Janani has 12 years of work experience in journalism, editing and publishing. She has joined the Office of the Dean-Research to work with faculty and research teams and will provide editorial feedback on book-length projects, increase research output, and standardise publishing processes in the University.
Janani began her career as a journalist with Tehelka magazine, and after a stint at Verso Books in New York, she found her home in editing.
She has worked as an editor of critical and narrative non-fiction as well as literary fiction at Context, Westland Books and Juggernaut Books; has consulted as an editor with Writer’s Side Literary Agency; and been an Assistant Managing Editor at Asymptote, an international translation journal.
She holds a B.A. in Economics from Madras University, a Postgraduate Diploma from Asian College of Journalism, and a postgraduate degree from The New School for Social Research focusing on writing and publishing.