Preetu Nair
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Preetu Nair is a journalist
based in Goa
, India
. She is active in cyberspace
and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and issues dealing with women and children. She writes mostly on HIV AIDS, TB, Women and Child Issues in India.
degree from Sardar Patel University
, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat (Gold Medalist), and M.A.
(English Literature) degree,Gold Medalist from Sardar Patel University
. Sardar Patel University is a University which caters to the rural population of Kheda, Anand and surrounding districts in Gujarat, India.
. From 2001 onwards, she became a freelancer, and has written for The Navhind Times on news related to Goa
. She resigned as a Senior Reporter for Gomantak Times, Goa.(Sakaal Group of Publications)and has joined the Times of India as Principal Correspondent.
Preetu Nair and Peter De Souza her colleague in Gomantak Times, Goa were awarded the UNDP-TAHA-HDRN Media Award -2006 for exposing the modus operandi of the human traffickers explicitly and vividly underlining the nexus between these offenders, the police, and politicians.
These stories were all written while Sujay Gupta was the Editor of Gomantak Times.She left Gomantak Times to join Times of India after Derrick Almeida took over as the Executive Editor nof Gomantak Times. Some of her former colleagues at Gomanatak Times featured her in a blog http://penpricks.blogspot.com/
She was selected as the Panos/Stop TB Media Fellow for the year 2007 to work on Tuberculosis related issues in Goa.
She also received the European Union
- Thomson Foundation Media bursary for working on a story “Trafficked victims and HIV”.
Preetu and Peter De Souza were also the first Journalists in Goa working in a local newspaper who exposed the powerful Russians and the Israelis purchasing land.
She has written articles on Goa
, Goan books, media
, environment, development.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
based in Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. She is active in cyberspace
Cyberspace
Cyberspace is the electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.The term "cyberspace" was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for example in the Vernor Vinge short story "True...
and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and issues dealing with women and children. She writes mostly on HIV AIDS, TB, Women and Child Issues in India.
Education
Preetu Nair's schooling was in Gujarati Medium in a small town of Anand in Gujarat. She received a B.A.Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree from Sardar Patel University
Sardar Patel University
#Shri Bhailalbhai D. Patel #Shri Babubhai Jashbhai Patel#Dr. Maganbhai D. Patel#Shri Ishvarbhai J. Patel#Shri Rameshbhai S. Mehta#Dr. Ramanbhai D. Patel#Dr. Ranchhodbhai M. Patel#Dr. Krishnalal N. Shah#Dr. Kantibhai C. Patel...
, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat (Gold Medalist), and M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
(English Literature) degree,Gold Medalist from Sardar Patel University
Sardar Patel University
#Shri Bhailalbhai D. Patel #Shri Babubhai Jashbhai Patel#Dr. Maganbhai D. Patel#Shri Ishvarbhai J. Patel#Shri Rameshbhai S. Mehta#Dr. Ramanbhai D. Patel#Dr. Ranchhodbhai M. Patel#Dr. Krishnalal N. Shah#Dr. Kantibhai C. Patel...
. Sardar Patel University is a University which caters to the rural population of Kheda, Anand and surrounding districts in Gujarat, India.
Journalism
She has been a full-time journalist since 2000. From May 2000 to May 2001, Preetu was a trainee reporter for The Times of IndiaThe Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
. From 2001 onwards, she became a freelancer, and has written for The Navhind Times on news related to Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
. She resigned as a Senior Reporter for Gomantak Times, Goa.(Sakaal Group of Publications)and has joined the Times of India as Principal Correspondent.
Preetu Nair and Peter De Souza her colleague in Gomantak Times, Goa were awarded the UNDP-TAHA-HDRN Media Award -2006 for exposing the modus operandi of the human traffickers explicitly and vividly underlining the nexus between these offenders, the police, and politicians.
These stories were all written while Sujay Gupta was the Editor of Gomantak Times.She left Gomantak Times to join Times of India after Derrick Almeida took over as the Executive Editor nof Gomantak Times. Some of her former colleagues at Gomanatak Times featured her in a blog http://penpricks.blogspot.com/
She was selected as the Panos/Stop TB Media Fellow for the year 2007 to work on Tuberculosis related issues in Goa.
She also received the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
- Thomson Foundation Media bursary for working on a story “Trafficked victims and HIV”.
Preetu and Peter De Souza were also the first Journalists in Goa working in a local newspaper who exposed the powerful Russians and the Israelis purchasing land.
She has written articles on Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, Goan books, media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
, environment, development.