Akshit Pushkarna

Digital Marketing Specialist

West Delhi, Delhi, India6 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in investigative and feature journalism.
Strong focus on startup ecosystem trends.
Proficient in analyzing marketing and advertising strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media Professional specializing in journalism and reporting on business trends.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investigative ReportingJournalismFeature Writing

Other Skills

Beat ReportingBreaking NewsCommunicationEditingEditorialEnglishNewslettersReportingStorytellingWeb Content WritingWritingWritten Communication

About

As a journalist, I strive to keep my reporting on ongoing trends in the industries I cover with a deeper, thought provoking narrative. PR Folks- Please mail pitches to akshit.pushkarna@inc42.com

Experience

Inc42 media

2 roles

Assistant Editor

Nov 2025 – Present · 4 mos · On-site

Senior Correspondent

Jan 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · On-site

Covering developments across India's startup ecosystem. These developments include funding trends, public market analysis, broader policy announcements that are of consequence to the ecosystem.

Afaqs!

Senior Correspondent

Sep 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

Covered the advertising and marketing business in India. My coverage for Afaqs! included a detailed analysis of new campaigns, broader comms trends, and interviewing prominent professionals in the Indian marketing ecosystem.

Entrepreneur india

Features Writer

Mar 2022 – Sep 2022 · 6 mos · Delhi NCR

Wrote long form detailed features on wider startup ecosystem trends for the monthly magazine. Besides, I used to cover shorter developments for the online publication as well.

Hrkatha

Business Journalist

Jun 2021 – Mar 2022 · 9 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

Covered the trends in the talent function for Indian businesses broadly.

Essentiallysports

MMA and Boxing Writer

Apr 2021 – Jul 2021 · 3 mos · Delhi, India

Wrote boxing and MMA based content for the online publication.

All india institute of local self-government

Editorial Assistant

May 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Wrote features and reported new developments primarily in the urban development beat.

La polo

Content Writing Intern

Feb 2019 – Apr 2019 · 2 mos · New Delhi

Covering live polo events, writing news and feature stories around the sport.

Byju's

Business Development Executive

Feb 2018 – Jul 2018 · 5 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

B2C sales executive for India's leading ed-tech platform.

Education

Xavier Institute Of Communications

PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

GGSIPU

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

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