Oct 2023 – Sep 2024 · 11 mos · Silicon Valley, California, United States · Remote

• I ran breaking news coverage during West Coast hours for Engadget, one of the world’s oldest, award-winning technology news websites.
• I provided editorial guidance to reporters, and worked with them to craft stories and headlines.
• I reported and published enterprise tech reporting designed to boost Engadget’s original reportage.

Aug 2021 – May 2022 · 9 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• I was one of 22 global fellows at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism, which runs the world’s oldest and highly selective journalism fellowship program.
• Researched the evolution of the American tech press and the challenges faced by global newsrooms in
• covering the intersection of technology and culture effectively.
• Took Harvard classes in leadership, cybersecurity, immigration, politics, negotiation, and cyber law.
• Established relationships across the broader Harvard community including professors, students, and a
• global cohort of journalists from 11 countries at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.

Nov 2016 – Aug 2023 · 6 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area / New Delhi India · Remote

• I led the expansion of BuzzFeed’s critically acclaimed tech coverage beyond the US as the first India-based correspondent for BuzzFeed News. My high-impact narratives explored Silicon Valley’s intersection with culture, society, politics, and economics in the world’s largest democracy, won Syracuse University’s Mirror Award for Excellence in Media Industry Reporting, and sparked international attention. In 2022, I moved to the US to be the Silicon Valley correspondent for BuzzFeed News.
• Crafted strategies for getting BuzzFeed’s tech coverage to spark conversations, drive tens of millions of
• page views, win awards, and get cited by international media as well as academic journals.
• Established close relationships with tech companies, government officials, non-profits, academics,
• researchers, activists, influencers, and other key stakeholders relevant to tech coverage.
• Represented BuzzFeed News at speaking engagements, TV panels, radio shows, and podcasts.
• Served on hiring panels interviewing prospective tech reporters and editors.

Mar 2016 – Sep 2016 · 6 mos · New Delhi, India

• I shaped editorial strategy and brand voice, and managed contributor relationships as a founding editor at a new media startup focused on tech and business coverage for Indian readers.
• Created strategies for differentiating a brand-new publication in a crowded business media landscape.
• Oversaw and edited both internal and external contributors.
• Wrote original features that were syndicated by global platforms like Quartz.

Dec 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

• I spearheaded technology coverage at one of India’s largest national newspapers with an online readership of more than 150 million each month, and a print circulation of more than 8 million each day.
• Worked closely with senior editorial leadership to revamp tech coverage at a 100-year-old newspaper in
• the process of transitioning to a digital-first publication.
• Managed a reporting team in charge of generating hundreds of thousands of page views covering
• rapid-fire daily tech news as well as features about tech and culture.
• Led organization-wide workshops to train journalists on digital storytelling skills and cybersecurity.

May 2014 – Nov 2014 · 6 mos · New Delhi

• I tracked breaking technology stories around the world as America slept, and wrote them up on Gizmodo. Topics ranged from hardcore consumer tech to cyber security and science.

Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 · 5 mos · San Francisco

• I wrote and reported for WIRED's Gadget Lab section. Examples of stories include how-tos, tips, galleries and technology news. I also produced the weekly Gadget Lab podcast.

Sep 2013 – Dec 2013 · 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

• I covered breaking technology, business, design and innovation stories for the Fast Feed at http://www.fastcompany.com/section/fast-feed

May 2013 – Aug 2013 · 3 mos · New York, New York

• I fact-checked opinion pieces by regular Times columnists including Richard Branson, Noam Chomsky, Umberto Eco and Jorge Ramos at this summer internship.

Jun 2009 – Aug 2012 · 3 yrs 2 mos · New Delhi, India

• I covered technology, culture, and lifestyle for Hindustan Times Brunch, India’s largest-read English magazine with an audience of more than 3 million each week and oversaw key aspects of magazine production.
• Introduced tech coverage into the magazine’s signature editorial mix of lifestyle, food, and culture.
• Oversaw key aspects of magazine production including layouts, headlines, and art.
• Set up and ran a social media strategy and reader engagement initiatives to boost engagement.