Aarti Tikoo Singh

Career As a reporter, she has worked in conflict zones across India such as Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam.

After working with dailies in India such as Hindustan Times and as senior assistant editor with The Times of India, she worked as a foreign and security affairs editor at the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) agency. In August 2021, she founded The New Indian. Singh has over 20 years of experience in journalism, focusing on international relations and conflicts. She reported from the state of Jammu and Kashmir, a conflict-ridden state for almost seven years, covering politics, violence, governance and human stories. Singh represented in a United States Congressional hearing on Kashmir, where she had a face-off with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who alleged that she was making "incredible dubious" claims that Indian government's crackdown in Kashmir was good for human rights. Singh responded that she was always critical of Indian government's human rights violations in Kashmir, but she was also criticising the western media which often present the story without its context.

Awards Singh is a Times Aspire award winner and a WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management Peace) fellowship awardee.