29-01-2025
Pranshu Verma named Bureau Chief in New Delhi
We're very happy to announce Pranshu Verma will become our next bureau chief in New Delhi, with responsibility for covering India, the world's largest democracy and an essential story for The Washington Post.
In his nearly three years here, Pranshu has demonstrated the drive, initiative and quick-study skills that will be needed to master such a challenging assignment. He has already excelled in covering one infinitely complex story – artificial intelligence – using rigorous reporting to pioneer a beat on the impact of technology on ordinary people's lives.
In India he will prioritize stories that feel most relevant to our readers, with a focus on India's complicated relationship with the United States and the world as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flexes his muscles as a global power broker.
As a member of Business's tech enterprise team, Pranshu has written memorably about humans who fall in love with chatbots and how ISIS and Neo Nazis have used AI to recruit and disseminate material. His reporting on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI triggered Congressional inquiries into safety testing and employment practices at the company. Over the past year, he has helped to shape and deliver The Post's 'Power Grab' series, tracking how the AI boom is increasing the need for data centers and having a profound impact on the environment.
A natural collaborator, Pranshu was also a key contributor to International's 'Rising India, Toxic Tech' series, a standout body of work anchored by Gerry Shih that focused on India's use of social media for authoritarian ends – and which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.
Pranshu joined The Post in March of 2022, having previously covered transportation and the State Department at The New York Times; technology at The Boston Globe; and Philadelphia prisons and New Jersey politics at The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware, with a bachelor's degree in finance, and earned a master's at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.
In addition to covering India, Pranshu will be responsible for covering some neighboring countries, including Sri Lanka and Nepal, working in close collaboration with India correspondent Karishma Mehrotra and reporter/researcher Anant Gupta.
He starts work April 1.
