Experience
- Proof NewsAI Reportercurrent2026 β present
- Tech Policy PressTech Policy Press Fellow 2026current2026 β presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- WIRED, TIME, MIT Technology Review, Fortune, Rest of World, Al Jazeera and moreIndependent Journalistcurrent2020 β presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Omidyar NetworkReporter in Residence2026Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Columbia UniversityKnight-Bagehot Fellow 2024-252024 β 2025New York, United States
- EntrackrConsulting Editor2019 β 2024Greater Bengaluru Area
- HT MINTAssistant Editor - Startups2019Bengaluru Area, India
- HT MINTSenior Correspondent2018 β 2019Bengaluru Area, India
- The Economic TimesSenior Correspondent2018Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- The Economic TimesCorrespondent2016 β 2018Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- KiplingerResearch Reporter2015 β 2016Washington, D.C.
Skills & more
Online News3Newspapers15Headline Writing5Feature Articles6Journalism15News Writing3Online Journalism2Storytelling3Business Journalism3Magazines11Media Relations2Content Writing2
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Creative WritingContent DevelopmentEditingNew MediaTechnical CommunicationNewspaperVideoIdea PersonCreativity SkillsLanguages English Β· Hindi
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Colleagues at Omidyar Network
Aaron Mok
Investor at Omidyar Network
Agustin Rossi Silvano
Senior Director, Programs and Policy at Omidyar Network
Alexis Krieg
Director, Programs and Policy at Omidyar Network
Allen Babaran
Head of Information Technology and Facilities at Omidyar Network
Anamitra Deb
Senior Vice President, Programs and Policy at Omidyar Network
Aniyia Williams
Director, Programs and Policy at Omidyar Network
Anmol Chaddha
Principal, Programs and Policy at Omidyar Network
Archie Sumala
Systems and Facilities Administrator at Omidyar Network
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Varsha Bansal?
- Investor at Omidyar Network
- Where does Varsha Bansal work?
- Varsha Bansal is at Omidyar Network.
- Where did Varsha Bansal go to school?
- Varsha Bansal studied at Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism (Knight-Bagehot Fellowship); Georgetown University (Master's degree, Journalism); St. Francis Degree College for Women (Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Business and Economics).
Same school
Also attended Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism14
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Also attended Georgetown University551
Trae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Tobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesThanachat TangsriwongγΏγ€γͺγγ£γΉδ»£θ‘¨ (Thailand Office Representative) at CyberAgent Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Proof News1
Also worked at Omidyar Network67
Nadia DugalGeneral Counsel at Congruent VenturesPaula GoldmanChief Ethical Officer of Salesforce at EMERGENT VENTURESShripriya MaheshGeneral Partner at Spero VenturesSara EshelmanGeneral Partner at Spero VenturesJalak JobanputraFounder and Managing Partner at Future Perfect VenturesAdam TarhouniPartner at Hakluyt Capital
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Also worked at Columbia University219
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRon ZoriVenture Partner at Lerer HippeauRalph DeBernardoPartner, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesRichard ChesworthInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAnna OglodzinskaExecutive Assistant at Sapphire VenturesJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
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