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.

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.


Skills
& Awards
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Recipient of the 2021 Foreign Correspondents Association USA scholarship
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Languages: English (fluent), Hindi (fluent), Punjabi (fluent), Urdu (fluent), Mandarin (intermediate), Spanish (basic)
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Multimedia: iNews, Final Cut Pro, Avid Cutter
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Investigative: FOIA, 990s