Sandhya Mendonca

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About Sandhya Mendonca

Sandhya Mendonca is a media industry expert. She's an author, editor, columnist and publisher, a podcaster and a gender and cultural evangelist. She is the Co-Founder, MD and Chief Editor of Raintree Media. Both Sandhya and Raintree Media have received awards for professional excellence from several organisations.Sandhya was a career journalist for 16 years who worked in reputed newspapers, magazines and TV production houses as a journalist and columnist. These include The Deccan Herald, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, Sunday, Mid-day, among others. Starting as a crime reporter, she covered current affairs, politics, business and features. She contributed regularly to the Business Breakfast on Doordarshan and the North East Update for ABP.She writes a fortnightly column,' Female Gaze', for the Sunday Guardian, where she looks at the world through a distinct female gaze.https://sundayguardianlive.com/user/sandhyatsggmail-com Sandhya writes, edits and publishes books on a range of subjects from innovation and business to travel, institutional biographies to culture and history. She co-authors books with leaders across sectors and helps them get published by top-notch publishers like Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Westland & Konark. Notable leaders she's worked with are Ashok Soota, Chairman, Happiest Minds, TT Jagannathan, late Chairman TTK Prestige, Nafees Fazal, South India's first Muslim woman minister, Shivaraj Patil, former Supreme Court judge, Dr Sudarshan Maini, late Chairman, Maini Group, GV Prasad, Co- Chairman & MD, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, among others.‘Disrupt and Conquer: How TTK Prestige Became a Billion-Dollar Business’ by TT Jagannathan and Sandhya Mendonca was featured in Amazon Editor's picks of Memorable Books of 2018 and Best of Business & Leadership from 2018, and shortlisted for the Gaja Business Book awards.Sandhya is committed to gender equality and founded India's first all-women multiarts festival - Under The Raintree Festival - using culture as a medium for positive social change, and is aligned with the UN's SDG 5.She hosts a podcast,'Spotlight with Sandhya,' that features brilliant minds across diverse fields. Subscribe to watch & share: https://rb.gy/5hxyqx