Muzamil Jaleel

Muzamil Jaleel is the Deputy Editor at the Indian Express. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley. On another fellowship, he worked in London for the Guardian, The Observer, and The Times newspapers. From Sex Scandal to Amarnath Land Row in the recent past to major stories over the years, Muzamil is known for his investigative stories and exposes that have shaken up and even brought down governments in the state.

Muzamil won the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2009 April for his investigative articles on the Sex Scandal in the valley, which exposed high-profile nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and flesh traders. Following the investigative articles in the Indian Express, people were out on the streets and there was mass agitation.

He received a Sanskriti Award for excellence in Indian journalism and literature, as well as a Kurt Schork Award for International Journalism from Columbia University. In 2002, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reported that Jaleel had been assaulted by the Indian police in the Kashmir Valley, while on his way home from work

• (2008) "A Kashmiri in America: The Lucky Shade of Brown". dispatches.