About

Twesh Mishra is a Principal Correspondent at Business Standard, with a focus on petroleum and natural gas and the Indian Railways. With over 8 years of experience in business journalism, Twesh has covered a wide range of topics including energy, infrastructure, and international affairs. Prior to his current role, Twesh worked for four years at The Hindu BusinessLine, where he wrote on energy and infrastructure, and was also a part of the data vertical that focused on deep-dive numbers oriented stories. He has also worked with BloombergQuint and Bloomberg TV India, where his beat portfolio comprised of the ministries of petroleum and natural gas, coal, renewable energy, power, mines, steel, finance, telecom, fertilizer, and pharmaceuticals. Twesh is a World Wildlife Fund India Fellow, where he focused on reporting climate innovations, enhancing clean energy access, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and generating awareness on climate and energy themes. He was also part of a team that was awarded the inaugural energy transition story grant by Clean Energy Wire to trace the manufacture and sale of electric vehicles from India to Nepal. Twesh honed his interest in business journalism while working with Outlook Business in Mumbai, where he extensively studied the Indian stock markets and matters pertaining to corporate governance. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Television Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, where he covered the politics and social intricacies of Tamil Nadu. Twesh's academic achievements include achieving the highest grade in the critical international issues elective at Asian College of Journalism and being granted a letter of recommendation by Mr. K V Krishnaswamy, former deputy editor, The Hindu, due to his keen interest in international affairs. He pursued his graduation from Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, where he researched the turbulence in the Middle East as a part of his graduation dissertation. In addition to his strong journalism background, Twesh has experience as a Research Scientist and in infra. Overall, he has 8.87 years of relevant experience.