Summary
Ravie Lakshmanan is a software engineer in India who blends eight years of software development with OSINT research and investigative journalism, focusing on mis/disinformation, election security, and extremism. She holds a master's degree with dual specialties in Journalism and Computer Science, enabling data-driven storytelling that sits at the intersection of technology and policy. Ravie has built software for Infosys, Goldman Sachs, and Scroll.in, bringing enterprise-grade engineering experience to complex domains. Her bylines appear in Financial Planning, American Banker, The Next Web, The Hacker News, and Logically, underscoring a cross-disciplinary voice in business, finance, and tech media. She champions algorithmic accountability and privacy-preserving approaches to intelligent systems, and she actively seeks to improve public understanding of emerging technologies. An OSINT-informed privacy enthusiast, she connects software craftsmanship with rigorous investigative reporting to illuminate the tech-policy-society frontier.
9 years of coding experience
French, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, English