Kavita Devi

Kavita Devi, alternatively Kavita Bundelkhandi, is an Indian journalist and news presenter. Devi was notably the first Dalit ("untouchable") to become a member of the Editor's Guild of India.

Biography Kavita Devi was born in the remote village of Kunjan Purwa, near Banda, Uttar Pradesh, to a family of Dalit farmers. The eldest among six children, In her testimony, Devi states that a non-government organisation (NGO) had opened a center in her village where she studied extensively for six months, She is noted to have been the first woman from her village to have received an education as a result. In later years, she has gone on to complete her graduation and earned a Master of Arts in journalism. and funding from the Dorabji Tata Trust, the National Foundation of India and the Dalit Foundation. In 2004, the journalists at the paper collectively became the recipient of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons. It was described by Business Standard, as having become the backbone of the people in the impoverished rural regions of Bundelkhand and Awadh, in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Over time, Devi has served in a number of positions in the organisation such as the editor of the Banda edition, the head of digital operations, and initially as a solo field journalist. In the same year, she appeared as a speaker at a TED conference which resulted in widespread attention on her story, and was described by the host and actor Shah Rukh Khan as an inspiration.