Notable moments
GQ Magazine, October 2024
Helped research and fact-check the Beyoncé cover story (2024)
GQ Magazine, September 2024
Niti helped research and fact-check this print issue (2024)
Working at GQ Magazine with Condé Nast in New York City (2024)
Reporting for The Mott Haven Herald and The Hunts Point Express, local newspapers in the South Bronx in New York (2024)
The Newest New Yorkers bagged
New York Press Club’s award for ‘Excellence in Student Journalism’ (2024)
Reported extensively for The Newest New Yorkers, a collaborative news project highlighting NYC’s migrant crisis for NYCity News Service (2023)
The Newest New Yorkers won first place for ‘Best Crisis Coverage’ at College Media Association’s national Apple Awards.
Starting her Master’s in Journalism at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of New York (2023)
Performing her piece on beauty standards for Awaken Words’ Youtube channel (2023)
Performing her poem on menstrual poverty at The Habitat in Mumbai, India for Menstrual Hygiene Day (2023)
Niti’s story on the Global Entry program for Condé Nast Traveller India was picked up by GQ Mexico (2023)
Niti’s story on Finland for Condé Nast Traveller India was picked up by Vanity Fair France and translated in French (2023)
Working at Condé Nast Traveller India (2023)
Receiving ‘Poet of the Year’ award from Ukiyoto Publishing for her second book, The Battle Cry (2022)
Working at The Indian Express, one of India’s biggest newspapers (2022)
Interning for Disney+ Hotstar in Mumbai, India (2022)
Being invited back to her high school RBK International Academy as the Guest of Honor for Literary Week (2021)
Being invited to speak at a Charter For Compassion conference happening via Zoom (2020)
First ever student to be featured in the series ‘People Of Liberal Arts’ by The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Liberal Arts (2020)
Working for The Austin Chronicle (2020)
Publishing her second book ‘The Battle Cry’, available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble (2020)
Featured by So She Slays (2019)
Two page review of Eunoia by a reader published in The Literary Herald Journal (2019)
Writing for Hothur Foundation, an acid attack survivors organization (2019)
Interview with Good Morning Longhorns (2019)
Visiting the United Nations Headquarters for UN CSW (2019)
Being invited to speak at a UN Women affiliated conference in New York (2019)
Performing at OVATION; a show by RAW Artists Agency (2018)
Winning The Liberator creative competition at UT Austin (2018)
Speaking at a RAW Artists show called CONNECT in Austin, Texas (2018)
Signed by RAW Artists Agency as a spoken word performer in Austin (2018)
Speaking at the Step Up For Vitiligo Gala in Austin, Texas (2018)
Speaking at the Step Up For Vitiligo Gala alongside CoverGirl Cosmetics model Amy Deanna (2018)
Trending on the home page of Study Breaks — a magazine for university students all over America (2018)
Officially working at Spark Magazine as a Writer; and then being promoted to Copy Editor (2018)
Featured on Good Morning Longhorns (2018)
Featured by UT Austin's Orange Magazine (2017)
Being featured by Brown Girl Magazine (2017)
Published in an anthology with other Indian poets (2017)
Speaking at GlobeMed's Reproductive Justice Series (2017)
Awards from Kidspirit Online (2012, 2013, 2014)
Being interviewed for a story about India by The New York Times Upfront (2014)
Interacting with the media at Uplift Festival in Australia (2014)
Being published on Huff Post by Kidspirit Online (2014)
Publishing her first book Eunoia (2014)
Speaking at Uplift Festival in Australia (2014)
Being recognised by Hindustan Times (2012)
Performing at the Kidspirit awards ceremony at New York University (2012)
Collaborating with Kidspirit Online editors in New York City (2012)
A writing contest won in Mumbai, India (2012)
A writing contest won in Mumbai, India (2012)