Vartika Nanda

Dr. Vartika Nanda is an Indian prison reformer and a media educator. With her experience of the industry and academia, she has dedicated her life to the cause of prison reform. She is a recipient of Stree Shakti Puraskar, the highest civilian honour for female empowerment in India and entered Limca Book of Records twice.[1][2][3]

Vartika Nanda
Vartika Nanda receiving Stree Shakti Puraskar from President of India
Born
Punjab
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Prison reformer, media educator, trainer, podcaster and author

Career

She is currently the head of the Department of Journalism in Lady Shri Ram College of Delhi University.[4] She has held various journalistic assignments in electronic media including Zee News, NDTV and Lok Sabha TV. Her research areas include prisons, relationships between police, crime and the persecution of victims, gender reporting and the portrayal of women in media.[5] She started the Tinka Tinka Foundation for prison reform.[6] She is credited with curating and creating the concept of awards for inmates and prison staff for the first time in India.[7]

Her name has been included in the Limca Book of Records twice for her work on prison reforms.[1][8]

She is the voice of Delhi Police and is the storyteller of Kissa Khaki Ka, the only podcast series by any police department in India. Kissa Khaki Ka has already completed more than 75 episodes.[9]

Awards
  • 2005: Bharatendu Harishchandra Award by the government of India.[10]

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References
  1. "Tihar jail inmates' song Tinka Tinka Tihar makes it to Limca Book of Records". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2017.
  2. "Prez gives away Stree Shakti award". Indian Express. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. Ashok Kumar (29 March 2021). "Inmates tune into new talents with 'Jail Radio'". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
    - "About Us". Tinka Tinka Prison Reforms.
  4. "CWT - Vartika Nanda - HJ, Delhi - 1993-94 Batch #CampusWaleTeachers". Linkedin. IIMC Alumni Association. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. "Bhartendu awards for 2004, 2005 given away". OneIndia. 23 May 2007.
  6. Vartika Nanda (10 June 2019). "Prisons must do more to help their women inmates". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. Swati Chaturvedi (15 December 2020). "Celebrating sunshine in a dimly lit world". Hindustan Times.
  8. "Category: 2016". Tinka Tinka Prison Reforms. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
    - Jagpreet Singh Sandhu (11 December 2018). "Tinka Tinka India Award: Murder convict feted for contribution to Burail jail kitchen". Indian Express.
  9. "Celebrating one year". YouTube.
    - "Audio Journey of One Year of Podcast". YouTube.
  10. Chopra, Akshat (15 August 2012). "She was, she is". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  11. "Tihar jail inmates' song Tinka Tinka Tihar makes it to Limca Book of Records". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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