While traveling from Pune to Vadodara, I met a stranger who shared he was soon going to be a grandfather. We bonded so well; he asked me to share some unique names for his child. To my surprise, one of the names I suggested was selected.
Proficient in keywords, reverse image search, video analysis, geolocation, and source generation.
Passionate about teaching journalism.
The Bridge Initiative is a multi-year research project that connects the academic study of Islamophobia with the public square.
Publications
Researcher at Beyond the Screen
Zan Times is a women-led, investigative newsroom that covers human rights violations in Afghanistan with a focus on women, the LGBTQ community, and environmental issues.
Growth Manager:
Fact-Checking Editor:
Publications
Alt News, an Indian non-profit fact-checking website, was founded in 2017. In 2022, the Peace Research Institute Oslo recognized Alt News as a deserving contender for a prize aimed at tackling religious extremism and intolerance in India.
The Hindu is an English-language daily newspaper, in circulation since 1889, known for its high-quality journalism and editorial integrity.
Selected works
Small Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF) is an NGO based out of Boston and Bengaluru that supports livelihoods in agriculture & waste management by establishing formal and innovative financial linkages.
Publications
World One News (WION) is a is a multinational English-language news channel owned by the Essel Group and is part of the Zee Media network of channels.
Awarded $11,000 scholarship for a 12-week, not-for-credit profession program focusing on coding, data analysis, and visual storytelling for journalists.
Skills: Python, Jupyter Notebook, Pandas, Scrapping, DataWapper, MapBox, and QGIS
CCT
Publication
Speaker
Media Coverage
Trained in print, online, and radio, with a specialization in broadcast journalism.
Electives: Reporting on Health, Ecology and Environment, and Arts and Culture
Special Coverage: Captured an Indian Navy's rescue operation
English Literature classes, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Travel and Tourism, Russian Folk Tales, and Women's Studies.
Activities: Led the activities at the Literary Society, where we had workshops, movie screenings, and presentations followed by group discussion.
Reporting on several human rights violations as part of an investigative journalists' collective from Europe and India — Amra Dorjbayar, Archit Mehta, Ben Heubl, Brecht Castel, Kalim Ahmed, and Alberto Olivieri. We worked on a series of OSINT investigations from April 2022 to February 2023. Our work was published in the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience
Selected works