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Sumnima Udas is CNN International's Delhi-based correspondent. Udas is responsible for covering key political, economic, social, environmental and general interest stories from the country.

Udas' recent assignments include reporting on President Barack Obama's historic visit to India as the first American President to be the guest of honor at India's Republic Day parade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States, the 2015 Sri Lankan elections as well as the Papal visit to the island nation. Udas covered the landmark 2014 Indian General Elections, the country's successful Mars mission and profiled Indian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi.

She reported on the various high profile rape cases which have put a spotlight on women's rights in India including the brutal New Delhi gang rape of December 2012 and its aftermath. She fronted CNN's World's Untold Stories documentary, "'Nirbhaya,' The Fearless One" which recounted the young gang rape victim's courageous struggle for life, and highlighted her enduring legacy which left a lasting impact on India's social fabric.

Amongst her reporting from the region, Udas traveled to Malaysia to report on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, interviewing the families of passengers and crew members on-board. She also reported from the Andamans on the search for the missing airplane. Udas investigated the barbaric kidney trafficking trade in Nepal for CNN's Freedom Project documentary, "Nepal's Organ Trail."

She has also covered economic stories from the country including reports on the growth of e-commerce in India, how smart phones are helping transform life for India's rural communities, challenges facing entrepreneurs in the country, Prime Minister Modi's project to build 100 smart cities across India and trade talks between India and China.

Udas has been recognized at various prestigious fora for her sensitive reporting on gender issues ranging from sexual violence to the plight of acid attack victims. This includes being awarded the "Journalist of the Year" at the inaugural Women's Empowerment (WE) Journalism Awards in 2014 and the award in the "Outstanding multimedia story about South Asia, or the worldwide South Asians diaspora" category at the South Asian Journalists Association Awards, 2014. Udas was part of the team that was awarded the prestigious Cine Golden Eagle Award in 2012 for reporting on slavery in Indian villages, as part of the CNN Freedom Project, the network's global initiative against human trafficking and modern day slavery. She also received the Asian Television Award as a producer on CNN Talk Asia, the monthly interview show that explores the personalities behind newsmakers.

Some of Udas' other key stories include the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin, the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the widespread anti-corruption protests of 2011.

Udas joined CNN as a news assistant in New York in 2001 and went on to pursue her postgraduate studies and freelance assignments. She returned to the network as a Hong Kong-based show producer in 2006 and was CNN's Delhi based producer from 2010 to 2012.

Udas received her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude with honors in Broadcast Journalism and History of Art from Washington and Lee University, Virginia, USA. She went on to secure her Masters Degree from Oxford University's Modern History faculty. She is fluent in English, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali and French and has lived in several countries including Pakistan, Italy, Switzerland, Myanmar, Russia, the United States and Jordan.

It's not her fault, it's Nepali thing to be happy and gay no matter what comes to you. I have seen many people in this crisis who managed to keep their smile even after losing everything. People who were excavated from the rubble , or were in the hospital bed or anywhere suffering from this crisis, I think they are not shy to smile or laugh as soon as they see the camera looming in front of them. camera dekhna saath hasnu parcha bhanne lagcha Nepali lai. BTW, don't judge her just because you think she is happy to be on the spotlight, she is a foremost CNN correspondent for SouthAsia. 

Someone please ban this nasty piece of garbage called divorceguy. Ever since this fag's wife eloped with a Mexican grass cutter, this motherfucker doesn't make any sense.

supernova look at her she is smirking , she is not being professional. In such a tragedy she was supposed to be pro not like happy inside coz she got the spotlight. Ban tesai agrna paincha, yo sabai ko chautari ho, na tero matra ho na mero matra.

Wtf? how is she "happy" or is smirking in any way? Torpe nepali haru ko bani kaile najane bhayo, afu pani khusi nahune aru ko khusi ni dekhna nasakne. Atleast be happy that a Nepali girl has reached such heights in international journalism. Sumnima Udas is the foremost South-Asia correspondent of CNN, she's been many times awarded for her reporting on Indian and Nepali stories.

@Rajesh BP: Bitch, why do you have to generalize and say Nepali Haroo just because of one lunatic Schmuck? In that case, you are a Nepali and you are like him too.

Supernova danka yaha aayera aarkako freedom of speech KO lagi bann gar bhandai hidne. Why this double role you hypocrite son of a bitch

Supernova,

I respect your freedom speech, but since you always choose to desecrate fellow visitors you do not agree with, it makes others feel that you are have significant anger issues which you channel to masquerade your anxieties, emotional insecurities and lack of wisdom and maturity. If you had an iota of nobility and compassion, you would not be vilifying people hiding behind your keyboard. That also makes you one sore loser who has never been loved and appreciated.

You also say you earn six figures, while I do not refute that, you simply seem to me like a community college grad that does odd jobs and spends his money buying video games and bottles of vodka and is constantly having sleepless nights fearing your soon to be illegal status in United States. If it is untrue, why would you sound like a bitter racist all the time? If I were your boss, I would never hire you for even janitor’s position, let alone for a responsible job. However, if you do have a good job and somehow do earn well and are a courteous person (which everyone here finds hard to believe), your umbrage and strong words only makes you a coward that needs an online platform to vent his share of frustrations.

I understand that you are affronted by my reply, and I am certain that you would sling the array of curse words towards me, the vilest of a kind, and I could care less, because that would once again prove what a pathetic lowlife you are who cannot handle criticism without being speaking foul.

You also say you retrieve IP addresses of visitors here and want to “hurt them (sic) physically”. Seriously son? Get out of that cheap gangster mentality of Kathmandu’s alley, because first, you will never find anyone in person, and even if you do, I urge you not to underestimate others’ physical strength, no one in American expects to be beaten, especially from a sick coward like you. But I do wish you find me someday so I could take a picture of you after our scuffle and send it to your parents, rest assured, it would not be pretty.

I am a peaceful person, and I will never write/ reply to you anymore. But it was about time someone told you what a sorry weak lunatic you are.

Now the last part might be a nail in a coffin (insert wicked smile here please) so please listen carefully. Are you an orphan? Were you raised in a foster home? Were you a victim of child molestation? Because dude, if you were a result of a good parenting, you would not portray yourself like the way you are right now. So your behavior not only puts you under scrutiny it also raises questions about what kind of family you hail from.

Expecting slew of curse words, keep them coming, it is expected.