Monita Rajpal
Monita Rajpal is a CNN news anchor on ‘World News’, a live, daily half-hour round-up of international news headlines. Based in London since the end of 2004, she also hosted ‘Art of Life’, CNN’s luxury lifestyle feature show.
Since joining CNN in 2001, Rajpal has anchored many leading global and breaking news stories. In 2007, Rajpal interviewed former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, former Vice President Al Gore and the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benzir Bhutto, along with reporting on Tony Blair’s departure from government. In 2008 and 2009, Rajpal hosted and reported on CNN's ‘Luxury Week’, a series of reports on the luxury industry and the economic downturn where she interviewed CEOs of top brands such as Buglari, Chopard, and Cartier. Rajpal has also reported live on numerous occasions, including live transmissions from Delhi, India for CNN Today and hosted a CNN special ‘CNN Connects’, an hour long programme on India’s Generation Next. She also reported live from the Live Earth concert held at Wembley Stadium.