Principal Correspondent with the Pune-based Times of India edition, Piyush writes on health, civic infrastructure, and power primarily among many other issues. Before coming back to Pune, he worked in Kolhapur for six years. He completed M Tech in Bioinformatics from Mumbai and found his passion in journalism with a Master's degree in Communication and Journalism from the University of Pune. Piyush participated in the Journalists in Residence fellowship program in Vienna, Austria in 2019 and is also a SET certificate holder. He is an avid traveler, trekker, and cinephile.