Amol Rajan is an Indian-born British journalist and broadcaster who was the BBC's Media Editor from December 2016 to January 2023, and a presenter on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 since 2021.
Rajan was editor of The Independent newspaper from June 2013. When The Independent announced it was dropping the print edition in February 2016, and continuing as only an online operation, Rajan was retained for a period as "editor-at-large".
In August 2022, it was announced that Rajan will take over from Jeremy Paxman as the host of University Challenge from autumn 2023 onwards.
