Shriya Roy

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Shriya Roy is a multimedia editor at IDR, where she is responsible for managing and building video content. Prior to this, she was a journalist for six years across print, TV, and digital newsrooms. She worked as a researcher at NDTV, as a correspondent with The Indian Express, and as a multimedia editor at Feminism in India. Shriya received the Human Rights and Religious Freedom (HRRF) journalism grant in 2022 and produced a documentary exploring caste bias in grassroots cricket in India. She has worked extensively on covering sports at the intersection of gender and human rights. Shriya holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University.


Articles by Shriya Roy


The image is a screenshot of a scene from the tv show, Panchayat. It shows a group of people standing and looking at something in the distance. Among them is the woman who is the village sarpanch. Standing next to her is the deputy pradhan, the panchayat secretary, and his assistant. There are other people standing behind them._Nonprofit humour

August 11, 2025
POV: A nonprofit’s programme report launch day
How's everyone feeling about it? (ft. Panchayat Season 4)
The image features a person pressing a heart-shaped reaction button in response to another person's image on what appears to be a dating app on their phone._Nonprofit humour

April 28, 2025
Dating in the development sector: Part 2 
It's only funny if you have experienced it.
an image of actor Hrithik Roshan looking emotionally into the distance-nonprofit humour

January 27, 2025
POV: When a national holiday falls on a weekend
Republic Day was a Sunday. You missed a day of leave. What does today feel like?
An auto mechanic standing beside a car-mechanics

December 17, 2024
Are India’s auto mechanics being left behind in the EV transition?
As India accelerates its shift towards electric vehicles, it risks sidelining marginalised workers in the informal sector, including local automobile mechanics.
an image of young Amitabh Bachchan looking peeved-nonprofit humour

August 26, 2024
POV: Life as a nonprofit’s multimedia editor part II
You are your nonprofit’s first multimedia editor. It has been six months since you joined, and here’s how things stand.
Panchayaat_nonprofit humour

June 17, 2024
Life of a social sector employee
ft. Panchayat Season 3
a hand hovering over the like button on a social media profile--nonprofit humour

May 20, 2024
POV: Dating in the development sector
Responses to dating app prompts and what they actually mean.
shah rukh khan leaning out of a train door--nonprofit humour

February 5, 2024
POV: You’re your nonprofit’s first multimedia person
There are no surprises in here, but if you know, you really know.
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