Varad Bhatkhande

Varad is a sub-editor with The Free Press Journal, handling the web desk and overseeing coverage across multiple districts within the Pune desk, including Pune, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and western Maharashtra. He edits copies, files reports based on reporters’ inputs, and curates trending stories for the newspaper, website, and social media. As a reporter, he covers all beats in Pimpri-Chinchwad and the rural parts of Pune district, such as Maval, Lonavala, and Chakan, and others, while occasionally contributing from Pune city.