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K. A. Shaji

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Thiruvananthapuram
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Covers:  Environment, Forests, Politics, Rural Distress, Social Issues, Developmental Issues, Art, Literature, Culture and marginalised communities.
Doesn't Cover: Sports
Senior Assistant Editor, Outlook India

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K. A. Shaji’s Biography

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K. A. Shaji is a senior Indian journalist, writer, translator, and environmental advocate whose career of over two-and-a-half decades has been marked by uncompromising ground reporting on rural distress, ecological collapse, caste and tribal struggles, and developmental disparities from the southern parts of the country. In July 2025, he joined Outlook magazine as Senior Assistant Editor, further cementing his role as one of the country’s most incisive voices in public-interest journalism.

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K. A. Shaji’s Journalist Portfolio

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In season of NRC, flashback to life and death in the shadow of constant fear of deportation

In season of NRC, flashback to life and death in the shadow of constant fear of deportation

Thoombil Ahammed did not live to witness the trauma inflicted by the National Register of Citizens in Assam, …

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K.A. Shaji Archives - Mongabay-India

K.A. Shaji Archives - Mongabay-India

K. A. Shaji is a South india-based developmental journalist, who regularly reports from the most backward par…

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Rail-fencing plan in limbo

Rail-fencing plan in limbo

An ambitious rail-fencing project to prevent wild elephants from falling victim to speeding trains on the Kan…

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Education hasn't done much to kick-start their life

Education hasn't done much to kick-start their life

All talk of education as a tool to uplift the life and prospects of Attappady tribespeople seem vain when one…

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Legend of Karinthandan on big screen

Legend of Karinthandan on big screen

The legend of Karinthandan will be brought to the big screen by 30-year-old Leela Santhosh, who belongs to th…

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When techies land on field to transplant paddy

When techies land on field to transplant paddy

It was a festival with a difference at Parappana on the outskirts of Palakkad on Sunday as a host of techies …

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Articles

Turbulence on the backwaters: How Kerala’s seaplane dream endangers inland fishers

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By K. A. Shaji
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When Kerala first launched its ambitious seaplane project in 2013, the idea sparkled with promise. The vision was picture-perfect: aircraft gliding over calm backwaters, connecting Kochi to Ashtamudi, Punnamada, and Beypore, turning the state into a seamless global tourism hub. But that dream collapsed almost as soon as it began.
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Kerala’s CUSAT secures patent for machine learning technology to decode rainfall from radar signals

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By K. A. Shaji
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In a major scientific breakthrough with direct relevance to climate resilience, the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has secured a national patent for a new machine learning-based technology that can accurately extract rainfall information from atmospheric radar signals.
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HT Syndication: Kerala's CUSAT secures patent for machine learning technology to decode rainfall from radar signals

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By K. A. Shaji
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India, Nov. 4 -- In a major scientific breakthrough with direct relevance to climate resilience, the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has secured a national patent for a new machine learning-based technology that can accurately extract rainfall information from atmospheric radar signals.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter with The New Indian Express

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

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Awards

National Media Fellowship

1996 - Rural reporting

The fellowship worth Rs 1,00,000 was awarded to study on half a million Tamil repatriates from Sri Lanka, who having a near-animal existence in the hill regions of South India.

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Sanskriti Journalism Award

2007 - Developmental Journalism

The award was in recognition of the writings on environment, politics, human rights, rural distress and flawed developmental perspectives.

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