For academic research projects

Writing and editing content for effective communication of science and technology to various audiences

Creating and editing teaching/learning material and educational tools

Creating and managing documentation and style guides

For non-profit organizations

Creating content for websites, newsletters, reports, and fundraising campaigns. Writing, copyediting, and proofreading newsletters, flyers, reports, and social media and website content

Developing communication material for outreach and dissemination efforts

Creating and managing documentation and style guides

For researchers

Copyediting and proofreading research manuscripts and technical papers (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Sciences, Business, Management, and related interdisciplinary fields)

Copyediting and proofreading research grant proposals and reports

For technology firms and other businesses

Creating, copyediting, and proofreading technical presentations, newsletters, reports, corporate decks, product decks, and social media and website content

Creating and managing documentation and style guides

For educators and projects in education and learning

Creating and editing teaching/learning material and educational tools

Editing case studies and teaching notes

Designing and facilitating training workshops

For authors and publishers

Editing book chapters

Content Creation and Editing

I have written and edited content for global non-profits, multinational companies, and organizations in the UN network; performed developmental editing, substantive editing, and copyediting for non-fiction and technical books; edited case studies and teaching notes for the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad’s Case Centre (for distribution through Harvard Business Publishing, Ivey Publishing, and others); worked on a three-year global climate change education project funded by the International Science Council and implemented by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune); edited STEM content for leading publishers such as Pearson and companies like AsiaEdit, Editage (CACTUS Communications), and American Journal Experts; and written and edited content for global non-profits, multinational companies, and organizations in the UN network. In these projects, I have collaborated with domain and subject matter experts from countries across the world.

My experience includes

• editing scientific and technical reports
• editing case studies and teaching notes in business and management
• editing textbooks and research manuscripts
• developing and editing instructional guides and training material (in collaboration with subject matter experts)
• creating project documentation (including in-depth reports, articles, and communication material)
• creating survey and analysis reports
• writing and editing grant proposals
• creating fundraising initiatives and developing content for fundraising campaigns
• creating, editing, and publishing newsletters, social media posts, and website content
• managing translation efforts with translators from various countries

Curriculum Development, Training, and Outreach

As a facilitator for the Inspiring India in Research Innovation and STEM Education Program (iRISE Program), I design and deliver training workshops on communication skills (effective oral presentations, scientific writing, CV writing, ethics and integrity in the age of AI) for early career researchers in STEM and Medicine from universities across India.

I have created, edited, and curated teaching aids (teaching tools and lesson plans) and facilitated teacher training workshops in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia for a climate change education project of the International Science Council. As a master trainer for UNESCO MGIEP, I have facilitated teacher training workshops on digital pedagogy and social emotional learning for teachers across the world.

To enhance reading and writing skills among students, I have designed and delivered activity-based storytelling and writing workshops for children. I have also designed and facilitated workshops to increase awareness on wetlands and sustainability among students.

My experience includes

• creating teaching aids (teaching tools and lesson plans) for teachers/educators
• designing and facilitating training workshops for students, educators, researchers, and professionals in the industry
• facilitating teacher training workshops in English, French, and Hindi
• coordinating and implementing outreach and dissemination efforts
• coordinating global partnerships

Community Building and Leadership

As Chair of EASE India (Indian regional chapter of the European Association of Science Editors), I lead efforts to design and implement initiatives for the EASE India chapter, in alignment with the global objectives of EASE. EASE India supports researchers, reviewers, journal editors, and manuscript editors in the scholarly publishing community.

To achieve the goals of the chapter, I seek and build partnerships with other stakeholders in science editing and publishing and organize webinars/events on topics of interest and relevance to the regional chapter and the wider EASE community. My work includes planning and implementation of outreach efforts in close collaboration with members and the leadership team of the chapter.

I represent EASE India in the Regional Chapter Programme Committee of EASE.

Mentorship

As a mentor for The Grand Pitch Season 3 and The Grand Pitch Season 4, organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, I helped shortlisted start-ups refine their pitch decks and presentations before the final round of presentations to investors.

During the mentorship sessions, I provided in-depth feedback to start-up founders (whose companies were in various stages of maturity) to strengthen the content and delivery of their pitch presentations. The areas covered included overall structure, flow, storytelling, relevance, and clarity.

Software Design and Development

• Technical Team Lead and Software Engineer, Intel India

I was a software engineer in the graphics display driver team (Intel Integrated Graphics) and was later the technical team leader of the Video BIOS team. I implemented new feature requests, enabled new display technologies, provided technical (engineering) inputs in product development meetings, reviewed design and technical specifications with the architecture team, created High Level Design documents for new display technologies, provided engineering impact analysis for new feature requests, and suggested and implemented process improvements and new methods for improved efficiency (as member of a virtual quality team).

