Meghna Chakrabarti

Meghna Chakrabarti is an American journalist and radio producer. She is the host of American Public Media's On Point. She was the long-time host for the Modern Love podcast (a collaboration between WBUR and The New York Times). She formerly hosted the WBUR local news program Radio Boston and was the primary fill-in host for Here & Now, produced by WBUR and distributed nationally by NPR.

Background She has a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Oregon State University (1998), a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Risk Management from Harvard University (2001), and a Master of Business Administration - Finance Concentration (with an emphasis in Leadership and Organizational Change) from Boston University (2013). Born in Boston to Mumbaikar immigrant parents, as a child Chakrabarti's family moved to Oregon where she was raised.

Awards She has received awards in reporting from the Associated Press and the Radio Television News Directors Association,