Mohini is a very talented, experienced and natural presenter with a warm and friendly personality combined with credibility and authority. She has mass appeal and is able to communicate facts to an audience in an informative yet entertaining and trustworthy manner. Her beautiful Indian looks coupled with a Wigan accent make her a unique choice of presenter.

She will soon be seen reporting for BBC2’s daytime show - The People’s Museum in which she champions historical items for the audience to vote into a virtual museum. She also reports for the popular Asian series Desi DNA now in its third year. Mohini can now also be seen co-hosting the brand new movie show The Big List on new movie channel Eat Cinema from March 2006.

She co-presented the well received BBC science show Eureka and was one of the most popular faces of continuity for CBBC and the CBBC digital channels. She has also presented the live youth show Smile a number of times.

Mohini started working in TV as a runner and then as a researcher at BBC Birmingham after graduating from UCL where she studied French Literature. Whilst there she worked on documentaries, entertainment and live event shows and got her first taste of presenting when she began hosting live webcasts for the BBC Asian Life website. She got her first TV break hosting the Mega Mela Music Night on BBC2 a concert featuring the best performers of British Asian music.

Mohini was a finalist in the BBC Talent scheme in 2000 and was runner up for BBC2’s Asian magazine show Network East. Not long afterwards she began as an on-air presenter for the CBBC channel and BBC Prime.

Mohini has a natural flare for science and journalism and she is keen to continue combining this interest with her presenting skills to host other factual and science based shows. She studied Maths and Chemistry A levels. She also excels in languages and is fluent in French and Marathi and speaks German, Spanish and Hindi.

Mohini’s other passions are music and dance and her extensive knowledge was put to good use when she was a researcher on the UK Top 40. She danced at The Royal Albert Hall to celebrate 50 years of India’s independence and loves interviewing popstars and musicians (including Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and Justin Timberlake!). Mohini also loves playing Tennis, Squash and other racket sports.