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Learn more about Muck RackAward-winning Dubai based investigative journalist and Editor of news tabloid XPRESS published by Gulf News.
Previously worked for leading publications like The Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Pioneer
Bagged the $7,000 inaugural Sharjah Government Communication Award for Best Investigative Report for an expose that revealed how schools in Dubai go to extreme lengths in a bid to get top ratings from education regulator KHDA. These ratings determine the percentage of fee hike a school is allowed.
Bagged the Karpoor Chandra Kulish (KCK) International Award for Excellence in Print Journalism (Merit) for the investigative story: ‘I am an Idiot, Yet I am Hired’. http://gulfnews.com/xpress/uae-s-biggest-recruitment-racket-exposed-1.689523 which blew the lid off a massive recruitment racket in the UAE
KARPOOR CHANDRA KULISH AWARD 2018 - Investigative Journalism Conferred the Karpoor Chandra Kulish (KCK) International Award for Excellence in Print Journalism (Merit) https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/society/gulf-news-journalist-conferred-top-india-award-1.2279821 for the investigative story: ‘We are a bogus firm yet we have an ISO’ https://gulfnews.com/xpress/news/xpress-expose-well-oiled-racket-involving-sale-of-iso-certificates-uncovered-1.1979048 which exposed how the prestigious ISO 9001 certificates can be bought by anyone who can pay for it