Swati Bhattacharjee

Swati Bhattacharya is a journalist and research-based writer. Her field of work includes poverty elimination, gender disparity, labour and agriculture along with the school education system. She currently works in the editorial team of Anandabazar Patrika. She has a PhD in Social Sciences from TISS. As a Nehru Fulbright Fellow, she has researched at the ALG Poverty Action Lab, MIT (2010-11). She has published in Nature and many other journals. She has received the  Journalist of Courage and Impact Award (2018) by the East West Center, America. A founder member and former president of South Asian Women in Media (India chapter), she is also the co-author of  Meyeder Vote, Bagher Dudh (along with Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee). She resides in Kolkata and loves travel and tea.