Pallavi Pundir

Pallavi Pundir is a journalist and researcher who specialises in the intersections of gender, tech, rights and democracy. She's an experienced newsroom strategist and manager, along with being a prolific writer, host and speaker. She's been published at Vice News, Fortune International, Eater, The Indian Express, Lonely Planet and Conde Nast India.

She's the recipient of 2024 Chevening South Asia Journalism Program and Oxford Climate Journalism Network 2024 fellowships. She's also an Earth Journalism Network and International Women’s Media Foundation grantee.

She's currently at The London School of Economics and Political Science, in the Department of Gender Studies to research and critique the UN's Women, Peace and Security agenda, with a sharp focus on militarisation, conflict technology and authoritarianism.

Recent Work

Genderit.org • 07/11/2025

Navigating War: Women Human Rights Defenders in Lebanon After Strikes on Journalists and Hezbollah

Lebanon’s women human rights defenders are finding ways to support communities, despite the targeted threats to journalists and Hezbollah.

Genderit.org • 07/11/2025

How India Weaponises Kashmiris Against Kashmir

Technologies of war have been re-engineered to operate as intimate tools of intimidation. Not only are the public actions of Kashmiris monitored, but their private lives are dissected under the state’s algorithmic gaze.

Asian Dispatch • 18/09/2025

Wealth Inequality is at the Heart of ‘Gen Z’ Revolution Across Asia

The youth in Nepal toppled its government in a span of 48 hours in what can be called one of the world’s fastest regime falls. But there are lessons in rebuilding a nation from youth-led revolutions across Asia.

Genderit.org • 26/07/2025

Indian Muslim Women Fight Back As Far-Right Disinformation Evolves With Tech

As Islamophobia and gendered violence thrive in the online spaces, women find safety and resilience in unusual places.

Fortune Asia • 01/03/2024

Byju's ousted CEO clings to control of the troubled Indian startup

Raveendran Byju had staying power—at least for a while. Today, he's plummeting back down to earth.

Eater • 02/01/2024

The Fearlessness of Kanji

How a simple rice dish became a Tamil symbol of resistance in Sri Lanka

VICE • 18/01/2023

‘It’s the Apocalypse’: Thousands Flee As This Holy Himalayan Town Sinks Into the Ground

An ecological disaster in the Himalayan town of Joshimath symbolises a struggle between people and profits.

VICE • 27/12/2022

We Met an All-Women Flogging Squad in Indonesia

Public floggings are business as usual in the Indonesian province of Aceh. But the newly-inducted all-women flogging squad belies a history of sexual violence in the region.

As seen/read in

Lonely Planet

Conde Nast India

Fortune Magazine

Open Magazine

Eater

The Indian Express

ABC News

Vice News