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Editor-in-Chief
Politics · Institutions
Ananya has covered Indian politics for eighteen years, from district courts in Vidarbha to the floor of Parliament. She built her reputation on election-year accountability reporting and a rule she still enforces on this desk: no story runs without naming what remains unknown. She sets BharatScope's editorial standards and signs off on every correction.
Managing Editor, Business & Markets
Markets · Corporate governance
A former equities analyst who moved to journalism after a decade of reading balance sheets, Vikram runs the markets desk and the earnings coverage. He treats every quarterly result as a claim to be checked against filings, and he writes the weekly note that explains what actually moved the index rather than what the headlines said moved it.
Senior Correspondent, States
State editions · Rural economy
Meera reports the India that rarely reaches the national bulletin: panchayat budgets, procurement prices, water tables and the local politics that decides them. She has filed from twenty-one states and is the reason BharatScope carries a distinct edition for each one rather than a single Delhi-shaped view.
Data Editor
Data journalism · Elections
Arjun builds the datasets behind the charts: CPI and IIP series, constituency-level results, budget allocations traced across years. He publishes the methodology alongside the visual, and if a number cannot be sourced to an official release, it does not appear on this site.
Explainers Editor, The Scope
Policy · Law
Fatima writes The Scope, BharatScope's explainer format: what happened, what is genuinely disputed, and what to watch next. She spent years on the courts beat and brings the same discipline to policy — separating a government's stated intent from the text of the notification.
Audio Editor
Morning Edition · Daily briefings
Rohit produces the daily audio briefing and the Morning Edition newsletter. His brief for both is unglamorous and strict: eight minutes, no filler, and a listener who ends the episode knowing what changed since yesterday.
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