Bindiya Carmeline Thomas

Strategic affairs and defence journalist
San Francisco, CA
I have been a dedicated A&D journalist for seven years and have a proven track record in covering politics, general news stories (including crime, education, and health), and business profiles. Specialties -- Reporting from the field, breaking news, website content development, technical writing and editing, science and feature writing and editing. In 2014, I became a finalist for the Best Young Journalist category at the Aerospace Media Awards hosted in the UK.

About

Bindiya Carmeline Thomas

story telling
breaking news
content strategy
investigative reporting
Photography
Adaptability
Communication
Fluent in Hindi
Elementary Arabic
Intermediate French
Basic InDesign
Photoshop

I have had the opportunity to write for some of the best defense and aerospace publications in the world over the course of my career.

As a strategic affairs and defense correspondent for Military Technology, I regularly wrote articles on a series of subjects including Cyber Security and Defence, military innovations from India and elsewhere and, conduct interviews with defence establishments and conglomerates.

In 2015, I joined MT's sister publication Savunma ve Havilcik (a leading Turkish defense and aerospace publication) where I was responsible for a bi-monthly column on the latest defence and aviation news from India. I was also Editor of SvHs prestigious IDEF Daily Magazine in Istanbul, Turkey. In my role as editor, I was accountable for churning out meticulously clean copies, reporting from the field and assisting with interviews.

Being a part of the IDEF Team is one of the highlights of my career.

In addition to reporting for SvH, I was given the responsibility of language editing Roketsan's (a major Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor based in Ankara) in-house publication. My responsibilities included proofreading, ghostwriting and transcribing.

Additionally, I had the privilege of reporting for renowned defense publications such as Defense World, Defence Review Asia, European Security and Defense, Asian Military Review, Shephard Media and Aviation Week.