Madhulika Sikka
Madhulika Sikka is Executive Editor for NPR News, a role she joined in January 2013. As Executive Editor, Sikka oversees all desks and reporters, and helps set the agenda for the entire News division.
Previously, Sikka was executive producer of NPR's Morning Edition, public radio's most-listened-to program. Under her leadership, Morning Edition traveled across the globe and the country reporting on the defining issues of our time, including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and NABJ award-winning "The York Project: Race and the '08 Vote." In 2010, Morning Edition traveled The Grand Trunk Road a ground-breaking journey along the famed highway through India and Pakistan examining the challenges facing the youth in one of the world's most volatile areas. Under her tenure, Morning Edition hosts reported from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and, most recently, along the Revolutionary Road: Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.
Sikka, an award-winning news producer, joined NPR in 2006 as supervising senior producer of Morning Edition and was promoted to deputy executive producer in 2008 and executive producer in 2009.
Prior to her arrival at NPR, Sikka worked for ABC News's Nightline, where she was a senior producer responsible for all aspects of the daily news broadcast, including editorial decisions and production. She joined Nightline in 1992 as a researcher and was promoted to producer. Prior to joining ABC News, she worked for World Monitor Television, CBS News, and NBC News.
She is the recipient of four Emmys, two duPont awards, a Barone award, two Peabodys, three SAJA Awards, and an NABJ Award. She was also the recipient of the India Abroad Publisher's Award for Special Excellence 2009. She is the author of the book: A Breast Cancer Alphabet.
She received a BA from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies and an M.Phil in Economics and Politics of Development from Cambridge University.
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Yotam Ottolenghi and his partner have a thriving food empire that includes wildly successful cookbooks. We go inside their London test kitchen as recipes are put through their paces. -
If you're looking for a cracking summer read, NPR's Madhulika Sikka says you absolutely must pick up Michael Koryta's thrill-a-minute new novel about a teenager on the run in the Montana woods.
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Improvements in doctors' ability to detect breast cancer have outpaced our understanding of what to do about it. Doctors and their patients need to work through the options together. -
The Counterfeit Agent, released this week, is the 8th book in Berenson's series starring tormented ex-CIA agent John Wells, who never stops battling dangers that might be on the front page of the New York Times — and who converted to Islam years before the TV series Homeland used the same plot device.
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The London-based duo have achieved international fame with their wildly popular restaurants and best-selling cookbooks rooted in Middle Eastern traditions. Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi dropped by NPR to talk food philosophy and kitchen must-haves. -
The combination sink-toilet is actually an "old" innovation. NPR's Madhulika Sikka had one when she lived in Japan in the 1980s. -
Chemotherapy wreaks havoc on the taste buds, which can be a real challenge for anyone who loves food. But there are a few things you can do to maximize your food enjoyment while in cancer treatment. -
A lavish new book explores the essence of one of cinema's most enduring brands as defined by Bond posters from around the globe and across the decades. -
Want to know a secret? London has been a great place to visit during the Olympics. The city hasn't come to a grinding halt. The weather has not been awful; the sun has even been shining. And London has put out the welcome mat to visitors. -
Who says books are doomed? Photos celebrate not only books but also the shelves we put them on.
