Natasha Badhwar

Natasha Badhwar is an award-winning film-maker, author and creative writing coach. Her courses include video production, documentary film studies, writing narrative non-fiction and memoir and are cross-listed with Creative Writing and Visual Arts.

Natasha has received the Laadli Media & Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2016 for a cover feature published in The Hindu. In 2022, she received the Laadli Media award in the in the web documentary category for her documentary film, Pins and Needles, that highlights the struggles and resistance of women workers in the garment industry in Gurgaon.

Natasha started her career as one of India’s first women camerapersons in news television with New Delhi Television (NDTV). She worked across departments as a video journalist, documentary film-maker, editor and trainer and rose through the ranks to become Vice President, Training and Development. A popular columnist, Natasha has written consistently for Mint Lounge, BBC Hindi, The Tribune, The Hindu, Indian Express and The Morning Context. She is the author of the books My Daughters’ Mum and Immortal For a Moment, published by Simon & Schuster, India. With Harsh Mander and John Dayal, she has co-authored Reconciliation, Karwan e Mohabbat’s Journey of Solidarity Through a Wounded India, published by Westland Books. With Harsh Mander and Anirban Bhattacharya, Natasha has co-authored When The Mask Came Off – Lockdown 2020: A People’s History of Cruelty and Compassion, published by Yoda Press.

Natasha has a graduate degree in Psychology from Delhi University and a post-graduate degree in Mass Communications from AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University.