Our Faculty
Shekhar Gupta
Founder-Editor, ThePrint
Shekhar is an award-winning journalist, columnist, author & talk show host. He has reported on key events, including trouble in our Northeast, Operation Blue Star, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first Gulf War from Baghdad, Sri Lanka's troubled decade of 1983-1993, and has done more than a dozen tours of duty in Pakistan.
Shailaja Bajpai
Dean
Shailaja has been a journalist for 40 years. She worked as a feature writer for The Indian Express, and has written a weekly TV column since 1987. In 2009, Shailaja branched out into media education as Director of the Express Institute of Media Studies. In addition to her work at ThePrint, she is Professor at IILM University, Gurgaon and Greater Noida.
Rama Lakshmi
Editor, Opinion and Ground Reports
An award-winning journalist, Rama was India correspondent for The Washington Post for 27 years. She won the American Society of News Editors Award in 2005 for her coverage of the tsunami disaster.
D.K. Singh
Editor, Politics
D.K. Singh has reported on national politics and governance for over 20 years for Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, Business Standard, The Indian Express and Hindustan Times.
Nisheeth Upadhyay
Editor (Operations)
Nisheeth Upadhyay heads ThePrint's integrated editorial and social media team. He has previously overseen newspaper production and worked as the Homepage Editor for the web portal of Hindustan Times.
Janki Dave
News Editor
An alumni of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Janki has worked across television, print and digital media over the last 14 years.
Praveen Swami
Contributing Editor
Praveen Swami writes on security issues. He has previously worked as National Security Editor of The Indian Express, Resident Editor of The Hindu in New Delhi, and as Diplomatic Editor of The Daily Telegraph in London. He is the author of the book India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The Covert War in Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr Swasti Rao
Consulting Editor (International and Strategic Affairs)
Dr Swasti Rao is a geopolitical expert, commentator, and author, and ThePrint’s Consulting Editor (International and Strategic Affairs). She is an Associate Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, and a Non-Resident Fellow at Eastern Circles, Paris. She also hosts ThePrint WorldView, an in-depth discussion series on global strategic affairs, and Geopolitics with Swasti on ThePrint’s YouTube channel.
Praveen Jain
National Photo Editor
Praveen has, over the course of his long and illustrious career, covered a range of breaking stories in India and abroad. He has covered almost all the big events of the 80’s and 90’s — from the riots in Bhagalpur and Hashimpura to the Delhi pogrom in 1984; the demolition of the Babri Masjid and its rehearsal to the plague in Surat. Of late, Praveen has covered the unrest in Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370, documented the Covid pandemic and Manipur crisis.
Snehesh Alex Philip
Deputy Editor
A journalist for over 17 years, Snehesh has focused on security, intelligence, defence and foreign policy. His career spans print, broadcast and digital journalism. In 2013, Snehesh was sent by Press Trust of India to Pakistan as its correspondent, the youngest ever Indian journalist to be posted there.
Moushumi Das Gupta
Deputy Editor
Moushumi has over 20 years of experience as a journalist, writing on politics, policy and governance. In particular, she focuses on the social sector and infrastructure. She has previously worked with The Statesman and Hindustan Times.
Bhadra Sinha
Deputy Editor
Bhadra Sinha oversees legal coverage at ThePrint. Her body of work in 20+ years includes extensive reporting on a spectrum of cases, ranging from criminal to civil to constitutional issues. Bhadra has remained constant in her effort to highlight important legal issues affecting citizens. She has previously worked with The Indian Express, The Times of India and Hindustan Times.
TCA Sharad Raghavan
Deputy Editor
TCA Sharad Raghavan leads ThePrint’s economic, financial and business coverage. Prior to this, he was a Special Advisor directly reporting to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her personal office. He has been a journalist for 12 years, and worked for leading publications such as The Hindu, Financial Express, and HT Mint.
Manasi Phadke
Deputy Editor
Manasi has been working with ThePrint since October 2017. She is based in Mumbai and leads editorial operations in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. She has previously worked with the Hindustan Times, The Indian Express and Reuters. She enjoys working on data-based and investigative stories as well as deep-dive news features at the intersection of politics, policies and business.
Neelam Pandey
Senior Associate Editor
Neelam Pandey is a Delhi-based reporter with 17 years of experience. She covers politics and policy apart from writing on social issues with a focus on women and children. Neelam has a PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia on Feminist and Dalit Publishing Houses. She was also a part of The Economist newsroom as a 2015 Chevening Fellow, London. Neelam has previously worked with the Hindustan Times for 10 years.
Ananya Bhardwaj
Senior Associate Editor
Ananya reports on crime, terrorism, internal security, financial frauds and governance. She has over 10 years’ experience in journalism and has worked with The Indian Express and Hindustan Times. Ananya has covered important political and social developments, including the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, communal riots in northern India and the ongoing civil war in Manipur for which she was awarded the Danish Siddiqui Freedom award.
Shanker Arnimesh
Senior Editor
Shanker Arnimesh has over 25 years of experience as a journalist writing on politics and governance, particularly covering the BJP from the Vajpyee days. He has spent more than two decades anchoring and reporting across television newsrooms including Aaj Tak, India TV, News24, Sahara Samay, ETV and Focus TV.
Sharan Poovanna
Senior Associate Editor
Sharan Poovanna works with the political and economic bureau at ThePrint. He tracks important developments on policy, politics, political economy, the intersection of policy and technology as well as the startup ecosystem and other developments mainly from Karnataka and other southern states. He has previously worked with Bangalore Mirror, New Indian Express, Mint and Hindustan Times.
Sumi Sukanya Dutta
Senior Assistant Editor
Sumi Sukanya Dutta writes on health and pharma for ThePrint. These are also the beats she is passionate about and she loves tracking the latest in the world of diseases and drugs. In her career spanning nearly 15 years, she has been covering governance and policy at state and central levels.
Sourav Roy Burman
Assistant Editor
Sourav tracks national politics, policy and keeps a close watch on developments in the Northeast, where he grew up. He has previously worked with The Indian Express and Press Trust of India where he covered education and politics, and elections. He has broken stories, undertaken investigative pieces, deep dives, reported from conflict zones and regions hit by natural calamities.
Apoorva Mandhani
Senior Assistant Editor
Apoorva Mandhani writes in-depth analysis and research articles on complex legal issues and anchors various video series on ThePrint's YouTube channel — including 'Headlines Ke Peechay Shekhar Ke Sath' with Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. Her endeavour is to simplify legal concepts, which she does through 'KYC: Know Your Constitution' in English and Hindi. Apoorva has previously worked for LiveLaw.
Soumya Pillai
Senior Assistant Editor
Soumya reports on environment, climate change and science. With a decade of experience in reporting, she has previously worked with the Hindustan Times and The Hindu. Before entering environment and science reporting, she has also extensively covered urban infrastructure, healthcare and governance. She is also the recipient of the Healthcare Changemakers award in the 'Rising Star' category