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Biography

Aparna Ganesan is an independent journalist and documentary filmmaker from Chennai, India with five years of experience. Her skill set includes end-to-end video production including budgeting, researching/reporting, directing, script writing, storyboarding, cinematography and video editing. She extensively covers environment and climate justice and its intersections with gender and youth, marginalised communities and rights. She’s worked with DW News, Faultline videos, Mongabay and Asiaville. Aparna’s docu-explainers on climate injustice in the ecologically sensitive Ennore-Pulicat region, water pollution in India’s oldest bird sanctuary and homelessness in Chennai have brought widespread awareness on these issues amongst regional audiences. She’s a 2022 Earth Journalism Network Grantee. She’s now working on an Indian-Pakistan cross-border documentary under the East-West-Centre’s guidance and investigative story under the 2024 GRID Arendal Grant. Aparna’s documentary ‘Ennore: Living in Ashes’ received a special mention under Social Impact Journalism at the 2021 ACJ Journalism Awards. She is also the recipient of two 2022 Telly Awards for directing the documentary ‘Operation Possible: The Cooling Cart.’ Aparna has a PG Diploma in Journalism from Asian College of Journalism and a B.E in Computer Science from Anna University in India.

Content

Total articles 7

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  Beneath the panel

  By Aparna Ganesan

  Apr. 01, 2025

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  Nature-based learning programmes improve environment and climate literacy in Chennai

  By Aparna Ganesan

  Apr. 25, 2023

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  Beneath the panel

  By Aparna Ganesan

  Apr. 01, 2025

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