SAWM Nepal President Aarti Chataut works with Nepal Television as Chief Executive Producer/Gender Analyst. She produces weekly shows on women and gender, current political issues […]
Aasha Mehreen Amin is the deputy editor of the Editorial and Op-ed section of The Daily Star, the country’s leading English newspaper, where she also pens a new column commenting […]
Aditi Phadnis is Political Editor at the New Delhi-based premier financial newspaper, Business Standard since January 2000. Phadnis is Political Editor at Business Standard. […]
Writes extensively on poverty, displacement, women and children in conflict with law, education and disability. Recipient of the SAWM-UNICEF media initiative 2017. Was awarded the […]
A journalist with 6 years of experience, I have extensively covered farmer distress in rural Maharashtra & questioned the state government in their policies. Apart from that I […]
Alefia T Hussain has been associated with The News on Sunday (flagship magazine of The News) for over 20 years. As Consulting Editor, her responsibilities include conceptualizing, […]
SAWM India member Anita Katyal has been a journalist for over 30 years, including at the Times of India and the Tribune, and now freelances for Scroll.in, the Asian Age and India […]
Myself Anita Shrestha from the top of the world Nepal. I`m currently working with The Himalayan Times, national daily English newspaper as a senior reporter. I live in Bhaktapur […]
Anubha Bhonsle is an award-winning journalist and author. She has a body of work reporting on politics, conflict and gender. Her award-winning shows, documentaries and pieces have […]
Anubhuti Vishnoi writes extensively on policy and politics with special focus on the sectors of education, environment and culture. She started her journalistic career at The […]
Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal is Executive Editor Kashmir Times, the oldest English daily in Jammu and Kashmir which has continued to maintain an independent voice despite many threats […]
It was never a cakewalk for her. On one hand, there was her traditional family who believes in the notion of patriarchy and repeatedly trying to pursue her to have a career in […]
Working as a Reporter in OTV(Odisha Television Ltd) Odisha. I have complited my Graduation with English Honours year 2013. After that I joined MAJMC At Utkal University,Odisha […]
SAWM India member Arfa Khanum Sherwani has been working in the field of TV journalism for the last 16 years. Presently she works as a senior anchor with Rajyasabha TV, run by […]
Asha Thapaliya is presently working as an international correspondence in a reputed national daily 'Annapurna Post'. Before joining the print media, Asha was working in Kathmandu […]
Ayesha Bakhsh is a Pakistani TV Journalist. She has been associated with leading TV channels of Pakistan since 2006.
Currently working GNN (hosting current affair show)
SAWM India member Bachi Karkaria writes the weekly column “Erratica” for Times of India and is the Director of the Times Litfest. Her latest book is “In Hot Blood” […]
SAWM Pakistan member Beena Sarwar is journalist, artist and documentary film maker. She is editor, Aman ki Asha, Jung Group, Pakistan. She was the founder-editor of The News on […]
Bharti Jainani is a kolkata based journalist, working As a special correspondent for a leading newspaper PRABHAT KHABAR, KOLKATA. This newspaper have total 11 editions. She […]
Ms. Sharma is a journalist with over one decades of experience in journalism. She is currently working as a senior correspondent in Nepal Republic Media (Nagarik National Daily). […]
Chandani is a senior journalist with over 25 years’ experience working in print media. She writes on politics and social issues and was the Parliamentary Correspondent for the […]
Chandani Kumari is a research scholar Of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Viswavidyalaya, Wardha ( Kolkata regional center). She is currently working as Sub-editor Of Dainik […]
I write special stories for several sections of the newspaper. I contribute book reviews and write a column for the edit page called 'Gingerly Yours'. I look after a section called […]
Chathuri Dissanayake currently works as a Senior Journalist at Daily FT Sri Lanka the only financial newspaper in the island, covering political and current affairs in the country. […]
Dechen Dolkar is a Business reporter working with Business Bhutan Private Limited. Business Bhutan is the first financial paper in the country and it is a weekly paper. She has […]
Deepanjalie Abeywardana heads the Media Research team at Verite Research, Sri Lanka. She has vast experience in media ethics, media behaviour as well as media and women. She also […]
Dhaneshi Yatawara is a journalist with nearly 16 years of experience working in print and online media. Drawing on her professional experience, her intentions in journalism have […]
Dilrukshi Handunnetti is a lawyer by training and a journalist by choice. She currently serves as the Consulting Editor of the Daily and Weekend Express, Sri Lanka’s first […]
