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Pushpita Prasad is an Indic storyteller and communications professional with a background in studying and working at the intersection of media, technology, content and history. She researches, writes and educates about topics related to Hinduism, its festivals and traditions as well as India, decolonization, media representation and Human Rights.
Pushpita earned a masters in Mass Communications from the University of Denver, CO, a diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and a Bachelors of Commerce from SRCC in Delhi University.
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