Vandita Sariya

Climate storyteller with 7+ years of experience across digital communication, social media management, climate journalism, research, and multimedia content creation. WHO-recognized storyteller. Experienced in bridging science, policy, and people through impactful narratives.

Work Experience

Fellowships

• Fellow, U.S.-India Emerging Climate Leaders | Observer Research Fdn America(ORF America), March-Nov 2024
  Co-authored working paper on bilateral climate communication and diplomacy
  
  

• Fellow, Artivism and Amplifiers Fellowship | Human Impacts Institute| Feb 2024 - April 2024
  Produced intercultural multimedia campaigns on climate justice and resilience
  
  

• Fellow, Moving Upstream River Luni | Veditum, Out of Eden Walk, IIT-DELHI (Jan 2024 - March 2024)
  Conducted field-based reporting of river Luni to document the riverine ecosystem and its interaction with life around it, produced multimedia reportage. Created a folk song called Luni Yatra.
  
  

• Media Fellowship on Climate Change | The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Jan - July 2021
  Produced multimedia stories on various aspects of climate change

Education

• Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication, Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC)
  
  

• Bachelor of Commerce, Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University

Awards

• Second Prize: 2025 Comedy & Climate Change short video competition by Inside the Greenhouse (ITG),

  University of Colorado Boulder
  
  

• 2023 special film prize by World Health Organisation(WHO), Climate change and health category, World Health Organisation Film Festival

Lead, Communications | Climate Risk Horizons

Researcher, Climate Change | Civic Studios

Member, Youth Advisory Council | The Human Impacts Institute

Digital Associate | CarbonCopy, Climate Trends

Copywriter | Advertising and Radio