Abhinandan Sekhri

Abhinandan Sekhri (born August 4, 1974) is co-founder and CEO of media critique, news and current affairs website Newslaundry. He also co-founded production house Small Screen along with Prashant Sareen. Before founding Newslaundry, he worked as a producer, director and writer in various television and film projects including award-winning food and travel show, Highway on my Plate, which he co-produced and directed; and news-satire show Gustaakhi Maaf. He is also a co-founder and trustee in Delhi-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) PCRF. He was the executive producer for Chase, a documentary series by ScoopWhoop.

He regularly delivers lectures and hosts panel discussions on journalism, RTI, and the importance and independence of media and has delivered talks at several Indian colleges including NIT Karnataka-Surathkal, St. Xavier's College, Lady Shri Ram College and IIM Lucknow Noida Campus. He also delivered a TEDx talk about 'journalism of independence' at TEDxJaiHindCollege in 2015.

In April 1996, he started working as a correspondent for TV Today Network. He reported for Newstrack, a weekly current affairs programme, and for the evening bulletin of Aaj Tak, along with morning show Good Morning Today.

He worked as a camera assistant on Mira Nair’s award-winning feature film Monsoon Wedding which was a Mirabai production. Monsoon Wedding went on to win the 2002 British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Independent Film – Foreign Language. He then worked as Assistant Director on Filhaal (2000), an Indian feature film produced by Jhamu Sugandh and directed by Meghna Gulzar.

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