PROFILE - IN BRIEF

DEEPIKA SHETTY (INDIA/SINGAPORE): Born and brought up in India, Deepika started her career with the daily ‘The Times of India’. She then joined the weekly ‘India Today’, before relocating to Singapore. Here, she decided to give television a shot. Starting off as a Broadcast Journalist with a leading television network, Channel NewsAsia, she moved on to become a Producer with the channel’s breakfast show – ‘Prime Time Morning’. Two years ago, she launched a book segment called ‘Off The Shelf’ to give all things literary a voice. The show is the first of its kind in South-East Asia and has retained its prime time Friday slot since the day it was launched. It has featured several authors, including established ones like Paul Theroux, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Thomas Friedman, Alexander McCall Smith, Jeffrey Sachs, Chitra Banerji-Divakaruni and Neil Gaiman. In addition to author interviews, the segment also tracks literary developments around the world. Deepika has been interviewed extensively on literary developments in South and South-East Asia and is a regular moderator at leading Writers Festivals.