BIOGRAPHY
Education
2015- 2016, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Masters in Sports Journalism
-Awarded GREAT Scholarship worth 5000 pounds to pursue MA in Sports Journalism.
- Course Representative, Culture Connect Mentee, Student Ambassador
- Represented my University at National Students' Representative Conference in Leeds organized by National Union of Students.
- Awarded 'Most Inspirational Women'
- Awarded 'Sheffield Hallam International'
2013-07-02 - 2014-04-02, Xavier Institute of Communications, India
Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and Journalism
Was part of the BEST TV BROADCAST team.The course was split equally between practice and media analysis. Practice classes focused on
building cross-media skills, testing those skills in production tasks (creating websites, newspapers and magazines), and enabled me to specialize in all the areas of journalism. Theory classes helped me to develop a critical understanding of the media industries, their products and their audiences. The transferable skills I acquired are to motivate others, attend to visual detail, Assess and evaluate my own work, Assess and evaluate others' work.
2010-07-02 - 2013-03-30, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai University, India
Bachelor of Arts (Majors in Political Science)
I was “Student of the Month.”
1996-2010, La Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow
Class 12th result- 88%
Work Experience
June, 2016
Voluntary Filmmaker, Special Olympics Great Britain
I am also on the media steering committee of the Special Olympics,UK. I am working with two Special Olympic athletes who are gold medal winners at Los Angeles 2015 World Cup. The games are set to take place in Sheffield. I have completed 2 ads which feature Sheffield United Football Club players :- https://youtu.be/0NXoScCW2rE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkweZ3fKCXI
May, 2016
Work Experience, Manchester United Football Club
I work with MUTV. My interview with Wayne Rooney.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2016/May/wayne-rooney-manchester-united-captain-previews-2016-fa-cup-final-against-crystal-palace.aspx
Also, my first interview snippets of some of our players before the FA Cup final:-
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2016/May/manchester-united-players-preview-2016-fa-cup-final-against-crystal-palace.aspx
Digital Marketing Intern, HCL collaboration with Manchester United FC
I helped in the marketing of HCL’s Teamswork app http://teamswork.hcltech.com/. I gave inputs in terms of marketing, channel strategies, social media and also helped HCL arrange moderator for the Google Hangout/Twitter takeover by the Legends which took place at Old Trafford.
May, 2016
Freelance Writer, NDTV Sports Read the EURO CUP HISTORY compiled by me: -
http://sports.ndtv.com/euro-2016/history
February, 2016
Blogger, The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/taruka-srivastava/
Decenmber 2015,
Feature Writer at PETRIe Inventory
I write on various subjects for them. My latest articles :
http://www.petrieinventory.com/culture/#win-the-day-1-1
http://www.petrieinventory.com/arts/#big-art-attack-1-1
http://www.petrieinventory.com/dating-20-humanity-against-the-machine
October, 2015
Cast Member (Part time), Disney Store, Sheffield, UK
My responsibilities included selling and managing Disney products.
September, 2015 Freelancer, UNICEF INDIA Documented 2 articles based on the voices of tribal kids living in India.
20/01/2015 – 30/07/2015
Assistant Writer to Mr. Subhash Ghai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash_Ghai ) MUKTA ARTS
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukta_Arts )
I worked as an Assistant Scriptwriter to one of India's legendary film-maker, Mr. Subhash Ghai. I was responsible for coming up with good story concepts, sieving through scripts and writing. My contract expires on 30th of July. I maintain a blog on ART and Culture and Fashion. I have covered 5th VEDA events and written several Press Releases which featured Padma Shree winner Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Ketan Mehta, Terence Lewis, and Mathias Duplessy among other names. Go to the HOME page to find all the articles.
September 2014-January, 2015
Media Intern, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Political Party
I worked for BJP which is India's currently ruling Political party. I worked in their Maharashtra Media Cell and BJP Media Cell, Uttar Pradesh. I interacted and assisted India’s prominent BJP Ministers like Amit Shah (BJP President), Venkaiyah Naidu, Suresh Prabhu (Union Railway Minister), Prakash Javdekar (Union Minister of Environment) among others. I was part of their Youth Movement and wing which is known as Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morch and is India's largest Political youth wing. I wrote Press Releases for them and also was involved in various Social activities. I also wrote an article for BJP's mouthpiece KAMAL JYOTI
August, 2014,
Freelance writer, Wedding Affair Magazine
It was a fantastic opportunity for me to be freelancing with such a renowned magazine Wedding Affair. I covered the LAKME FASHION WEEK, 2014 held in Mumbai and interviewed renowned artists
01/06/2014 – 30/07/2014
Intern, BBC World Wide
Worked as an intern with BBC Business India.
Helped in Recording VOX POPS (both Radio and TV), Content generation, Research and analysis, News gathering, Organizing, Production, Translating, Transcribing, Scripting and Planning. I also displayed energy, creativity and flexibility in my work, as well as a genuine passion for explaining the world to our specific global audiences.
01/04/2014 - 16/05/2014
Production Assistant (Intern), BBC World Service
Assisted Owen Bennett Jones and Dan Isaacs for BBC show 'NEWSHOUR' and we covered the Indian Elections 2014. Link to one of the NEWSHOUR SHOW where I have translated: - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01zdxhc
I also: wrote, adapted and translated from Hindi to English for a Global Audience, News gathering, Research and Analysis, Organizing, Translating, Transcribing, Scripting, Planning
01/04/2013 - 31/03/2014
Intern, Member of Parliament Mr. Milind Deora
Milind Deora was then Union Minister of Information& Technology. My work involved volunteering in his campaigns, Social Media responsibilities and On field work.
01/02/2013 - 30/08/2013
Intern, The Times of India
I Wrote bylines, Made pages, Online content, On field Reporting on various Sports Events,Covered Cricket and other sports and did Ghost Writing for many known Sportspersons. I have lot of articles published in the newspaper. I covered various sports leagues like Indian Premier League (IPL) Cricket, Indian Badminton League (IBL), Hockey India League, Pro Kabbaddi League, Indian Premier Tennis League, for them too.
01/06/2012 -03/02/2014
Sports Correspondent, Sportskeeda.com (Web Portal)
I took over 100 interviews of sports personality both national and global and have received 243.6 k reads and likes. You can find all the interviews on this link:-http://www.sportskeeda.com/profile/sportybug -Creating Online Content, Interviewing Sportsman, Writing Previews Writing Match Reports and On Field Reporting. I have covered two FORMULA ONE races for them i.e. Singapore and Delhi Grand Prixs. My International Interviews include:-
F1 - Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Nico Hulkenberg, Paul Di Resta, Jenson Button, Sebastian Buemi, Jules Bianchi, Mark Webber
Cricket - Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav
Boxing - Mary Kom (Olympic Medal Winner)
Shooting - Gagan Narang, Vijay Kumar, Joydeep Karmakar
Snooker - Pankaj Advani (World Champion)