Mihir Bose
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Mihir Bose (born 12 January 1947[1]) is a British Indian sportswriter and journalist, who is currently the BBC's head sports editor.
Bose is of Bengali origin. Brought up in Bombay, India, he came to the UK in 1969 to study to become a Chartered Accountant. Upon graduation, Bose worked in business journalism. He started his career at the London Broadcasting Corporation, before joining the Sunday Times. He moved from business journalism to investigative sports reporting and moved to the Daily Telegraph in 1995, where he started the paper's Inside Sports column. He left the Telegraph to join the BBC in October 2006.[2]
He has won a number of awards, including Business Columnist of the Year, Sports Story of the Year and Sports News Reporter of the Year.[3]
Mihir Bose has also presented on radio and television, including BBC Radio 4's Financial World Tonight, the South Asia Report on the BBC World Service and What the Papers Say for Channel 4. Additionally, he has written 22 books on a range of subjects, including A History of Indian Cricket and Manchester Disunited.
Bose has also written a book in the form of a comprehensive history of India's film industry called Bollywood: A History.[4]
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[edit] References
- ^ Who's Who 2008
- ^ Mihir Bose becomes BBC's Sports Editor - www.asiansinmedia.org
- ^ Mihir Bose appointed Sports Editor - BBC press release
- ^ [1] - The Guardian review
