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Career Summary

Journalist with over eight years of experience. Currently working for the Times of India, Agra as Principal Correspondent/Bureau Chief.

Rich exposure in city reporting with 1000+ bylines in Times of India and several stories for Press Trust of India. Covered various beats including Delhi government, National Green Tribunal, Archaeological Survey of India health, education, traffic, transport, civic issues and child rights.

Effective communicator & team player

Professional Qualification

Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism - Times School of Journalism, Delhi

Bachelor’s of Arts (Hons.) English - University of Delhi

Current Functional Proficiency

Times of India, Agra

Position: Principal Correspondent/Bureau Chief

Duration: Since May 2014

Work profile: Ideation, planning and distribution of work for local reporting team. Also filing stories related to state government, National Green Tribunal, Archaeological Survey of India and other major developments of state and national importance.

Recent Assignments:

Wrote several stories on the Dhaka terror attack in which 20 people were killed including an Indian girl from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. Stories were published across India.

Covered visits of several high profile dignitaries from the world, including that of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, to the Taj Mahal

Filed many exclusive stories related to the Taj Mahal, tourism sector, National Green Tribunal, besides the city related issues. Several of my stories on these issues made the authorities to take notice and initiate corrective actions (Times Impact). Many stories were published in various editions of TOI including Delhi and Mumbai. Filed many RTI queries and did several exclusive stories based on them.

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Did a series of stories on the hardships and harassment faced by tourists, especially foreigners, visiting the Taj Mahal. Taking cognizance of a TOI story “Ill-behaved hotel staff hurt our sentiments: UK couple”, Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav directed officials to ensure safety, security and dignity of tourists, besides taking a special care of facilities being provided to them in the state.

A series of stories on the menace of touts operating from Taj Mahal’s vicinity made the administration to take several remedial measure.

A story “Ticket scam continues at Taj Mahal” highlighting ticket scam at monuments of Agra made the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct surprise checks at historical sites. One staff who was found involved in ticket resale was immediately transferred. Moreover, ASI promptly extended the e-ticket facility to foreign tourists, who had been kept away from the service even after more than one year of its launch.

Did an exclusive story on a medieval step-well built by first Mughal emperor Babur at Fatehpur Sikri. Another story was based on the remnants from Mesolithic period (Stone Age) in forms of rock paintings and cave shelters existing in hills of Fatehpur Sikri. But they are on verge of extinction. At present, the remaining ones are located in four villages, Rasoolpur, Patsal, Madanpura and Bandroli, situated a few kilometers from the Fatehpur Sikri Fort.

Covered several high profile events like UP Bird Festival, UP NRI Diwas and Taj Literature Festival among others.

Previous Employers:

1. Press Trust of India, New Delhi

Position: Principal Correspondent

Duration: September 2013 to April 2014

Work profile: City reporting. Reported on several beats including Delhi Government, Delhi Chief Electoral Office, Aam Admi Party and crime.

Assignments:

Covered the 2013 Delhi state assembely elections. This included covering the Delhi CEO office, BJP and Aam Admi Party. Did several stories on issues related to the election code of conduct, many of which were carried in mainstream news papers and websites.

Covered several rallies by political leaders including Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal.

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Did extensive coverage of Muzzafarnagar riots. Stayed and reported from Muzaffarnagar. The covergae included story of two girls, whose alleged eve-teasing acted as the immediate trigger of the riots and how they were contemplating of dropping out of school. I did many stories about the gory details of the riot – how injuries showed that the rioters used nearly every possible object to inflict injuries and also incidents of communal harmony when elders from both the community came forward to help their neighbours from the rioting mob.

While covering crime beat, I have done several stories including NRI Anmol Sarna’ murder case and BSP MP’s wife brutality case against her maids.

2. The Times of India, Gurgaon

Position: Senior Correspondent

Duration: July 2010 to August 2013

Work profile: City reporting. Reported on several beats including health, traffic, transport and civic issues.

Assignments:

Did several exclusive stories on various topics. This includes Delhi-Gurgaon expressway traffic issues, Gurgaon BMW hit-and-run case (2012) and death of a four-year-old girl who fell into a 68-feet abandoned bore well in Kasan (Manesar). Several of my stories were published on the paper’s front page and various editions.

Punjab and Haryana High Court cited my story to counter the claims of the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway’s developer, DGSCL, that everything is fine with the e-way traffic management.

TOI was the first newspaper to publish the letter of BMW hit-and run case victim. The victim had lost his pregnant wife in the May, 2012 incident. The story appeared on TOI’s front page and was subsequently picked up by other news papers and channels.

I stayed at spot for consecutive days and night at Kasan village, 30 Km from Gurgaon, where the rescue operation of four-year old girl was being conducted by the army. Did several stories covering all aspects. The news stories were published in various editions of TOI.

Did a story on how Gurgaon with five star hospitals has emerged as a dream destination for international patients in recent years.

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Position: Correspondent

Duration: August 2008 to June 2010

Work profile: City reporting. Reported on several beats including health, education, railways and civic issues.

Assignments:

Did a four-part series of stories – Sick Affairs – highlighting the unhygenic conditions and mismanagements in government run city hospitals including PGI. This led to the improvement of conditions.

Was part of the TOI’s campaign for heritage status for Chandigarh, contributing with several stories.

Broke the story about the first ever initiative in the country of installing dustbins next to seats in Shivalik Express.

4. Pune Mirror, Pune

Position: Trainee Journalist

Duration: From February 2008 to July 2008

Job Description: Handled deskwork and brought out Pune Talking page on daily basis. Also covered defence beat for two months.

5. The Times of India, Chandigarh

Position: Intern

Duration: July 2007 to January 2008

Work profile: Covered several beats including education and civic issues. Covered education beat for four months.

Assignments:

Stories on a gang-rape victim from Punjab, which led the Punjab police to register an FIR after the delay of four days. Besides, exposed the laxity of the police and local politicians in diluting the case.

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slum area of Chandigarh, resulting in losses of crores of rupees to the UT electricity department. This led to the UT administration to conduct raids and order an inquiry.

Did human interest story on Ram Lal Sindhia, an eight-footer from Ballia (U.P.), who fought for livelihood by putting himself on display for visitors for Rs 10 per ticket at a mela in Chandigarh. This story appeared in Mumbai and Lucknow editions of The Times of India.

Personal Details

Father’s Name: Late Padnabh DevDate of Birth: 13- 02 -1982Marital Status: MarriedPresent Address: A -1161, 62, G.D. Colony, Mayur Vihar – III, Delhi - 110096 Permanent Address: Block – A, Plot no – 40, Mitra Mandal Colony, Saket Vihar, Anishabad, Patna - 800002