Optimist India is edited by named people with public credentials and conflict-of-interest disclosures. Every article carries a real byline, and every editor below is accountable for what their section publishes. Our standards are public in the editorial guidelines, ethics policy, and methodology.
Ananya Krishnan is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Optimist India. Over fifteen years in Indian journalism she has worked as a features writer and national desk editor, covering everything from rural enterprise to the country's science and start-up ecosystems. She built Optimist India around a simple, stubborn idea: that the steady, verifiable progress happening across India — in classrooms, labs, farms and self-help groups — deserves the same rigour and prominence that the…
Read all Ananya Krishnan's work →
Rohan Mehta leads Optimist India's coverage of Indian Achievers and Youth & Innovation. A business and start-ups reporter by training, he has spent more than a decade profiling founders, scientists,…
Read their work →
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…
Read their work →
Kavya Reddy edits Optimist India's Women & Equality and Healthcare & Wellness coverage. A reporter focused on gender and public health, she has written extensively on women in leadership, equality…
Read their work →
Arjun Iyer leads Optimist India's Education & Learning desk. He has reported on Indian education for years, from government school reform to the country's booming EdTech sector and its skilling…
Read their work →
Meera Joshi edits Optimist India's Culture & Heritage desk. An arts and culture writer with a background in heritage conservation, she covers India's crafts, classical and contemporary arts, festivals and…
Read their work →
Zaeem Basir is a contributing writer at Optimist India. A fuller profile, including his beat focus and background, is being prepared and will be published here…
Read their work →Optimist India is always looking for reporters and editors who hold themselves to the four rules: source every claim, use real bylines, refuse paid placement, and correct stale work in public. See write for us.
Editorial inquiries: editorial@optimistindia.co · Corrections: see the corrections page.