Resume
Experience
2018 - Present
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Asia House
London, UK
Working directly under the Communications Manager, I was responsible for a range of activities across the organisation, including social media management, creating newsletters, designing websites, writing press releases and creating marketing collateral for events and programmes.
In February 2020 I took a one-year sabbatical from my comms role to manage the organisation's literature festival. However, this was put on hold due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
2016 - Present
ALUMNI RELATIONS & MARKETING COORDINATOR
International School of London
I was hired to launch the school's first alumni programme. Alongside running events, I have been responsible for creating marketing collateral focusing on alumni achievements.
London, UK
2015 - 2016
NEWS REPORTER
International Business Times UK
London, UK
My coverage focused primarily on Asia, with an emphasis on South Asia and the Indian diaspora. I appeared on BBC Asian Network and BBC West Midlands to talk about my work in this area. I also regularly reported on domestic UK news.
View my full portfolio of articles for the organisation here.
Education
2012 - 2015
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
BA JOURNALISM WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
London, UK
Thesis: Have NGOs and charities become gatekeepers for journalists reporting on Gaza? An analysis of ActionAid's relationship with journalists during the 2014 war in Gaza.
Other:
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Awarded 'Digital Journalist of the Year' and 'Outstanding Performance in Journalism Degree' upon graduation.
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President of the Journalism Society for three years.
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Appointed Online Editor of River Newspaper
2017 - 2018
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
MSC EMERGING ECONOMIES & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
London, UK
Thesis: Does Education Technology have a role in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring quality education for all? A study of the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in increasing access to quality primary education for those living in poverty in Delhi, India
Professional skillset
Tools & technologies
Wordpress
Wix
SquareSpace
Awards
Top 100 Changemakers of 2020
The Big Issue (January 2020)
Outstanding Performance in Journalism
Kingston University (July 2015)
Digital Journalist of the Year
Kingston University (July 2015)
Gold Kingston Award
Kingston University (July 2015)
Hootsuite
TweetDeck
PowToon
InDesign
Final Cut Pro
Photoshop
Canva
Google Analytics
MailChimp
Social media
Content creation
SEO & web analytics
Video editing
Media relations
Designing marketing collateral
Research
Blogging
Proofreading & editing
Photography
Interviewing
Newsletter campaigns