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She is the host of <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/On_Point" title="On Point">On Point</a></i>. She was the long-time host for the <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Love_(podcast)" title="Modern Love (podcast)">Modern Love</a></i> podcast (a collaboration between <a href="/wiki/WBUR-FM" title="WBUR-FM">WBUR</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>).</i> She formerly hosted the WBUR local news program <i>Radio Boston</i> and was the primary fill-in host for <i><a href="/wiki/Here_and_Now_(Boston)" title="Here and Now (Boston)">Here & Now</a></i>, produced by WBUR and distributed nationally by NPR. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meghna_Chakrabarti&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She has a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in Civil and Environmental Engineering from <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_University" title="Oregon State University">Oregon State University</a> (1998), a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">Master of Science</a> in Environmental Science and Risk Management from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (2001), and a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">Master of Business Administration</a> - Finance Concentration (with an emphasis in Leadership and Organizational Change) from <a href="/wiki/Boston_University" title="Boston University">Boston University</a> (2013).<sup id="cite_ref-WBUR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBUR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Born in Boston to Mumbai immigrant parents, as a child Chakrabarti's family moved to Oregon where she was raised.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meghna_Chakrabarti&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She has received awards in reporting from the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Radio_Television_News_Directors_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Television News Directors Association">Radio Television News Directors Association</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WBUR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBUR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and her WBUR team shared the 2016 award for General Excellence in Radio/Audio from the <a href="/wiki/Asian_American_Journalists_Association" title="Asian American Journalists Association">Asian American Journalists Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meghna_Chakrabarti&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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