Shelley Singh

Business Development Executive

South Delhi, Delhi, India30 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over two decades of experience in business and technology writing.
Award-winning journalist with multiple prestigious scholarships.
Expert in moderating panel discussions and generating engaging content.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned journalist specializing in business and technology media.

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Skills

Core Skills

WritingBusiness JournalismContent DevelopmentEditing

Other Skills

Technology FeaturesPanel ModerationContent CoordinationIndustry InteractionContent GenerationTeam CoordinationEditorialNewspaperCommunicationNews WritingCopy EditingMagazinesStorytellingContent StrategyFeature Articles

About

I write business & technology features. I have also moderated and managed panel discussions & events. And won a few journalism scholarships and awards: British Chevening Scholarship (University of Westminster, London); Citi Journalistic Excellence Award (Columbia University, New York); Times Group Chairman's Award; Polestar journalism awards and the Shriram Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism.

Experience

Freelance

Business & Technology Features writer

Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

I have more than two decades of experience writing business & tech features across sectors including Artificial Intelligence (AI), IT services, hardware, semiconductors, hi-tech manufacturing, telecom, electric vehicles, smart devices, startups, work trends, people issues, environment and more. Also, moderate panel discussions, podcasts, write in-depth, sector specific reports etc.

WritingBusiness JournalismTechnology FeaturesPanel ModerationContent Development

Et prime

Senior Editor

Jul 2021 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos · New Delhi, India

The economic times

2 roles

Senior Editor

Apr 2018 – May 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Greater Delhi Area

Senior Assistant Editor

Dec 2005 – May 2021 · 15 yrs 5 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Businessworld

Assistant Editor

Jan 2000 – Jan 2005 · 5 yrs · New Delhi

Joined the tech writers team at Businessworld just when the IT industry was at the take-off stage. Y2K, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), offshoring, hardware, software industry, IT services, dot coms, venture investments were among the themes I regularly wrote on. Interacted extensively with key industry leaders, both in India and outside and closely looked at the whole technology and business services outsourcing wave. Also, co-authored a BPO book.
Wrote more than 30 cover stories for the magazine. Many of them looked at future technologies that will impact our lives
Coordinated with multiple teams to generate the right content
Interacted with leading technology experts in India and outside
Was part of the team that made Businessworld the largest circulated business magazine in India.

WritingContent CoordinationIndustry InteractionContent Development

Outlook money

Special Correspondent

Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 · 1 yr · New Delhi

Joined this niche publication when it was called `Intelligent Investor'. Had a great time covering personal finance and investments, closely looking at three aspects--earning, saving and spending.
Wrote indepth features on personal finance
Routinely coordinated with multiple teams including design, photo and senior editors to improve content.
Part of the team that helped Intelligent Investor become the largest personal finance magazine in India

WritingContent Coordination

The financial express

Principal Correspondent

Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 · 3 yrs · New Delhi

Worked with the features team, initially handling three pages--healthcare real estate and automobiles. Did both features and news and was part of the Financial Express revamp, contributing with news-driven features.
Met quite a few young entrepreneurs during my stint here for a weekly feature `Brat Barons', looking at businessmen below 30 years. Looked at how they ploughed lonely furrows, giving up comfortable jobs for entrepreneurship.
Led the team in generating relevant content on topics including real estate, healthcare, automobiles, personal finance and technology
Responsible for page layout, design, writing and editing stories. Coordinated with multiple departments including design and news desk
Interacted with leading experts in the field and also coordinated with external experts to generate relevant, in-depth articles

Content GenerationTeam CoordinationContent Development

The observer of business & politics

Sub-editor

Jan 1994 – Jan 1995 · 1 yr · New Delhi

Started my journalism career here, on the desk, editing international and corporate news stories. Also, started writing both features and news stories, before doing that full-time in subsequent jobs.
Co-ordinated with news teams to generate content for corporate and international pages
Worked with news desk head on page layout, story selection and editing stories

EditingContent Generation