Zafri Mudasser Nofil

Zafri Mudasser Nofil has been a journalist with over 20 years of experience and is currently associated with India's leading news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) in New Delhi. Starting his journalistic career as a freelancer before joining one of Assam's renowned newspapers The Sentinel in Guwahati, he also worked with Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). From reporting about conflict zones of Northeast India to covering the first democratic elections in Bhutan and from being the only journalist from India to be present at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in 2014 to writing about books and literature, Zafri has had extensive exposure. He takes pride to have conducted the last interview of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, less than a month before his death. An avid quizzer, he won several state-level competitions in his school and college days. Zafri considers himself a foodie and loves reading about culinary history. He often takes a trip down the memory lane with his scrapbooks that he collected since he was 10 years old.