DipaDahal, is Senior Reporter and Coordinator, Deshsanchar Multimedia Online. She has covered range of areas includes; Politics, International Affairs, Health and Social Issues. […]
After graduating from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC),New Delhi in 2011-12, I joined Hindustan Times in Chandigarh briefly as a reporter doing city beats. With […]
Durba Ghosh is a Guwahati based Senior Journalist with the country's premier news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) where she has worked for the last 27 years. She began her […]
Elita Karim (Dilshad Karim Elita on papers) has more than 16 years of experience in print journalism. She is currently the Editor of Arts & Entertainment and Star Youth of the […]
Ruina Ferdous, from Bangladesh, works for Editorial Pages in Daily Bonik Barta. Her job responsibilities are writing Editorials and Post editorials, Feature Article on the current […]
Investigative journalist/senior lobby correspondent and media trainer. I am the Deputy Editor of Ceylon Today Newspaper. I have been covering a range of areas varying from […]
Geeta Mohan is the Foreign Affairs Editor of India Today, TV Today Network. Previously she worked with other leading English news networks of India including Times Now, NewsX, DD […]
Indrani Bagchi is a senior diplomatic editor at The Times of India, where she has been reporting and analyzing foreign policy issues for the newspaper since 2004 and blogs with […]
I’m Indunil Usgoda Arachchi, a journalist. I worked for the Ravaya newspaper. My intention is to draw attention of responsible parties to the voice of the people affected by […]
Ira Jha-Senior Hindi Journalist has been in journalism for more than 35 years. Worked in Delhi with Navbharat times as first Women Chief Sub Editor and Hindustan as Editor NCR and […]
Iti Sharan is currently working as an Assistant Editor with Youth Ki Awaaz (a popular Delhi-based online Citizen Journalism platform). She holds over 4 years of experience in […]
Jyoti Malhotra is Editor, National & Strategic Affairs of The Print website in Delhi. She has been a journalist for 35 years and has worked for India's major news media, […]
Jyoti Sharma is working as a sub-editor at Rashtriya Sahara, Patna, In past, she has worked as A reporter at Dainik Jagran and Aaj Hindi daily She is a post graduate in history. […]
Kadambini Sharma is Editor- Foreign Affairs and Anchor with 24- hour news channel NDTV India. She been a journalist for more than 20 years now starting with the Press trust of […]
Kajal Iyer heads the Mumbai bureau of Times Now. She has previously worked for CNN-News18 in Mumbai and Chennai and has bylines in Times of India, Midday and Sanj Samachar. In a […]
Kamalika is a Television Journalist with 15 years of experience working in Television Media. Started as a cub Reporter with ANI in the year 2003, she also has working experience […]
Kasturi Ray, presently Senior Editor, OTV (Odisha Television Limited) Digital, is a mainstream journalist with a large body of work over more than the last two decades. Having been […]
Kavitha Muralidharan is a senior bi-lingual journalist who writes in English and Tamil with an experience of twenty years in covering Tamil Nadu. She has extensively covered Tamil […]
Ms Bhattarai, is motivated, adaptable and responsible communication professional, who believes working with integrity. She started career as Radio Program Presenter in 1996. As a […]
Though I'm a Professional degree holder, Entered media field with the peer interest. I started my career as a reporter in a political based TV channel, then Switched to 24*7 NEWS […]
I have been covering Indian national politics for the last 23 years. Before joining The Indian Express in 2014, I have worked with the Mint (Hindustan Times), Indo-Asian News […]
Madhu Trehan founded and was the editor of the news magazine India Today in 1975. In 1986, she produced and anchored a path-breaking television news magazine programme Newstrack […]
Madhumita Datta has 27 years of work experience as a journalist in different Bengali newspapers and has covered many important events. Currently, she is the Special Correspondent […]
Mandira Nayar is a senior special correspondent with The Week. She has over 16 years of experience working in journalism for 16 years writing on history, culture and foreign […]
Manjari Chaturvedi , is a Special Correspondent/Assistant Editor with Navbharat Times a Hindi daily of Times of India Group. She is working with Times Group for last 28 years in […]
Mannika Chopra is the Managing Editor of Social Change, CSD’s social science quarterly that presents analytical papers and policy discussions in the field of social development. […]
Marvi Sirmed is a human rights defender and journalist in Pakistan and is currently working as Special Correspondent for Daily Times. Because of being vocal she has been attacked […]
Marya Shakil is an award-winning Journalist with over 13 years of experience. Her show on the Muslims yearning to be part of the mainstream earned her the prestigious Ramnath […]
Maya Mirchandani is Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism and Media Studies at Ashoka University and Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. For over two decades, […]
