EXPERIENCE
Fellow, Columbia Journalism Investigations - New York
SEPT. 2025 - JUNE 2026
- Dove into the public health impacts of increased flooding in 9-month collaborative, data-driven investigation
- Data analysis found more flood-prone U.S. counties had demonstrably higher waterborne disease caseloads, against backdrop of federal rollbacks in water infrastructure funding and vast unmet climate resilience needs
- Obtained national-level CDC data as well as caseload data for 13+ counties through public records requests
- Spoke to dozens of experts: public health researchers, water sector specialists, utility managers and regulators
- Reported from Columbia, South Carolina, on recreational river water quality issues and local resilience efforts
Summer Fellow, Inside Climate News - New York
JUNE 2025 - SEPT. 2025
- Explored the intersection of climate, politics, and energy across New York, Virginia, Texas, and U.S.-wide
- Worked on the data centers beat, showing the power demand surge is keeping the grid hooked on natural gas
- Covered the legislative hurdles in Virginia to enacting data center regulation and utility consumer protections
- Reported from protest march on Brooklyn Bridge against two resuscitated gas pipeline projects in New York
- Stories co-published over 10 weeks in WIRED, Virginia Mercury, Arstechnica, Outrider, YaleEnvironment360
Energy & Commodities Correspondent, Reuters - Bengaluru, India
APRIL 2022 - JULY 2024
- Breaking news about global commodities markets for Reuters clients and LSEG terminal users for 2+ years
- Daily duties included filing news alerts and market reports on oil & gas, precious metals, shipping, agriculture
- Routinely spoke to analysts and market participants for price forecast polls and critical metals price discovery
- Broke news about surging power demand in U.S. from data centers, rapid electrification, and extreme weather
- Covered Biden-era climate subsidies, turmoil in offshore wind sector, and impact of infrastructure failures
- Worked in the London energy team during 6-month remote secondment, covering oil markets and the UK
- Wrote about UK energy sector earnings, M&A, shareholder activism, windfall tax hike, and North Sea woes
- Attended International Energy Week 2024 in London, filing copy about US energy exports and oil executives
EDUCATION
Columbia Journalism School, New York
GRADUATED: MAY 2025
Master of Science in Journalism, Toni Stabile Investigative Fellow
Ashoka University, Sonipat, India
GRADUATED: JULY 2021
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics & Society & PG Diploma in Media Studies & Environmental Studies
SKILLS & ACTIVITIES
Investigative: Public records (courts, corporates & nonprofits), Backgrounding, MS Excel & AI data tools
Digital: Datawrapper, Premiere Pro, Audition, news monitoring, social media, LSEG & Bloomberg terminals
Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Spanish (basic)
Affiliations: Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE), Overseas Press Club (OPC), Covering Climate Now
AWARDS & GRANTS
Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow: Received grant for story about Barrick’s mining project in Pakistan that is underway in restive Balochistan after a protracted legal dispute that saw Barrick owed $6bln in damages
2025 Signal Awards: Silver Winner in student category as Reporter/Producer for ‘Giuliani: The Unraveling’