Board of Directors

SAJA Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is responsible for the day-to-day operations of SAJA, and reports to the SAJA Board. For more on SAJA's functioning, see its Bylaws.

  • PRESIDENT
    Sandeep Junnarkar
    associate professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
    board term ending 2009
  • VICE PRESIDENT
    V.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthan
    freelance writer
    board term ending 2009
  • TREASURER
    John Laxmi
    freelance writer
    board term ending 2009
  • SECRETARY
    Anusha Shrivastava
    reporter, Dow Jones Newswires
    board term ending 2009
  • AT-LARGE OFFICER
    Sreenath Sreenivasan
    dean of students affairs, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and tech reporter, WNBC-TV
    board term ending 2008

General Board Members

  • Aparita Bhandari
    freelance writer
    board term ending 2008
  • Aseem Chhabra
    freelance writer
    board term ending 2008
  • Deepti Hajela
    newswoman, The Associated Press
    board term ending 2008
  • Kiran Khalid
    freelance reporter/field producer
    board term ending 2008
  • Monika Mathur
    news researcher, The Associated Press
    board term ending 2008
  • Gopal Ratnam
    reporter, Bloomberg News
    board term ending 2009

Chapter Coordinators

  • Boston: vacant
  • Bay Area: Diana Rohini Lavigne
  • New York City: Aseem Chhabra
  • Washington, D.C.: Vandana Sinha