Resume

Experience

Video Journalist and Associate Editor, Yahoo! News Canada
[June ’19- Present]

Pitch, script, produce and edit trending and political news videos to be published on YC’s Website, Facebook and Instagram pages; Currently covering the COVID-19 global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement; Covered the 2019 Federal Election; Quick turnaround of scripts & cuts; Editing articles for Yahoo's frontpage and managing news coverage on a daily basis.

Video Contributor and host, CBC Creator Network
[June ’21- Present]

Pitch, script, host and edit videos for a new video series 'So You Want To Fix' which focuses on figuring out how we can solve some of biggest problems in the world by introducing new legislation.

Video Contributor and host, Daily Hive Vancouver
[Feb ’21- Present]

Pitch, script, host and edit videos pertaining to different social issues affecting Canada and Vancouver.

Video Contributor, The Quint
[August ’20- Present]

Pitch, script, host and edit videos pertaining to North American news for an Indian audience. Currently covering politics, elections, immigration policies and various issues concerning the South Asian diaspora in North America.

Host, Broken Down & The Week That Was
[June ’20- Present]

Launched my own news series for social media consumption. Script, host and edit videos concerning news stories not gaining enough traction in mainstream media in North America and India.

News Producer/ Correspondent, Brut., France
[August, ’18 – December, '18]

Pitched, scripted and produced over 70 breaking, trending and legal news videos over the course of 4 months for the Brut. India page; Assisted in the filming, scripting and editing of longer-term projects.

Digital Breaking News Producer & Editor, ATTN: Inc, Los Angeles
[September, ’17 – August '18]

Pitched, produced and edited over 200 breaking, trending and legal news videos; Quick one-day turnaround of most of the videos from pitch to finish; Garnered over 200 million views on Facebook for all of them combined; Hosted videos on-camera; Assisted in the production of longer term projects.

Editorial Intern, New York Law Journal, New York
[June ’17- September ‘17]

Pitched and wrote enterprise stories concerning legal issues governing the city (City Council legislations, Bar Association Events, local court decisions); Social media engagement (launched the journal’s LinkedIn page) and website management.

Media Production Assistant, Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning, New York
[February ’17 – May ‘17]

Assisted in the shooting, editing and production of various massive open online courses (MOOCs) produced by Columbia University; Supported on location shoots and assisted in the content selection, encoding and processing of courses for web and mobile delivery.

Media Intern, CNN-IBN, Mumbai, India
[October, ’15 – December '15]

On field reporting, and in studio work with the various tools and systems utilized in broadcast journalism; Extensively covered the Sheena Bora murder trial; Assisted in the production of the show ‘The Week That Wasn’t.’

Print Content Intern, The Indian Express, Pune, India [September, ‘15 – October, ‘15]

Worked primarily as a features writer and court reporter; covered events around the city; published 5 articles.

Summer Content Intern, The Times of India, Pune, India
[May, ‘11 – July, ‘11]

Wrote features pertaining to issues faced by adolescents such as peer pressure; covered issues governing the city; published 10 articles.

Education

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
May '17

Master of Science in Journalism

Coursework consisted of human rights reporting, law (secured honors), audio production, video production, photojournalism, investigative reporting, social media engagement, business reporting and deadline reporting (published on various websites)
Developed beat reporting in Williamsbridge, Bronx and reported enterprise stories on housing laws and right to counsel for tenants
Reported a 5000 word Masters Project on the potential impact of the newly enacted Freelance Isn’t Free Act in New York City

Indian Law Society’s Law College (ILS), Pune, India
July, ‘16

Bachelor of Arts, L.L.B (Bachelor of Law)

Diploma in Human Rights and Law, ILS Law College, Pune [Distinction]
Diploma in Forensic Jurisprudence, ILS Law College, Pune [Distinction]

Skills & Activities

Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi; A2 Level Certification in French, Alliance Francaise; Working knowledge of German
Multimedia- Photography, Audio & Video recording and editing (Photoshop, Adobe Audition, Premiere Pro and After Effects)
Investigative- PACER, LexisNexis, Legal databases, Public Records Extraction.
Thorough understanding of publishing videos and articles on all social media platforms & publishing websites like WordPress.
Played table tennis at the state level. Represented both, high school and ILS in table tennis at championships nationwide.