Aanchal Bansal Gandhi

Aanchal Bansal Gandhi is the managing editor at IDR. She brings nearly two decades of experience in media and communications to her role. Aanchal has been a journalist with The Indian Express, Open, and The Economic Times, where she reported on policy, politics, and gender-sensitive issues. She later transitioned to the development sector, taking on advocacy and communications roles at the Population Foundation of India and the Indian School of Development Management. Aanchal holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Lady Shri Ram College, a postgraduate diploma in social communication media from Sophia Polytechnic, and a master’s in development studies from SOAS, University of London.