SAWM Pakistan member Mehmal Sarfraz is currently working as a producer at Neo TV's programme 'Khabar Kay Peechay'. KKP is an insightful news show hosted by spokesmen of Pakistan's […]
I started my career in media in 1999 joining a Bengali Daily ‘Kalantar’ as a copy editor. In October 2000, I joined Aakash Bangla Television Channel as a reporter which started […]
Mumeninaz Zaman is a freelancer and she contributes articles in the webzine, The Thumbprint Magazine and the English daily, The Assam Tribune. The art of storytelling is what […]
Muslim Jan is a Post-graduate in Mass Communication and Journalism. Before joining the University as Editor, she worked with UNI at the agency’s New Delhi Bureau. Currently, […]
Nahela Nowshin is an editorial staff member of the Editorial and Opinion section of The Daily Star, the country’s leading English newspaper. She writes on current affairs related […]
Najiba Ayubi has been a leading voice in independent Afghan media for more than a decade. She is currently managing director for the Killid Group, a nonprofit public media […]
Neeta Kolhatkar is a senior journalist who has experience of print, broadcast and internet having covered politics, crime, human interest and issues on Mumbai, extensively. With […]
Neha Dixit is an independent journalist based in New Delhi, India. She covers politics, gender and Social Justice in South Asia. She has worked with multiple mediums and reported […]
Nidhi Razdan is an award-winning journalist working with NDTV for the last 20 years, where she is now Executive Editor. Nidhi has reported extensively on Indian politics, Jammu and […]
Nilova Roy Chaudhury is Editor of India Review & Analysis, a journal of Society for Policy Studies, and writes on Indian foreign policy. She is a Visiting Faculty member with […]
Nirmala is currently the India bureau chief for The Straits Times, the Singapore based newspaper. She writes on a wide variety of topics ranging from social issues to foreign […]
Nirupama Subramanian is the Resident Editor of The Indian Express, Chandigarh, and National Affairs Editor (North). Before this, she worked at The Hindu. She was a foreign […]
Nishtha Gautam is Opinions Editor at The Quint. Before transitioning to full-time journalism, she taught English Literature in University of Delhi for 8 years. She observes […]
Nistula Hebbar is the Political Editor of The Hindu in New Delhi and has worked in major newspapers in India including The Times of India, The Economic Times, Business Standard and […]
NIVEDITA JHA, Vice President, SAWM India is a freelance journalist. She has worked earlier with Patna editions of Nai Duniya, Rashtriya Sahara, Nav Bharat Times and Aaj. She has […]
Pamela Philipose, who began with The Times of India, is presently Public Editor, with The Wire, a Delhi based news portal. She has worked in different capacities in The Times of […]
SAWM Bangladesh member Parveen Sultana Jhuma is an independent journalist. She writes columns and features for newspapers. Till 2015, she was an Assistant Editor with The Daily […]
Patricia Mary Mukhim is an Indian social activist, writer, journalist and the editor of Shillong Times, known for her social activism and her writings on mining in Meghalaya and […]
I am basically from pune and working in media field since 2015. I completed my B.A. in Marathi literature in 2015 from Ruia collage Mumbai and did masters from Sathaye collage in […]
Rajni Shankar is presently associated with Hindustan Samachar. as Special Correspondent. Prior to this, she was Chief of Bureau UNI Patna and Nagpur. Worked with Voice of America […]
Currently freelancing for various publications including The Wire, The Quint, Grassroots. Achievements include The Laadli Media Award 2017 for Best Feature(English) Western Region […]
Rakhi Ghosh, an independent Development Journalist based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha has more than 15 years of experience in the field of print and electronic media. She is regularly […]
Beginning from 2007, my journey of Journalism took me from places like Bengalluru to Mumbai, Delhi and Bhopal before I landed to my native place, Chhattisgarh-one of the worst […]
Rashmi Saksena is a veteran Delhi based journalist and is the Consulting Editor for The Hitavada, a 107 year old largest circulated English daily from Nagpur, Jabalpur, Raipur and […]
Presently working as a senior reporter in the Bangladesh’s most widely circulated daily, the Prothom Alo since 2010. Her Specialisation and area of reporting in areas of […]
Sabahat Zakariya is Deputy Editor at The News on Sunday and is currently writing a non-fiction book on the rise of single women in Pakistan. She writes on the intersection between […]
Joined Bartaman Patrika as a Reporter in 1984 and continues to serve this Paper in a senior editorial position. Enjoy a wide network of contacts in the political, cultural, […]
My area of interest is Human Rights, with a special focus on women. Since 1998, I have been working, in different contexts, on issues like women's empowerment in adverse […]
