Nivashni Nair is a journalist based in Durban, South Africa. She currently works as a
senior journalist at The Times. She graduated with a National Journalism Diploma in Durban in and is also one of 3000 journalists worldwide to hold the international Development Journalism Diploma. Which she obtained at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication in New Delhi in 2006. It was there where she received the Rajasthan Pratika Award for second place out of 13 countries.