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August 2021-May 2022

Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University in the city of New York

- MA (Politics) with a focus on US politics and government, plus training in investigative reporting techniques

 

- Elective: Chinese history and politics (1644-present)

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- MA Thesis: Rethinking decolonization in the global century - ground report from French overseas territory New Caledonia

2009-2010

Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) New Delhi

Post-Graduate Diploma in Radio and Television Journalism. Training in broadcast writing, reporting and post-production.

2006-2009

Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi University, New Delhi

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Wrote article on Kashmir for the Times of India Education page. Received honors for academic excellence.

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Aug. 2018-Aug. 2021

New Media Editor & International Reporter at China Global Television Network (CGTN) in Beijing, China

- Beats: International affairs, China-India diplomacy, culture, gender, race and religion 

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- Conducted exclusive interviews with newsmakers including Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan's first woman MP who participated in the US-Taliban peace deal negotiations; Amir Mahmoud Abdullah, the deputy executive director of the World Food Program, on the UN body winning the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize; Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi on protests during Black Lives Matter movement against Gandhi's racist past in South Africa; Tanushree Dutta, a model and Bollywood actress who ignited India's MeToo movement; Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Indian cinema's popularity in China; Ritu Phogat, MMA champion from India whose life inspired Bollywood blockbuster Dangal.

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- Published in-depth stories about targeted killings of Afghan journalists; a law in India that effectively banned inter-religion marriages; how covid changed the way we grieve and perceive death; anti-government protests in Belarus; Spain's king on the run; the ten-year-old helping Biden devise global plastic policy; only Native-American Presidential candidate in 2020; Singapore's first opposition leader; assassination of an anti-government musician in Ethiopia; return of the Rajapaksa brothers in Sri Lanka.

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- Covered the 2019 Beijing International Film Festival.

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- Responsibilities also included copyediting  news reports filed by the Chinese staff; producing audiovisual content for social media platforms.

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Feb. 2018-Aug. 2018

Principal Correspondent at Times Television Network in New Delhi

Produced India’s leading television flagship show Newshour at 9. Tasks included taking all key editorial and production decisions for prime-time programing, writing television scripts and anchor links, supervising pre- and post-production and managing live social media posts and interactions.

May 2014-Feb. 2018

Program Editor at NDTV24X7 in New Delhi 

Master of Arts in Politics with a focus on Chinese history and politics, South and East Asian studies, and the Indo-Pacific. MA Thesis: Rethinking decolonization in the global century - the case of French overseas territory New Caledonia. 

March 2012-May 2014

Associate Producer, at India Today in New Delhi

At one of India’s largest media groups, I wrote daily news scripts, and produced graphic illustrations for 24-hour news programming. Covered nationwide anti-corruption movement and Nirbhaya Delhi gangrape in 2012. 

May 2010-March 2012

Assistant Producer at NewsX (INX Media) in New Delhi 

I worked closely with reporters to scour reams of official documents and data, edit soundbites from press conferences, write news packages, reporter piece-to-cameras. I worked on the coverage of 2G and coal scandals in India.

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