Ashutosh Pandey

Ashutosh Pandey is currently working as a correspondent with DD News,the public broadcaster of India.An IIMC alumnus, Ashutosh covers issues related to Wildlife and Environment. The prominent issues covered by him include,(i)Mysterious deaths of gharials in the Chambal Valley,(ii)High incidents of Tuberculosis among captive elephants in South India,(iii)Dwindling number of Tigers in India(iv)Demoiselle Cranes arriving in Khichan in Rajasthan.He has produced several critically acclaimed programmes highlighting imminent environmental issues. Prominent among them are(i) "A Global Warning", a programme revolving around the menace of Global warming and Climate Change.(ii)"Majuli- The Jewel of Brahmaputra", a programme on constant erosion of Majuli(the world's largest riverine island)at the hands of the mighty Brahmaputra.

Ashutosh on the sidelines of Nagaland Assembly Elections extensively covered a remote village which takes pride in being the country's first green Village. People of Khonoma, as the village is known, have today devoted themselves for the cause of environment and have given up hunting and all the other practices which have a detrimental effect on the environment.

Ashutosh has interviewed environmentalists and dignataries including the likes of Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chairman, Jacques Diuof, DG, FAO, Kandeh Yumkella, DG UNIDO, Mike Pandey, eminent Environmentalist and filmmaker,Shashi Tharoor, Former UN Under Secretary and Lester Brown, President and Founder, Earth Policy Institute.

He did his matriculation from Welham Boys' School, Dehra Dun and intermediate from Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi. He completed bachelor's course in English from Delhi University before completing Radio and Television Journalism course from the Indian Institute of Mass Communications.