About
NitiRiti is an attempt to counter fake news and fake narratives in the highly competitive legal sphere. We at NitiRiti hope to create a space in which facts are not twisted to fit any particular narrative and news is not coloured by political ideology and perspectives. We believe that the nation and its Constitution are supreme, that there is no dichotomy between what India needs and what the Constitution prescribes and the citizenry will always prosper if we create a civil society in which rule of law prevails
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OUR TEAM
Pillers of NitiRiti
Shailesh Ranjan
Chief Editor & Co-Founder
Shailesh Ranjan, editor, Nitiriti, was formerly editor Input, Zee News editorial division. He was heading Newsroom operations and digital content team. He has covered the Supreme Court, Delhi High Court for well over a decade. He has also worked with Doordarshan, Aaj Tak and Sahara TV. In his 22 years of experience in TV and digital media, he has managed a team of 50 reporters and 500 freelance news reporters. You can write in to him with opinions, articles and criticism if any at editor@nitiriti.com
Samanwaya Rautray
Chief Editor & Co-Founder
Samanwaya Rautray, editor, Nitiriti, was formerly with the Economic Times, and has covered the Supreme Court for 18 years for a number of organisations such as the Statesman, the Hindustan Times, Reuters India and the Telegraph apart from the Economic Times. She has also spent several years on the desk at the Indian Express, India Today and the Press Trust of India. You can write in to her at editor@nitiriti.com
J. Venkatesan
ASSOCIATE EDITOR (LEGAL)
Associate Editor (legal) of the Hindu (retired), served the Hindu newspaper from 1978 till retirement in 2014. He has over four decades of experience in legal reporting. Venkatesan, covered the Madras High Court till 1999 after which shifted to Delhi to cover the Supreme Court, Law Ministry, Election Commission and tribunals. Post-retirement, he served as Legal Editor, Supreme Court, for the Asian Age and the Deccan Chronicle till May 2019.
Colonel Amit Kumar
ASSOCIATE EDITOR(LEGAL)
An experienced combat and JAG officer, is now a practising advocate of the Supreme Court. A masters in law, he was commissioned into the Sikh Light Infantry in June 2000 as a direct entry from the IMA. He held various posts both in peace and war-time such as intelligence officer, ghatak platoon commander, adjutant, company commander and second in command and has many commendations to his record.
Biswajit Mohanty
ADVISOR
A former chairman of Greenpeace India, is a well-known wildlife conservationist of over three decades. He is currently secretary, the Wildlife Society of Orissa. A CA, he has a PhD in wildlife crime and is now working to eliminate elephant poaching and pangolin trafficking. Mohanty has received several awards for his green activism, and has written a book, Chasing His Father’s Dreams, assessing the performance of Odisha’s 5-time CM Naveen Patnaik.