Work & Writings
This page brings together a selection of Satish Jha’s work — from newsroom experiments and technology ventures to education-focused initiatives and public essays.
Use the filters to explore journeys across journalism, social enterprise, education, and thought leadership.
Across different roles — editor, entrepreneur, mentor, or board member — the constant thread has been a belief that technology and storytelling must expand choices for those who have the least.
Featured below are curated snapshots. A more detailed archive can later link to full articles, reports, or external sites.
As co-founder of Jansatta, a new Hindi daily from the Indian Express group, Satish Jha helped build a conversational, people-centric style of reporting that spoke directly to readers’ lived realities, while fiercely defending editorial independence.
Focus: language, access, and democracy in a rapidly changing India.
As Editor-in-Chief of Dinamaan, and co-founder of the PUCL Bulletin, he documented everyday stories of rights, social justice, and dissent — insisting that democracy be measured not just by elections but by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens.
Focus: civil liberties, human rights, and political ethics.
Tarahaat.com was conceived as a rural ICT network, where local entrepreneurs ran village centers offering information, communication, and digital services. The model treated rural youth as partners rather than passive beneficiaries.
Focus: livelihoods, digital inclusion, and local ownership.
Through Digital Partners India and DESI Power, Satish Jha helped support ventures like Drishtee and SKS Microfinance, and deploy hybrid renewable power plants in more than 100 villages, linking electricity to enterprise, education, and basic services.
Focus: energy, entrepreneurship, and community resilience.
As Chairman of the OLPC India Foundation, he worked with governments and schools to deploy XO laptops, arguing that technology must help children explore, make, and collaborate — not just consume pre-packaged content.
Focus: constructivist learning, teacher support, and child agency.
Through Ashraya Foundation and Edufront, his current work focuses on foundational literacy and numeracy, STEM and AI learning, and tablet-based ecosystems that give every child a personal learning pathway, starting with underserved schools.
Focus: early-grade learning, teacher enablement, and scalable digital ecosystems.
In his essays and public talks, Satish Jha has argued that a small fraction of Indians receive the kind of education that enables genuine social mobility, and that any “innovation agenda” must begin with the basics — mothers’ health, children’s reading, and dignified work.
Focus: policy, ethics, and long-term societal change.