Varsha Bansal is an independent journalist based in India. She writes at the intersection of Technology, AI and Humans.

Our lives have moved online, and I am curious about how technology impacts people in expected and unexpected ways. I write articles on how technology impacts people.

I regularly write for WIRED, TIME, Slate, MIT Technology Review, Al Jazeera, Rest of World and Coda Story. Previously I worked with top Indian business dailies Economic Times and Mint.

I was an inaugural AI Accountability Fellow 2022 with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. I was longlisted for International Journalist of the Year Award 2023 by One World Media for my series of stories on how technology is impacting Indian gig workers. In 2024, I was long listed for Freelance Journalist of the Year Award by One World Media.

I am a guest faculty at Asian College of Journalism for the Business Feature writing course.

I hold a Master's degree in Journalism from Georgetown University. I also lived and reported from Washington, D.C. for three years.

To get in touch, you can email me at varshabansal[dot]work[at]gmail.com