• Software Engineer, IBM Global Services, India

Education, Pedagogy, Climate Change

• “Educational strategies to achieve global awareness of climate change and its impact”, by R. Chopra, A. Nagarajan, A. Joshi, N. Fomproix and L. S. Shashidhara in the technical report Global Campus Innovations, Volume II - Curriculum Advances, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2020. Volume II - Curriculum Advances: https://library.wmo.int/records/item/57235-global-campus-innovations , Chapter 3: https://library.wmo.int/viewer/57235/download?file=ETR-27-Volume-II_en.pdf&type=pdf&navigator=1

• “Climate Change Across the Curriculum”, by R. Chopra, A. Joshi, A. Nagarajan, N. Fomproix and L. S. Shashidhara in Climate Change and the Role of Education (Eds. Walter Leal Filho, Sarah L. Hemstock), Springer International Publishing, 2019, Chapter 4, pages 53-69. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-32898-6. https://www.springer.com/in/book/9783030328979

Computer Science (Research)

• “Detailed Cache Coherence Characterization for OpenMP benchmarks” by J. Marathe, A. Nagarajan and F. Mueller in International Conference on Supercomputing, June 2004, pages 287-297. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1006209.1006250 https://arcb.csc.ncsu.edu/~mueller/ftp/pub/mueller/papers/ics04.pdf

• “Detailed Cache Coherence Characterization for OpenMP benchmarks” by A. Nagarajan, J. Marathe, F. Mueller in TR 2004-9, Dept of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Mar 2004. https://arcb.csc.ncsu.edu/~mueller/ftp/pub/mueller/papers/TR-2004-9.pdf

Children’s Literature

• “A Special Journey” by Anita Nagarajan. For Pratham Books Storyweaver https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/13175-a-special-journey

• “When Pilloo Grows Up” by Anita Nagarajan. For Pratham Books Storyweaver https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/5946-when-pilloo-grows-up

• “An adventure of the Acqua family” translated (from Italian to English) by Anita Nagarajan. For Pratham Books Storyweaver https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/165302-an-adventure-of-the-acqua-family-a-story-created-and-illustrated-by-class-i-b

Contributions and Mentions in Editing and Writing

• Editor and Contributing Writer, Book “The Symphony of Innovation: Start-ups, Ecosystem, Collaborations and Risk Capital” (Eds. Thillai Rajan A., Jon Thomas), Universities Press, 2025. https://universitiespress.com/details?id=9789349750586

• Editor, Book “Karmic Design Thinking”, Dr. Bala Ramadurai. https://dt.balaramadurai.net/

• Science Communication Expert and Contributing Author Chapter 1, Report “Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region”, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India (Eds. Dr. R. Krishnan, Dr. J. Sanjay, Dr. Chellappan Gnanaseelan, Dr. Milind Mujumdar, Dr. Ashwini Kulkarni, Dr. Supriyo Chakraborty), Springer Singapore, 2020. https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/assessment-of-climate-change-over-the-indian-region/18078846

1. Toward Effective Communication: Writing and Editing for Your Target Audience
   A presentation for the Indian Copyeditors Forum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9zOIl1jUo )

2. COEXIST: Actionable Stories for Sustainable Change
   A flash talk that was first presented at the NCSE Drawdown Conference 2021, Science & Solutions for a Planet under Pressure (https://youtu.be/2PeUWceDCrs )

Ms. Anita Nagarajan is an independent communications and editing consultant, writer, and educator, specializing in technical, scientific, and educational content.

She collaborates with organizations and individuals across the world to create, edit, and publish high-quality communication material and content in STEM, Business and Management, and Education. She designs and delivers training workshops on effective communication for students and professionals, facilitates teacher training workshops on digital pedagogy and social emotional learning, and mentors individuals and teams in effective presentation of their ideas and projects.

Anita has had the honor of working with numerous clients and collaborators, including IIM Ahmedabad, UNESCO MGIEP, the iRISE Program (a collaboration between IISER Pune, the Department of Science and Technology, British Council, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Tata Technologies), IISER Pune, Pearson, and researchers from universities across the world. She has led communication initiatives, developed content, designed and implemented capacity building and outreach plans, and facilitated workshops in Africa, Australia, Europe, and Asia for an international climate change education project funded by the International Science Council, Paris.

Previously, Anita was a software engineer and technical team lead at Intel, and a software engineer at IBM.

Anita holds an M.S. degree (with thesis research) in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, USA, and a B.E. degree in Computer Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune. In continuing professional development, she has pursued coursework and training in languages, editing, writing, and communication. She serves as Chair of EASE India, regional chapter of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE).

Outside work, Anita enjoys hiking, birdwatching, exploring places, learning languages, and listening to ghazals. Her idea of a perfect afternoon—a cup of coffee and a good book.