Nirmala Ganapathy

India Bureau Chief

Nirmala has been in the news business for over two decades but is still learning something new every day. She has gone through the grind working in Indian newspapers from The Asian Age, Indian Express, where she was posted in Bihar state as a correspondent, to The Economic Times, where she covered foreign policy, before joining The Straits Times. In her career, she has covered diverse breaking news, including a prison break in Bihar state and the India-US civilian nuclear deal. She has a post-graduate diploma in journalism from Glasgow Caledonian University in Glasgow.