Brinda Adhikari has been named Senior Broadcast Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH JEFF GLOR, it was announced today by Mosheh Oinounou, Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH JEFF GLOR.

“Brinda is an experienced journalist and newsroom leader who will help us continue to innovate and modernize the broadcast, as well as expand the show’s digital strategy and footprint,” said Oinounou. “Brinda has been integral to the broadcast, and I look forward to working with her in this new role.”

“CBS News has an unbelievably rich history of original reporting and has also led the way in delivering the news to audiences wherever they are,” Adhikari said. “I am excited to continue working with Mosheh, Jeff and all the talented journalists of CBS News as we continue to build the broadcast.”

Adhikari joined the CBS EVENING NEWS in April 2015 as a senior producer. In that role, she led new approaches to storytelling, booked and produced high-profile interviews and managed strategies for integrating the broadcast into digital spaces. She also helped develop the broadcast’s coverage of major news events and breaking news stories. Adhikari managed teams of producers and reporters on daily stories, as well as long-term feature projects on various topics including gun culture in America, the #MeToo movement and the financial impact in steel country after newly imposed tariffs.

Previously, Adhikari spent more than 12 years at ABC News in the investigative unit and at “World News Tonight.” She was in charge of the “Person of the Week” franchise and produced in-depth investigative reports on the health of Gulf fishermen in the aftermath of the BP oil spill and the lack of regulation in the fertility business. She was the lead producer of an hour-long investigation on the over-medication of children in foster care, which won her a Front Page Award by the Newswomen’s Club of New York. Adhikari was also part of the team that won an Edward R. Murrow award for coverage of the Newtown school shooting.

Before ABC, Adhikari worked for UNICEF as a communications officer, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She developed communications strategies on the HIV/AIDS and famine crises that plagued parts of southern Africa at the time, traveling to 10 counties on behalf of UNICEF.

Adhikari graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor’s degree in politics and a minor in history. She was born in Kolkata, India, moved to the United States when she was 8 and grew up outside Washington, D.C. She is proficient in Bengali and also speaks French, Italian and Hindi. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

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