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I am a passionate Climate Communications Professional and former journalist based in Mumbai, India. I currently lead communications for a Gender and Climate Change Programme, where I focus on strategic messaging and media engagement to drive grassroots awareness and action. My journalism career spans prominent English dailies like Mumbai Mirror, DNA, and Hindustan Times, with a specialization in education access and policy.

Over the past decade, I have dedicated myself to amplifying voices and highlighting educational challenges. I am pursuing a PhD in Humanities from the Department of Civics and Politics at the University of Mumbai, where my research explores intersectionality and social stratification. Additionally, I serve as a visiting faculty member at esteemed institutes, teaching courses on qualitative research methods, journalism practice, and media ethics. I am committed to leveraging communications for social impact and aspire to collaborate with grassroots platforms to bridge understanding and advocate for underrepresented voices.

Climate Change / Gender

Delhi experience shows why clean cooking fuel needs more than Ujjwala - Question of CitiesHousehold cooking stoves, or chulhas, contribute to carbon emissions besides endangering the health of millions of women. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, launched in 2016, intended to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to deprived households. However, the transition has been marked by barriers – from inaccessible or inconsistent subsidies and gendered norms that cooking on chulha makes food tastier to the lack of requisite documents and the role of men of the household in decision-making. A study in Delhi’s slums, which mapped these barriers, calls for political commitment and a holistic approach to bridge them.

This Jharkhand homemaker champions clean cookingA shy homemaker is now an advocate for cleaner fuels for cooking. Through new livelihoods, she helps women earn more so they can buy cooking cylinders.

Building Women's Leadership On Climate Crucial, Jharkhand Women Show The Way!As COP 27 focuses on making the climate conversation more gender inclusive, indigenous women in remote panchayats of Jharkhand are setting an example as agents of change.

'Choking Millions': Pollution From Chulhas Impacting Women in Delhi's SlumsVideo|Delhi Pollution|From a woman whose child suffered from burns from a chulha to pregnant women who get nauseous every time they blow into the chulha, the film highlights the human side of household air pollution in India.

The Silent Killer: Assessing the Impact of Biomass Burning on Women’s HealthResearch in the field has established that women and children are disproportionately impacted by indoor air pollution

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Online mode is a big lesson for the education systemWith online learning the stark inequalities of class, caste and gender became immediately visible.

4 teens go the extra mile to fulfil SSC dreamThere is a reason the children of Fulorepada and Pisepada — situated around 22 km east of Bhiwandi in Thane district — drop out of school after Class 7: Autorickshaw fares. The nearest school from two of Maharashtra’s most backward tribal villages is more than eight kilometres away at Padgha, and the only way to reach that educational institution is an autorickshaw.

25K kids out of school or have not gone to school ever in Maha: Survey More than 25,000 students in Maharashtra have either not gone to school ever or have been out of school due to their inability to attend classes, data compiled by a state-organised survey has revealed

Amid pandemic, Mumbai’s dabbawalas seek cycle donations; want trains to startThe Mumbai Dabbawala Association (MDA) has appealed to people to donate cycles as they could not afford to pay the maintenance costs of their rusted cycles once work begins.

Amid Covid-19 scourge, Dharavi’s residents struggle to fight hungerWithin a month of recording its first case on April 1, the number of positive cases had increased to 407; by May 6 the total number of cases in Dharavi was 733, with 21 deaths reported.

Mumbai college crowns transgender student ‘Rose Queen’Anjali Siroya won this year’s title of ‘Rose Queen’ at Matunga’s Ramnarain Ruia College earlier this month. But, the 20-year-old mass media student is no ordinary ‘Rose Queen’. Siroya identifies herself as a transgender

Class actMumbai’s ruthless complexity and lure of social media make a heady mix for a new breed of Dalit poets.

Pak offers India some ‘free’ food for thoughtFree meals for visiting Indians, says owner of Dunkin’ Donuts.

JJ gets an art transplantOver 650 paintings and 31 sculptures of illustrious alumni including Gaitonde and Hebbar have found a new life in Sir JJ School of Art’s restoration project.

A global award for campaign on Kurla acid attack victimLast September, a young Kurla girl, 19-year-old Reshma Bano Qureshi became the face of a global drive against the open sale of acid – a face that she

She fought the British, but lost to her family88-year-old freedom fighter rendered homeless by her daughter-in-law, granddaughter.

Slum kids use football to achieve escape velocityFunded by training programmes, Kumar will play with a German football club at Hoffenheim for 6 years, his friends will train at Queens Park Rangers in London.

Comfortably dumbAverage Employability Quotient of Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science (IT) 2/10 ♦ Average Employability Quotient measured across all courses offered by MU

Once ignorant about education, Mumbai's Vaidu community sends 300 kids to school this yearIt all started in 2016 when community activist Durga Gudilu started a statewide survey to identify 'out-of-school' students from the community.

Govt proposes PTA inspections, steep penalty to ensure safety of studentsThe guidelines suggested by the Union ministry of human resource development were framed in consultation with the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights.

More rain in Delhi than Mumbai: Maharashtra Class 10 books full of errorsMore than 16 lakh students take the Class 10 Maharashtra board exams every year, and such error-ridden, poorly written textbooks are rapidly becoming a cause for concern.

In good spiritsWant a degree in demonology? Paranormal training in Mumbai tries transcending hocus-pocus.

Hidden gems emerge from Damu Nagar fireAround 100 students from Damu Nagar battle all odds to crack Class XII board exams.

Tribal girl beats odds, gets MBBS seatNothing has ever come easy for Anima Minj, but that has only made her success all the sweeter. The 19-year-old tribal girl from Jharkhand

Ni Hao, MumbaiChildren as young as two are now learning Mandarin so that they can get a head-start in mastering the language.

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