Sushmita

Sushmita is a researcher, journalist and a multi-media artist and a former engineer. I have been writing and researching on issues of indigenous people, climate change, violence against women, governance, agrarian movements and has previously worked on forest and environment related laws like the Forest Rights Act, Environmental Protection Act etc. Her stories have appeared in The Caravan, The Wire, Firstpost, Down To Earth, Mid Day, The New Indian Express, The Thirdpole etc. In 2020, she was awarded with Earth Journalism Network's story grant for critical reporting on environment, climate change and their intersections with social and economic issues in the background of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021 her story on Jharkhand's Mandal dam won a special award from the Red Ink awards for Excellence in Journalism.