Priya Nair

Priya Nair edits Optimist India's Social Impact and Sustainability desks. She came to journalism from the development sector, where she spent several years working with grassroots NGOs on rural livelihoods and water programmes, and she brings that field experience to her editing. Priya is sceptical of feel-good numbers that don't hold up: she insists on independent evaluation, beneficiary voices and follow-up reporting before the publication calls any programme a success. She covers climate solutions, conservation, clean energy and the organisations quietly rebuilding communities. She is based in Kochi.