Nikhil Pahwa

Nikhil Pahwa is an Indian entrepreneur, journalist, publisher and founder and owner of MediaNama, an India-based mobile and digital news portal.[1] He has been a key commentator on stories and debates around Indian digital media companies, censorship and Internet and mobile regulation in India.[2] He was also appointed as a member of the Wi-fi task force set up by the Delhi Government in 2015 along with entrepreneur, Mahesh Murthy and Pranesh Prakash, the Policy Director at Center for Internet & Society, Bangalore.[3] Pahwa was also reported about when the mass media and information firm Thomson Reuters controversially contacted him requesting permission to reuse MediaNama content for free. The company informed Pahwa that if he failed to respond within 14 days, they would deem his silence as consent and distribute MediaNama content freely.[4] He was also named in the 'Indians of Tomorrow' list of young leaders in India published by India Today.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Venugopal, Vasudha (6 June 2013). "File-sharing site blocking flags up internet freedom". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Schonfeld, Eric (5 October 2008). "Bad Karma At contentSutra. Site Sputters After Being Bought By The Guardian.". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ↑ PTI (17 March 2015). "AAP government sets up WiFi task force in Delhi". Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Dutta, Saptarishi (21 August 2014). "This journalist just taught Thomson Reuters a pretty big lesson". Quartz. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Acharjee, Sonali (14 December 2012). "Data Express". India Today. Retrieved 24 April 2015.


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