Mumbai: Journalist Shadma Shaikh has joined CNA (Channel News Asia) as South Asia Correspondent, based in India. She will be stationed in Bengaluru, where the broadcaster is establishing its first India bureau.
Shaikh announced her new role through a LinkedIn post, marking a shift from primarily covering the technology sector to reporting on a broader range of developments shaping India and the region.
Sharing the news, Shaikh wrote, “I am excited to share that I have joined Channel News Asia CNA as a South Asia Correspondent based in India. For most of my career, I have reported on technology. But the stories that have stayed with me and the readers were never really about technology. They were about people. The startup founder betting everything on an idea. The factory worker training an AI model that could one day automate parts of their own job. The doctor relying on machine learning in a rural clinic. The family whose everyday life quietly changed because a piece of technology entered it.
While tech has always been the lens, people have always been the story. Therefore, I thrilled with this opportunity to report on India at a moment when the countries’s choices on AI, digital infrastructure, manufacturing, climate, healthcare and geopolitics are shaping conversations across Asia and the world. I am looking forward to telling stories that connect these shifts to the people living through them. Here’s to new stories, new questions and the privilege of continuing to do what I love. I will continue to be based in Bangalore where CNA is setting up its first India bureau.”
Prior to joining CNA, Shaikh worked with several leading media organisations, including Mint, FactorDaily, Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group) and Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. Earlier in her career, she also held roles at Accenture and KPIT, building a diverse professional background spanning journalism and technology.
In her new role, Shaikh will cover key developments across South Asia, with a focus on how India’s evolving landscape in artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, manufacturing, climate, healthcare and geopolitics is influencing the region and global conversations.
