Samarth Bansal
Head Of Content at The Whole Truth Foods
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSamarth Bansal is a journalist-turned-technical storyteller who leads Media Labs as Head of Content at The Whole Truth Foods while founding The Plank, a journalistic experiment reimagining citizenship. With 12 years of experience across major Indian and international newsrooms—including Hindustan Times, The Hindu and a Wall Street Journal data fellowship—he blends data-driven investigation with narrative craft. Trained at IIT Kanpur in Mathematics and Scientific Computing, he pairs rigorous quantitative thinking with hands-on programming to build editorial products and investigative tools. His work spans editorial leadership, data intelligence and startup content strategy, making him fluent in both newsroom cadence and product development cycles. Notably, he runs a magazine project that aims to change civic engagement rather than just report on it, reflecting a commitment to impact beyond bylines. Based in Mumbai, he prefers email for thoughtful conversations and reads every message even if responses can take time.
12 years of coding experience
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
English, Hindi
Github Skills (2)
ghost7
newsletter6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bansalsamarth/music-streaming-app
Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:20 commits in 1 month
bansalsamarth/bansalsamarth.github.io
Dec 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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