Jaideep Hardikar is a senior journalist and PARI Roving Reporter, based in Nagpur. He is author of Ramrao: The story of India's farm crisis. In 2025, Jaideep won the inaugural Award of Excellence in Journalism at the Ramoji Excellence Awards 2025 in recognition of "his outstanding contribution to meaningful, responsible, and impactful journalism," and whose work inspires "social awareness, compassion and change."