Rahul Gandhi in Raje's home turf on a 2-day Rajasthan visit

Born in Delhi on September 6, Dev has followed his passion for honest, credible journalism for more than 12 years. He has proven track record of finding investigating stories, thinking out – of – box and has numerous Special and Exclusive stories to his credit. He knows how to stay ahead in competitive environment, while keeping his moral values and belief in sincere approach towards life, intact. Dev has spent almost a decade at India Today Group in two different stints and is currently working here as Senior Special Correspondent based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. During his earlier stint, which lasted for more than five and a half years (August, 2008 – May, 2014), Dev handled Editorial content for Headlines Today news channel in Rajasthan, apart from working for Aaj Tak, its sister news channel and also delivered for India Today online as well as Mail Today newspaper. He has worked on several feature, investigative as well as special stories and delivered on assignments which created positive impact. Dev believes factual, credible journalism speaks for itself and has several special, investigative exclusive stories to his credit. While being a part of India Today Group, Dev did investigative story on Robert Vadra's involvement in land deals in Rajasthan's Bikaner, indepth story on mysterious death of ANM Bhanwari Devi in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, investigative story on fake Pilot's licences' scam, special story on women being ostracized and termed as witches in Bhilwara, investigative story on Sariska forest reserve in shambles in Alwar, stories on plight of Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur, extensive coverage of Gujjar agitation for reservation in Bharatpur. While at India Today, Dev also brought to light rampant illegal mining in Rajasthan's Nagaur as well as exposed the deep and dark underbelly of sex racket operating inside and outside swanky malls of Gurgaon. He also covered the politically significant 2012 Assembly elections of Gujarat, traveling extensively to various parts of the state. Dev has also worked as Special Correspondent in NewsX channel (May, 2014 – October 2015). During that period, he traveled extensively for special assignments to various states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Karnataka. While at NewsX, Dev covered the crucial five phase assembly elections of Jammu and Kashmir. He also covered significant visit of Chinese President to Gujarat and the situation left behind by the massive floods in Uttarakhand and the situation there in 2014. During his more than decade long career in journalism, Dev has interviewed several key newsmakers in Rajasthan (where he is currently based) and outside. Some of these include Vasundhara Raje, Ashok Gehlot, Arvind Kejriwal, Prakash Singh Badal, etc. A graduate from prestigious Delhi University, Dev has a degree in B. Com (Honours), which he pursued at Satyawati College, Delhi. He did his Post Graduate diploma course in Journalism from TV Today Media Institute, Delhi. Dev is a fitness enthusiast and an avid book reader. He loves to cycle to office, run long distances and binge watching on Netflix.