Namrata Biji Ahuja is the Chief of Bureau at The Week, one of India’s leading English-language news magazines. An award-winning journalist, she specialises in national security, foreign policy, strategic affairs, counterterrorism, internal security, violent extremism, cybersecurity, terror financing, money laundering, and economic crime. Her reporting also closely examines India’s relations and security concerns involving China, the United States, Pakistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Gulf countries, and Israel. She has written extensively on India’s Northeast, bringing sustained attention to conflict, security, politics, and regional developments.
Ahuja has received several major recognitions for her investigative journalism. In 2018, she was awarded the prestigious International Press Institute Award for Excellence in Journalism for her The Week cover story, “Inside Secret Naga State,” published in April 2017. The same year, she received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, one of India’s most respected journalism honours. In 2024, her work was also recognised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network among its selections of the best investigative stories from India. Through her reporting and analysis, Ahuja continues to contribute significantly to public understanding of security, geopolitics, foreign policy, and complex strategic challenges affecting India and the wider region.
