Smitha Mundasad
Smitha Mundasad
Dr. Smitha Mundasad is an award-winning journalist based in London, United Kingdom. She is a a news correspondent and presenter at BBC News. [1]
Education
Mundasad attended University College of London where she received both a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. She went on to attend City, University of London receiving an MA in science journalism.
Career
Dr. Mundasad currently is a reporter at BBC, covering health, science and general news.
Her work has appeared on BBC national and world TV, Radio 4, BBC World Service and the BBC news website.
Previously, she worked as a children’s doctor in UK and abroad, including South Africa and India. She won a journalism award from the Society for Neuroscience, a Medical Research Council prize.
Dr. Mundasad was part of the BBC team given the George Foster Peabody award and OJA Knight Foundation award for their coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Personal Life
She hails from Ranibennur.