Apr 2016 – Mar 2022 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad

• Led the Business News Bureau and was responsible for business/technology news-regional, national and international, across industries. Managed a weekly startup/local entrepreneur column. Anchored the Union Budget editions during my entire tenure. I was part of the founding team.
• Won the 'Man of Excellence Award' from Indian Achievers' Forum for 2021-22 for my contributions to Journalism.
• Took part as a panelist in a virtual conference held by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) on renewable energy, electric vehicles, and energy storage technology trends and policy framework.
• Moderated MFine's panel discussion on digital healthcare technologies, with healthcare entrepreneurs and practitioners as panelists.

Aug 2013 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad

• Led the Business News Bureau. Covered corporate, industry, sustainability, regulatory, policy, economy, finance, M&As, government, R&D, entrepreneurship and other key areas for Metro India, a daily newspaper. Anchored the Union Budget editions during my entire tenure. I was part of the founding team.
• Spoke as a panelist in a conference on the changing trends and the future of the education sector.

Jul 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr · Hyderabad

• Responsible for covering socio-political, business and economic developments. Written and edited regional, national and international news.

Feb 2011 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad

• Led large international online business news teams. Served as the SPOC in India for the UK (headquartered) Progressive Media Group for all editorial matters. Progressive Media Group is now part of GlobalData.

Feb 2009 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad

• Led news / content teams that covered international business news / content on sectors such as Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Aerospace and Defence, Finance, Design & Build, Manufacturing & Processing besides other sectors. I trained writers and editors. Drafted news writing style guides.
• Conferred the 'Titan' award for the year 2010 for news, content management and leadership, the highest performance award given by the organization across its India operations.

Aug 2007 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad

• Handled Corporate Communications for GVK Power & Infrastructure and its social arm GVK Foundation. First person to hold the Corporate Communications role for the company. I was responsible for leadership communications, internal communications, media relations, content, website and the in-house magazine-Musings.
• Worked on the biography of GVK Group Founder and Chairman.

Dec 2006 – Jun 2007 · 6 mos · Hyderabad

• Covered Pharma, Biotech, Healthcare and Commodities for Mint, a newspaper published by Hindustan Times in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal. I was part of the Mint's founding team.

Sep 2003 – Dec 2006 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad

• Covered national and international Pharma, Biotech and Healthcare news for Pharmabiz, and Food & Beverages industries for Food & Beverage News. Saffron Media is part of Adfactors Group.
• Extensively covered industry, regulatory, policy, research, financial and corporate news. Written several in-depth, investigative, critical and analytical stories.
• I was invited by the Indian School of Business (ISB) to advise them on a Lifesciences Summit.

May 2002 – Sep 2003 · 1 yr 4 mos · New Delhi

• I was promoted as the Branch Head and led the New Delhi branch operations in addition to carrying out news reporting, writing and business research on core industries.

Jul 1999 – Apr 2002 · 2 yrs 9 mos · New Delhi

• Covered projects news on multiple industries including Energy, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Transportation, Infrastructure, IT and others.
• Interacted with Ministries, PSUs and private sector besides Industrial Project Consultants for breaking news on new projects.