She also worked on the Business Section of The Observer. Her first job was as a journalist on the City Pages of the London Evening Standard. She studied English Literature and Language at the University of Leeds, graduating in 1997. Her early education was at Graveney School in Tooting. They married in London in 1974, without telling their parents until afterwards. Her mother was 18 years old and training to be a dentist and her father, a year older, training to be a nurse. In 1971, her parents each moved to the Welsh Valleys to study. Her mother is from Tamil Nadu, India and her father is from Mauritius. Munchetty was born and grew up in Streatham, South London.
She is also a former presenter of BBC World News and BBC Two's weekday financial affairs programme Working Lunch.
She is a regular presenter on BBC Breakfast. Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah (born 25 February 1975), also known as Naga Munchetty, is an English television presenter, newsreader and journalist.