| 1. A Chennai, India native from a Telugu family. |
| 2. Awarded the Doctor of Letters degree (DLitt) from the University of Alberta in 2011. |
| 3. Commenced professional journey as a journalist at the United News of India in 1980. |
| 4. Recipient of Amnesty International's Global Human Rights Journalism Prize in 2000. |
| 5. Ramon Magsaysay Award winner in 2007 for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts. |
| 6. Founder and Editor of the People's Archive of Rural India (PARI) since 2014. |
| 7. Former Rural Affairs Editor at The Hindu until 2014. |
| 8. Recipient of the Fukuoka Grand Prize in 2021. |
| 9. Appointed A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University for 2024-2030. |
| 10. His investigative reporting on India's agrarian crisis has influenced policy changes and set the agenda for rural reporting. |
| 11. His work has prompted revamping of Drought Management Programs in Tamil Nadu, development of indigenous medical systems policy in Orissa, and Area Development Programs for tribal people in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 12. Conducted nation-wide project on dalits covering 150,000 km; 40+ reports used as evidence in National Public Hearings on atrocities against Dalits. |
| 13. Curated photographic exhibition 'Visible Work, Invisible Women: Women & Work in Rural India' has toured India since 2001 and been hosted at Asia Society. |
| 14. Two documentary films on his work, 'Nero's Guests' and 'A Tribe of his Own,' have won over 20 awards globally. |
| 15. Described by economist Amartya Sen as 'one of the world's great experts on famine and hunger.' |
| 16. PARI operates as an independent multimedia digital platform with no direct government or corporate funding. |
