Rati Ramadas Girish Email & Phone Number

India

Writing articles on children's books

Monthly column on Indian children's literature at Scroll.in

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai

Writing content on play for Shumee.inWriting content on children's literature and healthy reading practices for GetLitt!Wrote a series of posts on Design, Culture, and Folklore for Glossaread.comFreelance writer with a series of eight columns on parenting titled 'Handle With Care' published in Scroll.in. Short story selected and published in a Puffin Anthology for children. Articles and short stories published in Urban Confustions, Pratham, Literary Yard, Pothiz, TravelMag, and other online publications. Blogs at www.oddsandmi.blogspot.in

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Created Mother of Readers, a curated book recommendation service for children aged 0-14. Books are curated on the basis of their interests, hobbies, and recommendations. Write a fortnightly Substack newsletter called Not Just Pooh, Pan, and Potter. A newsletter for parents with tips to help raise readers, book reviews, and book-based show/movie recommendations.

India

Worked on this project as part of Pickle Jar, Bangalore. Created audio programs for visually impaired children that were based on stories and information content. These podcasts were part of IIIT-B, Microsoft Research, and Vision Empower's SEEDS program, a pilot project for schools in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. These podcasts were also converted into audio programs for All India Radio, Bangalore.

Maharashtra, India

Podcast creator and anchor- Playtime with Shumee (Season 1&2)

Mumbai

Strategize editorial contentPodcast content and voice - KSP Radio Created a style book Managed team of content editorsOversee daily content including videos, podcasts, social media, and articles across various properties

Houston, Texas Area

Independent researcher and contractor for the 'Working the Port' Project. A project funded by the Library of Congress to collect the voices and stories of the diverse workforce at the Houston Ship Channel. Shepherded and processed interviews of the ship channel workforce and those interviews will be featured in various forms in an upcoming exhibition: Stories of a Workforce: Celebrating the Centennial of the Houston Ship Channel.

Houston, Texas Area

Researcher and interviewer for 'Anointed and Adorned, Indian Weddings in Houston.'Interviewed wedding participants from Houston's growing Indian community to understand the important ritual and festive moments in an Indian wedding and how they take on a local flavor for second generation immigrants. Interviews told the story of the artistic traditions and practices that inform the wedding ritual. These processed interviews formed the audio component to personal wedding photographs and weaved a story that became an exhibition mounted by the Houston Arts Alliance as part of Remembered, Regained: Immigrants Arts of Houston.

Houston, Texas Area

In this role worked with an acclaimed folklorist to create and organize programs that featured and highlighted the traditional arts of Houston's immigrant communities. Helped organize Sacred Songs, Sacred Sites, a project undertaken to work with a wide range of Houston area faith communities to identify distinctive traditions and introduced them to the Houston area audience in a series of public programs that took place over 2010-11. http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/folklife/past/sacred/

- Was responsible for news gathering and reporting events of national importance from Karnataka. - Reported on human interest and daily news stories. - In addition to news stories, was also responsible for reporting live for NDTV

- Led a team of five reporters responsible for covering news events relating to Education in New Delhi- During this period I also covered breaking news situations relating to issues in New Delhi- Conceptualised, anchored and produced a half hour, weekly show

- Junior Output Editor, responsible for bulletins from the PCR including taking editorial calls and building rundowns- Covered human interest and city news stories- Was responsible for Education as a beat reporter

Worked as the editorial representative in the production control room (PCR) for prime time showsHandled breaking news and decided on the course of action for the bulletin from the PCRBuilt prime time bulletin rundowns after being present at evening editorial news meetings

Reported during breaking news situations and produced audio stories for BBC Also responsible for packaging and uplinking stories daily for broadcast

Designed the inside pages as part of a small team of sub-editorsChecked reporter´s copy and decided relevant stories for inside pages

- Assisted senior reporters during coverage of General Elections 2004- Interviewed several candidates and helped with research for Exit Polls

Covered election rallies during Indian General Elections, 2004Made Election packages, profiling politicians and their campaigns for prime time television

Master Of Arts - Ma, English Literature

Pg Diploma In Mass Communication, Broadcast Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts, Communicative English, Literature, Psychology