Vanita Kohli-Khandekar is an India-based media specialist and writer. She has been tracking the Indian media and entertainment business for over a decade.

Currently she is a columnist and writer for India-based dailies Business Standard and Mid-Day. She is also a regular contributor to Singapore-based ContentAsia. Her earlier stints include one at Businessworld magazine and Ernst & Young. A Cambridge University press fellow (2000), Vanita teaches at some of the top media schools in India. The fourth edition of her book, The Indian Media Business (Sage), was released in September 2013.