Syed Khaled Shahbaaz is a journalist and columnist - and a Yudhvir Gold Medalist in Journalism, with over 2,500 published stories in outlets such as Deccan Chronicle, The Hans India, Clarion, Saudi Gazette, TNerd.com and the Arab News. He is the author of the bestselling coffee-table book 'The Kohinoors: Distinguished Personalities of Hyderabad'.
A Computer Science engineer from JNTU, he has interviewed senior ministers, top bureaucrats, social innovators, and leading civic voices, following earlier roles in Business Intelligence and communications with global IT corporations in the gulf.