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'''Chitra Bharucha''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Royal College of Pathologists|FRCPath]], [[Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]], (born 6 April 1945) is a former consultant [[Hematology|haematologist]] and former vice chairman of the [[BBC Trust]], the governing body of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. She became the first woman and first South Asian ("Asian" in British English) to head the BBC<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sajaforum.org/2007/01/ditn_chitra_bha.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064457/http://www.sajaforum.org/2007/01/ditn_chitra_bha.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Born in [[Madurai]], [[India]], she has lived in the UK since 1972.<ref>http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Graduation-Archive/HonoraryGraduates2008/Speechupload/Filetoupload,108084,en.pdf {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210101900/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Graduation-Archive/HonoraryGraduates2008/Speechupload/Filetoupload%2C108084%2Cen.pdf |date=2014-12-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Graduation-Archive/HonoraryGraduates2008/DrChitraBharucha/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210100659/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Graduation-Archive/HonoraryGraduates2008/DrChitraBharucha/ |archive-date=2014-12-10 }}</ref> She was educated at Ewart School, [[Madras]] and Christian Medical College and Hospital, [[Vellore]], gaining her medical qualification before moving to the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in 1972. Between 1981 and 2000, she was consultant clinical haematologist at [[Belfast City Hospital]] and was deputy director of the [[Northern Ireland]] Blood Transfusion Service. She was elected to the [[General Medical Council]] in 1999 where she served on a number of panels including chair of the Fitness to Practise Adjudication Panels.<br />
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In 1996 Bharucha moved into positions in the media industry, serving on the BBC Broadcasting Council for Northern Ireland until 1999. In April 2001 she was appointed Northern Ireland member of the [[Independent Television Commission]], where she served until December 2003 when the ITC was subsumed into [[Ofcom]], and she became a member of the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] Council in November 2004.<br />
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In April 2002, Bharucha was appointed Chair of the Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs for the [[Food Standards Agency]], and in 2006 she was appointed Lay Member of the Review Body for Judicial Complaints. She was appointed a MBE in the 2008 New Year's Honours List for services to the animal feedstuffs industry.<br />
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==BBC==<br />
In October 2006, Bharucha was appointed as Vice Chairman of the [[BBC Trust]], the body that succeeded the [[Board of Governors of the BBC|Board of Governors]] as the governing body of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. She was to be the deputy to [[Michael Grade]], the then BBC Chairman. Grade resigned soon after the formation of the Trust on 1 November 2006 and Bharucha became the Acting BBC Chairman, a position that she held until [[Michael Lyons (UK politician)|Sir Michael Lyons]] took over the chairmanship on 1 May 2007.<br />
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Bharucha stood down from her role as Vice Chairman of the Trust on 31 October 2010.<br />
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==References and external links==<br />
* {{cite web | title = Chitra Bharucha | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/about/bbc_trust_members/chitra_bharucha.html | author = BBC Trust | authorlink = BBC Trust | accessdate = 2007-01-21}}<br />
** {{cite web | title=Press Release: ''New BBC Trust to represent the public interest'' | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/10_october/12/trustees.shtml | author = BBC | authorlink = BBC | date = 12 October 2006 | accessdate= 2007-01-21}}<br />
** {{cite web | title=Press Release: ''Michael Grade resigns as BBC Chairman'' | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/11_november/28/grade.shtml | author = BBC | authorlink = BBC | date = 28 November 2006 | accessdate= 2007-01-21}}<br />
* {{cite web | title = Members and Directors - Chitra Bharucha | url = http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/about_the_itc/the_structure/members_directors/biographies/show_biog.asp-people_id=28.html | author = ITC | authorlink = Independent Television Commission | accessdate = 2007-01-21}}<br />
* {{cite web | title = Council Members | url = http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/about/council/ | author = ASA | authorlink = Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom) | access-date = 2007-01-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070202173652/http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/about/council/ | archive-date = 2 February 2007 | url-status = dead }}<br />
* {{cite web | title = Members' Interests - Chitra Bharucha | url = http://www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk/panel/members/bharucha.htm | author = GM Science Review | authorlink = | accessdate = 2007-01-21}} <br />
* {{cite web | title = Advisory Committee On Animal Feedingstuffs | url = http://www.food.gov.uk/science/ouradvisors/animalfeedingstuffs/ | author = Food Standards Agency | authorlink = Food Standards Agency | accessdate = 2007-01-21 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070609153119/http://www.food.gov.uk/science/ouradvisors/animalfeedingstuffs/ |archivedate = 2007-06-09}}<br />
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| title = Acting Chairman of the [[BBC Trust]]<br />
| years = 1 January 2007 – 1 May 2007<br />
| before = [[Michael Grade]]<br /><small>''as Chair designate;''</small><br />[[Anthony Salz]]<br /><small>''as Acting Chair of the [[Board of Governors of the BBC|BBC Board of Governors]]''</small><br />
| after = Sir [[Michael Lyons (BBC chairman)|Michael Lyons]]<br /><small>''as Chairman''</small><br />
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| title = Vice Chairman of the [[BBC Trust]]<br />
| years = 1 January 2007 – 31 October 2010<br />
| before = [[Anthony Salz]]<br /><small>''as Vice Chair of the [[Board of Governors of the BBC|BBC Board of Governors]]''</small><br />
| after = Sir Roger Carr<br />
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