founded Atvi Infotainment, a content creation company in 2018. The business verticals include EastMojo and Atvi Studios.

Early life and education

Psljor was born to a Bhutia family in Gangtok. After attending school in Tashi Namgyal Academy, at his birthplace Sikkim, India, Karma Paljor headed for graduation from Bangalore University and then post-graduation diploma from Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai.

Career Paljor started his career with The Times of India in Mumbai and moved to CNBC TV18 in 2001. Alongside covering national and political stories for the channel, Paljor anchored the breakfast show. Axe the Tax, and Reporters Project. Some of his other shows were Cash Crisis Yatra, Interview with Jeff Bezos, India @9, Big 5 @10. He also headed the special features team.

Awards and honors Paljor was awarded the reporter of the year in 2010 by Indian Television at the News Television Awards. In 2011, he won the Ramnath Goenka Award for excellence in journalism in the category for Business and Economic Journalism. His team's coverage of the 2013 North India floods in Uttrakhand won the award for the Best National News Coverage in English at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA) in 2013. In 2014, Paljor won the ENBA Award in the Best Spot News Reporting (English) category for his coverage of Cyclone Phailin, which won him the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for on-the-spot reporting in 2014.