Collective Newsroom
Abhik Deb is a seasoned journalism professional with extensive experience in editorial roles across various media organizations. Currently serving as Chief Sub-Editor at Collective Newsroom since January 2025, Abhik previously held multiple positions at Scroll Media from October 2020 to January 2025, including Senior Reporter, Chief Copy Editor, and Senior Sub-Editor. Prior experience includes serving as Senior Sub-Editor at NDTV Convergence Limited from March 2020 to September 2020, Desk Writer at The Quint from November 2018 to February 2020, and Copy Editor on the Business Desk at The Times of India from May 2017 to October 2018. Abhik holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Radio, Television, and Digital Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, completed in 2017.
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Collective Newsroom
The Collective Newsroom has been founded by four of the BBC’s most senior employees in India with a wealth of journalistic and operational experience. With more than 250 journalists based in Delhi and a number of Indian cities, it brings you distinctive, impartial and world-class content in seven languages and is the BBC’s sole provider of content for its Indian language websites and social media platforms. Based in the BBC’s largest international market, we bring you the best of Indian journalism guided by the world’s biggest and most reputable news organisation. We provide digital, audio and television content in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu as well as English. Our Vision is to be the “Home to India’s most credible, creative and courageous journalism with a Mission to “lead with facts bringing diverse voices through innovative and impactful journalism in the public interest”.