Sharada Lahangir a journalist based in Bhubaneswar having 22 years of experience both in Television and Print .She is presently working with ETV Bharat Odia as Editor, Input, […]
A Delhi-based journalist for over three decades, Saroj Nagi has worked with several prestigious publications, including the Hindustan Times. Her writings focus on national […]
Sarzah Yeasmin is a Boston-based Bangladeshi writer and graduate student studying education policy at Harvard University. She is the program coordinator for the university’s […]
South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) is a network of women media professionals in South Asia. SAWM works for freedom of press, increased participation of women in the media, a […]
Senior journalist have been reporting for nearly 30 years. Began my career with the Telegraph, based in Guwahati, Assam. The foreigners issue had exploded by then and the entire […]
I am Seetu. I am Presently associated with BBC Hindi Service. I report for online, radio and video platform. Also anchoring shows for DD, Bihar and Akashavani, Patna. Earlier […]
I have done my masters in journalism from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Have worked in Daily Sakal, Daily Lokmat & Unique Features (Samkaleen Prakashan). Currently I […]
I am working for NewsX channel where I am anchoring a weekly show "No Holds Barred With Sheela Bhatt In 1979, four decades back, I started my career in Gujarati journalism, […]
Shikha Mukerjee joined The Economic Times in 1978 and remained with the Times of India Group until 2001. She launched the Kolkata edition of The Times of India and later became […]
Shimla Ahmed runs her own online news media with 80% female staffs. She is the founder and editor of AO news. It is a local newspaper which she has started 7 years back. AO News […]
Senior political reporter from Mumbai, presently working with the Asian Age. She has been covering socio-economic political issues in Maharashtra. She has extensively covered rural […]
Shuma Raha, a founding member of SAWM India, has been a journalist for over two decades. A British Chevening Scholar, she was Associate Editor with The Telegraph newspaper and […]
Smita Gupta, currently Senior Fellow, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, has worked for mainstream newspapers, including the Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The […]
Smita Prakash is group editor of Asian News International. She has about 30 years experience in journalism having worked with several national and international news channels and […]
Smita Sharma is a senior award winning independent journalist. She writes on foreign policy and security issues for various news organisations including ETV Bharat and Huffington […]
Soma Ghosh is a post-graduate in Drama from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. She is the director of the theatre group Anasrishti, based in Cooch Behar and Kolkata. Soma has […]
I am a Chief Reporter with The Bhutanese newspaper. I graduated from Chitkara University, Punjab with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. I've been […]
Stella Paul is an Hyderabad-based, multiple award-winning international journalist, covering environment and development issues such as climate change, sex trafficking, gender […]
Suhasini Haidar is the Diplomatic Editor of The Hindu, one of India’s oldest and most respected national dailies. Prior to this, Suhasini was Foreign Affairs editor and prime […]
Sunetra Choudhury started her career at The Indian Express newspaper where she headed the city team. Three years later, she moved to TV news, working for India’s most prestigious […]
SWATI BHATTACHARJEE, General Secretary, SAWM India, is Senior Assistant Editor, Ananda Bazar Patrika. The focus of her journalism is poverty allevation. She has a PhD from TISS, […]
Gold Medalist in Mass Communication and Journalism, Syeda Afshana is an Associate Professor at Media Education Research Centre, University of Kashmir. An alumnus of International […]
My ten years of experience with the leading newspaper in Bangladesh, named the Daily Prothom Alo - Lead the content and publication of the feature page, Narimoncho- dedicated to […]
TERESA REHMAN, Treasurer, SAWM India, is founder-editor of The Thumb Print, a web magazine. Her area of work and interest lies in the under-reported and conflict-torn Northeast […]
SAWM India member Uma Sudhir is Resident Editor, NDTV, at Hyderabad. She was the former Vice President of SAWM India. She has formerly worked at Economic Times and Times of India.
Vidya Subrahmaniam is Senior Fellow, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy. She was until recently Associate Editor with The Hindu based in New Delhi. In a journalistic […]
A journalist for over 25 years now, Vineeta Pandey started her career as a sports reporter from the Asian Age. She later moved on to Indian Express, The Times of India, DNA, Dainik […]
Zyma Islam is an investigative reporter. Her work is published regularly at The Daily Star. She has also been published at National Public Radio and has blogged with The Huffington […]
