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Preetu Nair
Preetu Nair
Born	1976 (age 48–49)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	The Times of India

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Preetu Nair (born 1976) is an Indian journalist based in Goa, India. She is active in the cyberspace and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and issues dealing with women and children. She writes mostly on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, women, and child issues in India.

Education

Nair's schooling was in Gujarati medium in a small town of Anand in Gujarat. She received a B.A. degree from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat (Gold Medalist), and M.A. (English Literature) degree, Gold Medalist from Sardar Patel University.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Nair has been a full-time journalist since 2000. From May 2000 to May 2001, she was a trainee reporter for The Times of India. From 2001 onward, she became a freelancer, and has written for The Navhind Times on news related to Goa. She resigned as a senior reporter for Gomantak Times, Goa (Sakaal Group of Publications) and joined the Times of India as principal correspondent.

Nair and Peter De Souza, her colleague in Gomantak Times, Goa were awarded the UNDP-TAHA-HDRN Media Award-2006 for exposing the modus operandi of the human traffickers explicitly and vividly underlining the nexus between these offenders, the police, and politicians.

These stories were all written while Sujay Gupta was the Editor of Gomantak Times. Naik left Gomantak Times to join Times of India after Derrick Almeida took over as the Executive Editor of Gomantak Times. She was selected as the Panos/Stop TB Media Fellow for the year 2007 to work on Tuberculosis related issues in Goa.

She also received the European Union - Thomson Foundation Media bursary for working on a story "Trafficked victims and HIV". Nair and De Souza were also the first journalists in Goa working in a local newspaper who exposed the powerful Russians and the Israelis purchasing land.^[1]

She has written articles on Goa, Goan books, media, environment, development.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Russians take over sex trade in Morjim :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect". Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
^ "Columns > Preetu Nair :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect". Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
^ [Reader-list] Workshop tourism! In the name of poor kids Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Russians take over sex trade in Morjim :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect". Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2007.

[2] "Columns > Preetu Nair :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect". Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2007.

[3] [Reader-list] Workshop tourism! In the name of poor kids Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

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-'''Preetu Nair''' (born 1976 in [[India]]) is a [[journalist]] based in [[Goa]], [[India]]. She is active in [[cyberspace]] and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and issues dealing with women and children. She writes mostly on [[HIV AIDS]], TB, Women and Child Issues in India.
+'''Preetu Nair''' (born 1976) is an Indian [[journalist]] based in [[Goa]], India. She is active in the [[cyberspace]] and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and issues dealing with women and children. She writes mostly on [[HIV/AIDS]], tuberculosis, women, and child issues in India.
 ==Education==
-Preetu Nair's schooling was in Gujarati Medium in a small town of Anand in Gujarat. She received a  [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from [[Sardar Patel University]], Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat (Gold Medalist), and [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|M.A.]] (English Literature) degree,Gold Medalist from [[Sardar Patel University]]. Sardar Patel University is a University which caters to the rural population of Kheda, Anand and surrounding districts in Gujarat, India.
+Nair's schooling was in Gujarati medium in a small town of Anand in [[Gujarat]]. She received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from [[Sardar Patel University]], Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat (Gold Medalist), and [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] (English Literature) degree, Gold Medalist from [[Sardar Patel University]].{{cn|date=September 2023}}
-==Journalism==
+==Career==
-She has been a full-time journalist since 2000.  From May 2000 to May 2001, Preetu was a trainee reporter for [[The Times of India]]. From 2001 onwards, she became a freelancer, and has written for The Navhind Times on news related to [[Goa]]. She resigned as a Senior Reporter for Gomantak Times, Goa.(Sakaal Group of Publications)and has joined the Times of India as Principal Correspondent.
+Nair has been a full-time journalist since 2000. From May 2000 to May 2001, she was a trainee reporter for [[The Times of India]]. From 2001 onward, she became a [[freelancer]], and has written for ''[[The Navhind Times]]'' on news related to [[Goa]]. She resigned as a senior reporter for Gomantak Times, Goa (Sakaal Group of Publications) and joined the Times of India as principal correspondent.
-Preetu Nair and Peter De Souza her colleague in Gomantak Times, Goa were awarded the UNDP-TAHA-HDRN Media Award -2006 for exposing the modus operandi of the human traffickers explicitly and vividly underlining the nexus between these offenders, the police, and politicians.<ref>[http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=177&page=19 Organiser - Content<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+Nair and Peter De Souza, her colleague in Gomantak Times, Goa were awarded the UNDP-TAHA-HDRN Media Award-2006 for exposing the modus operandi of the human traffickers explicitly and vividly underlining the nexus between these offenders, the police, and politicians.
-These stories were all written while Sujay Gupta was the Editor of Gomantak Times.She left Gomantak Times to join Times of India after Derrick Almeida took over as the Executive Editor nof Gomantak Times.
+These stories were all written while Sujay Gupta was the Editor of Gomantak Times. Naik left Gomantak Times to join Times of India after Derrick Almeida took over as the Executive Editor of Gomantak Times. She was selected as the Panos/Stop TB Media Fellow for the year 2007 to work on Tuberculosis related issues in Goa.
+She also received the [[European Union]] - [[Thomson Foundation]] Media bursary for working on a story "Trafficked victims and HIV". Nair and De Souza were also the first journalists in [[Goa]] working in a local newspaper who exposed the powerful Russians and the Israelis purchasing land.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=777 |title=Russians take over sex trade in Morjim :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=6 August 2007 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309180628/http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=777 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-She was selected as the Panos/Stop TB Media Fellow for the year 2007 to work on Tuberculosis related issues in Goa.
+She has written articles on [[Goa]], Goan books, [[mass media|media]], environment, development.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&catid=39 |title=Columns > Preetu Nair :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=28 July 2007 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309180623/http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&catid=39 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2006-September/008009.html [Reader-list&#93; Workshop tourism! In the name of poor kids<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027080504/http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2006-September/008009.html |date=2007-10-27 }}</ref>
-She also received the [[European Union]] - [[Thomson Foundation]] Media bursary for working on a story “Trafficked victims and HIV”.
-Preetu and Peter De Souza were also the first Journalists in Goa working in a local newspaper who exposed the powerful Russians and the Israelis purchasing land.<ref>[http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=777 Russians take over sex trade in Morjim :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-She has written articles on [[Goa]], Goan books, [[mass media|media]], environment, development.<ref>[http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&catid=39 Columns > Preetu Nair :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2006-September/008009.html [Reader-list&#93; Workshop tourism! In the name of poor kids<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==References==
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-==External links==
-* [http://www.infochangeindia.org/changemakers48.jsp An article by Preetu Nair and Peter D’Souza]
-* [http://www.countercurrents.org/hr-nair180206.htm HIV Article]
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