Disha Shetty, Indiaspend

Disha Shetty is a science journalist based in Bengaluru. She mainly writes about public health, climate change and the intersection between the two. Disha holds a Bachelors in Mass Media from SIES (Nerul), a PG Diploma in TV Journalism from ACJ and MA in Science, Environment & Medicine Journalism from Columbia University. She has won the Global Health Reporting Contest (2018), third prize at SCARF Awards for reporting on mental health (2018) and second prize at PII-ICRC Awards for best article in a humanitarian subject (2019). Disha has reported from the UN as an RAF fellow (2019) and received reporting grants from EJN, IWMF & Pulitzer Center. She has previously worked with the Times Group and DNA.

Climate Change

Bengali-Speaking Students In Kannada-Medium Bengaluru School Reveal Journey Of Climate-Change...

Disha Shetty22 Dec 2018 6:00 AM IST

Bengaluru (Karnataka) & Mousuni (West Bengal): Two years back when theatre director Nimi Ravindran, 43, got a grant to teach theatre to students...

Climate Change

Homes Disappear, Walls Crumble As India’s Coasts--Battered By Human Activity--Are Now Ravaged By...

Disha Shetty17 Nov 2018 6:00 AM IST

Honnavar, Karnataka: First, in 2011, the sea took away some of their land. Three years later, the waves demolished a section of their home. That is...