Leena Dhankhar is Senior Editor and Bureau Chief, Gurugram, at Hindustan Instances, the place she has spent over 17 years chronicling the transformation of one among India’s fastest-growing city areas. From beginning her profession as a criminal offense reporter to main the Gurugram bureau, her journalism has been outlined by investigative reporting, in-depth storytelling and an unwavering deal with public curiosity.
Over practically twenty years, she has reported extensively throughout crime, politics, civic governance, elections, actual property, atmosphere, courts, sports activities, schooling and leisure, masking Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh and Palwal. Her reporting has uncovered a number of main scams and systemic failures, together with insurance coverage frauds, waste administration irregularities, unlawful arms manufacturing models in Nuh, unlawful mining within the Aravallis, organised crime networks and governance lapses affecting thousands and thousands of residents.
Recognized for her investigative work and unique tales, Leena has reported on high-impact nationwide points, together with the Nicaragua constitution flight carrying Indian migrants that was turned again amid allegations of human trafficking, exposing the rising community of unlawful immigration rackets. Her work has additionally centered on gang wars, jail administration, juvenile crime, girls and youngster safety programs, the functioning of the Juvenile Justice Board and Youngster Welfare Committee, and environmental challenges akin to air pollution, waterlogging and deteriorating civic infrastructure.
Past exhausting information, Leena has extensively documented Haryana’s wealthy heritage, forests and wildlife, bringing consideration to the state’s historic landmarks, biodiversity, conservation efforts and ecological challenges by means of immersive reportage and have writing.
Her journalism has persistently gone past breaking information. She has documented Gurugram’s fast urbanisation by means of long-form narratives and enterprise reporting on points starting from pothole-ridden roads, flooding and waste administration to the altering social cloth of India’s Millennium Metropolis. She additionally writes broadly learn function columns, together with The Outsider, Changemaker, and Concern for Gurugram, profiling folks, locations and concepts shaping the town’s identification.
Leena is the creator of Gurugram Faculty Homicide, revealed by Juggernaut Books, a deeply reported account of one among India’s most high-profile faculty homicide investigations. She is at present engaged on her second guide, an investigative work exploring a few of India’s most vital scams and fraud investigations.
Past print journalism, she has expanded her storytelling by means of public talking and digital media. She is a TEDx speaker and has produced podcasts exploring Gurugram’s transformation, civic challenges and untold tales. Her work displays a dedication to narrative journalism that mixes rigorous reporting with compelling storytelling.
A legislation graduate with an MBA in Human Assets, Leena brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her reporting, significantly on governance, public coverage and authorized affairs. She has travelled extensively throughout India to pursue investigative assignments, typically reporting from distant areas and conflict-prone areas looking for tales that matter.Learn Extra