Journalist · Author · Editor
Nearly three decades across journalism, technology reporting, and editorial experience. A book published with Random House India. A new book in progress on AI, writing, and what the productivity story gets wrong.
About
Chief Copy Editor at Deccan Herald, Bengaluru, with over two decades at the paper and a journalism career stretching back to 1998. Before joining DH, Subramani worked as a freelance journalist and held technical document review roles with Sofil and SRM, specialising in English language accuracy.
Co-founder of Retina India and former President of Rotary Bangalore Abilities. Author of Lights Out (Random House India, 2014). Currently writing 1,300% AI Productivity: Myth, Reality, and What I Actually Found, a book arguing that AI's true value for writers is not faster prose but the removal of barriers that kept some writers from the page at all.
28
Years in
the profession
22
Years at
Deccan Herald
1
Book published
Random House India
2
Organisations
co-founded
Career
2004 – Present
Chief Copy Editor
Deccan Herald, Bengaluru
Senior editorial role overseeing news copy across crime, courts, civic affairs, and features at one of India's major English-language dailies.
2001 – 2002
Technical Document Reviewer
Sofil & SRM
English language review of technical documents, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency across client deliverables. Concurrent with freelance journalism practice.
1998 – 2004
Freelance Journalist
Independent
Journalism across print and editorial platforms, building the foundational reporting and writing practice that preceded the move to staff editing.
Works
Published Book
A work of narrative non-fiction that brought Subramani's sharp editorial eye to book-length storytelling.
Book in Progress
Part memoir, part manifesto, part working guide: an examination of the productivity claims made for AI, what they conceal, and what a writer working through assistive technology has actually found on the other side of the hype.
Daily Journalism
Over two decades editing news copy across crime, civic, court, and feature desks at one of India's leading English dailies.
Skills & Expertise
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