About Mithun P.

Mithun Pramanik is a Kolkata-based filmmaker with more than a decade of experience covering regional news and making fiction and documentary films. He has played every role in the production process, including director, director of photography, producer, and editor. While covering news, Mithun often works as a one-man band, shooting, producing and editing all of his own work. He played a key role as a producer and editor in the film 'Fists of Fury' which won a Gracie award for Al Jazeera America in 2014 and he got 42nd Annual Tele Award for his short documentary on Indian Acid attack survivor in 2021. He has dedicated much of the last four years filming India's indigenous peoples, known as Adivasis. His coverage in India ranges from women's rights, to politics and human rights issues.

About Shaikh R.

I am an India-based multi-platform correspondent, providing freelance cover to the Voice of America, Al Jazeera English and Guardian, among others. I shoot videos and still images from south Asia for global media outlets, as well as writing news stories and enterprise features.

About GURVINDER S.

Hi, I am a freelance journalist based in Calcutta, India. I work for national and International media organisations and travel extensively in East and North East part of India for stories. I also shoot videos for The Quint and India Climate Dialogue

About PUJA B.

I am a multimedia journalist. I have extensive reporting experience in India and the US. I report on health, science, politics, social justice, gender, public policy and art and culture. I work with Adobe Creative Suite and Canon 80D.

About Jennifer K.

I am a trained photojournalist and writer based out of Kolkata, India. My interests include art and culture, gender, migration, political and humanitarian issues. I can work on videos and other multimedia if need be. I am also willing to travel for assignments.

About Nibedita S.

Nibedita Sen is an independent researcher, journalist and author. In 2018, chosen as a Defence correspondent by Govt of India. Being twice (2018,2019) felicitated with the 'Best Journalist Award' by Govt of Goa. Besides Kolkata, she has a good three years experience with a regional newspaper in Goa. So far, she's contributed in The Telegraph, Alt News, Down to Earth,TRT Global and other news portals.

About Suvojit B.

Suvojit Bagchi is a professional journalist since 1996, formerly with The Hindu newspaper, BBC World Service (Delhi/London) and Ananda Bazar Patrika, Kolkata, India. He has reported extensively on Kashmir conflict, left-wing armed insurgency in India, minority and communal politics in South Asia and impact of underdevelopment in tribal India. For BBC he covered India’s foreign office (2004-12) and India's relationship with neighbouring countries. He follows South Asian politics and reported on Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

About Sankhadip D.

Founder Editor of the news portal The Wall (thewall.in) and former Chief of Political Bureau with Anandabazar Patrika. 22 years of work experience and extensive knowledge of socio-political activities & developments. Adept at political analysis and comprehensive reporting with a unique combination of technical expertise and creative abilities. Focused on current political and diplomatic issues.

About Tapas S.

Masters in Journalism

About Subir B.

A veteran BBC and Reuters and expert on India, Bangladesh and Myanmar and author of 5 books on South Asian conflicts

About Roshni S.

Passionate film producer with 10+ of experience in the film industry. Motivated by a strong creative vision, has worked on several successfully released feature films as well as digital brand videos and music videos, guiding them from conception to completion and release. Roshni has adorned many hats from being a Feature film Director to micro-managing the nitty-gritty of theatrical distribution and effortlessly switches between creative thinker with a global aesthetic to tactical problem-solver bringing solutions to essentially budgetary issues. Roshni's directorial debut feature Ghost of the Golden Groves was officially selected at numerous international film festivals such as the Festival du Nouvaeu Cinema Montreal (Canada), Cinequest (USA) and the London Indian Film Festival. It was nominated for the prestigious FIPRESCI Award and won a Jury Award at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. It was also one of those rare Indian films to be featured in BFI's Sight & Sound Magazine.

About Avijit G.

I am Avijit Ghosh, a 29-year-old, Kolkata, India based independent documentary photographer and videographer. I started my career as a photojournalist with a regional weekly newspaper and later joined SOPA Images as a contributor which distributes my photographs through agencies like Getty Images, AP. I have also independently worked on assignments for national and international media houses and Non profits. My works have been published in news sites like Vice, BBC, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, WSJ, The Guardian and many others. I have been awarded in photo contests by organisations like the UNESCO, Ramsar Convention and some of my works are also exhibited globally.

About Agnee G.

Agnee Ghosh is a freelance journalist based in Kolkata, India, covering issues of gender, environment, and culture. She has been published in BBC Future, NPR Goats and Soda, Atmos, and Vice, among others.

About Rajesh S.

I am a trained director & self-taught cameraman & editor, with more than two decades of experience in documentaries as well as fiction and a Masters degree in film-making from the prestigious Northern Film School in UK. I specialize in bespoke documentary films. My hour-long documentary "India's Frontier Railways - Maitree Express" not only earned a spectacular viewership on BBC but also got excellent reviews for its sensitive portrayal of the people of India and Bangladesh. I worked for channels like BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Channel News Asia etc., before taking up teaching film & television in under-grad and post-grad courses in Kolkata. My short film 'Tell My Story' was one of the four films selected to represent the UK at the 39th Student Oscars and won the prestigious Royal Television Society nomination in the UK.

About Sahely S.