Smita Roy Chowdhury

Smita Roy Chowdhury is the editor of t2 and t2ONLINE, the fashion, lifestyle and entertainment vertical from the house of The Telegraph. She took over as the editor of t2 in January 2019 and has taken t2 to newer heights in these six-and-a-half years. She herself is a veteran journalist, having previously worked with Times of India and Asian Age. She specialises in fashion journalism. She has covered all major fashion weeks and fashion events in India in the last 26 years of her career and is recognised as a credible voice in the fashion industry of the country. For the past two years she has covered the Moscow Fashion Week and represented India at the BRICS+ Fashion Summit in Moscow, where she has hosted panel discussions on subjects pertaining to the global fashion industry. She has won a number of awards for her work including the Tumi Ananya Award 2024, Durga Samman Award 2023, Chanakya Award from the Public Relations Council of India in 2022, ICBI Achievers Award 2024, Rotary Club of Kolkata Benevolence Award 2024 and Women Achiever Award 2024 from the Inner Wheel Club of Central Calcutta.