Govindraj Ethiraj has reported and written on Indian business for over 25 years. He is an internationally awarded media executive and entrepreneur. His public interest journalism ventures, which use data to tell stories in areas like health, education and climate as well as to safeguard the transparency, accuracy, and integrity of news, have gained global recognition. Most recently, he founded BOOM, an independent journalism initiative that fights misinformation and explains issues with the larger objective of making the internet safer. He also founded the award-winning IndiaSpend, a public interest journalism outfit which uses data to write and syndicate stories in areas like health, education, environment; and FactChecker which monitors media, politicians and other figures for accuracy. He previously held leading roles at mainstream Indian print and TV news platforms.