Chitra Subramaniam Duella was born on 5 April 1958 and is an Indian journalist.
12 Facts About Chitra Subramaniam
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Chitra Subramaniam is recognized in India for her investigation of the Bofors-India Howitzer deal which is widely believed to have contributed to the electoral defeat of former prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1989.
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Chitra Subramaniam founded CSDconsulting, a Geneva based specialised consultancy working in the area of public health, trade policy, development directions and media.
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Chitra Subramaniam was an Editorial Adviser for Republic TV of Arnab Goswami.
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Chitra Subramaniam earned bachelor's degree in English Literature at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi, Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism at Indian Institute of Mass Communication and Masters in Journalism at Stanford University.
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Chitra Subramaniam is married to Dr Giancarlo Duella, a mathematician and lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Chitra Subramaniam joined India Today, an Indian news magazine as a reporter in 1979 and continued to write for it and other Indian publications when she moved to Switzerland in 1983.
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Chitra Subramaniam was based in Geneva as a United Nations correspondent when the Swedish State Radio reported in April 1987 that bribes had been paid to Indians and others for the sale of field howitzers to India by the Swedish arms manufacturer, Bofors.
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Chitra Subramaniam continued to report on the investigations and court proceedings in Switzerland till the Swiss government handed over secret Swiss bank documents with additional details of the payments to the government of India in 1997.
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In 1997, Chitra Subramaniam was invited by Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former Prime Minister of Norway to be part of her campaign team for the post of Director General of the World Health Organization.
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Chitra Subramaniam led the work initially on media and later in policy analysis and communications.
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In March 2023 Chitra Subramaniam left The News Minute and announced she will start her own media house.