Experience

The Walrus

• Canada
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Copy Editor

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  I copy-edit all editorial content of The Walrus, for print and online I copy-edit all editorial content of The Walrus, for print and online



HarperCollins Publishers India

• India
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive Editor

  • Jul 2021 - May 2022

  I acquired, commissioned, and edited books for HarperCollins India’s non-fiction and business list. This included books on politics, reportage, current affairs, society and culture, business and management. Some of the books I published:• Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad• The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation by Girish Kuber (winner of the Gaja Capital Business Book Prize)• Remnants of a Separation by Aanchal Malhotra (nominated for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize, the Tata Lit Live First Book Award, the New India Foundation prize, the Hindu Lit for Life Prize, the British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize and the Publishing Next Printed Book of the Year. It won the Oxford Bookstore cover design of the year award)• Nightmarch: A Journey into India’s Naxal Heartlands by Alpa Shah (shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the New India Foundation prize and longlisted for the Tata Lit Live Non-fiction Book of the Year Award)• I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir of Life with Ratan Tata by Shantanu Naidu• Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought by Kavitha Iyer (winner of the Tata Lit Live First Book Award 2021)• The Braided River: A Journey along the Brahmaputra by Samrat Choudhury• Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis by Jaideep Hardikar• Azim Premji: The Man Beyond the Billions by Sundeep Khanna and Varun Sood• Messiah Modi?: A Tale of Great Expectations by Tavleen SinghSome of the books I have edited and taken through to publication:• I Do What I Do by Raghuram G. Rajan• The Third Pillar by Raghuram G. Rajan• The Transformative Constitution by Gautam Bhatia• The Spy Chronicles by A.S. Dulat, Asad Durrani and Aditya Sinha• Pathways to Greatness by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam• Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years by A.S. Dulat• India’s Broken Tryst by Tavleen Singh• The India Way by Dr S. Jaishankar Show less

• Senior Commissioning Editor

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

• Commissioning Editor

  • Jul 2016 - Jun 2019

• Senior Copy Editor

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2016

• Copy Editor

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014



HT Media Ltd

• India
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Copy Editor

  • Jan 2012 - Sep 2013

  I was part of the Page 1 editorial team for HT's Delhi edition. Prior to this, I had the sole production and editorial charge of HT's World pages. I was part of the Page 1 editorial team for HT's Delhi edition. Prior to this, I had the sole production and editorial charge of HT's World pages.



DNA - Daily News & Analysis

• India
• Media Production
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Copy Editor

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011



The Hindu

• Online Audio and Video Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Reporter

  • Jun 2009 - May 2010