{"id":13,"date":"2019-07-22T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/tamil\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:18:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/tamil\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Fact Crescendo (www.factcrescendo.com) is an independent digital journalism initiative and is a part of Crescendo Transcription Private Limited (CTPL) a private limited company registered in India. (www.crescendotranscriptions.com<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>

Fact Crescendo (www.factcrescendo.com) is an independent digital news platform and has a separate dedicated team solely working for fact checking news\/claims.<\/p>

“Fact Crescendo is an independent, unbiased fact-checking website that is committed to bringing the fact behind every news, debunking of mis-interpreted & hoax news on a daily basis on false, mis-informed, social media as well as mainstream media. We believe in transparency of news source & methodology while carrying out our core activities, a commitment to transparency of funding as well as organization and open & honest corrections policy in case we make a mistake. Our vision is to be the touchstone for truth & a disrupter leveraging technology to bring about a new perspective in how news industry is viewed & functions.”<\/p>

We are also competent of checking Videos and Text in the following languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati and Urdu.<\/p>

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Fact Crescendo is a Verified Signatory of the IFCN code of principles.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Meet the Team<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Vinod Rathi<\/strong>
Founder & Thought Leader
<\/strong>vinod.rathi@crescendotranscriptions.com<\/em><\/a>
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Vinod Rathi started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 18 and over the years by embracing his entrepreneurial spirit he has set up 3 market leading companies operating in different domains of IT, Human Resource and ITES. He is also the founder & CEO of Crescendo Transcription Private Limited which today serves more than 50 MNC\u2019s with its unique offerings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rakhi Rathi
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She also leads the FactCrescendo human resource initiatives. Her – to the point thinking, optimal utilization of resources and critical analysis has paved the way to a lot of processes that FactCrescendo has imbibed.She spends her time raising her 2 beautiful daughters and at the same time raising the efficiency and quality bars at Crescendo continually.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ravi<\/strong> Chaudhary<\/b>
Senior DevOps Engineer <\/b>
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Ravi is the Head of Technical Operations at FactCrescendo, where he oversees the platform’s core infrastructure and technical strategy. With over 7 years of specialized experience in DevOps and systems architecture, he is responsible for engineering the high-availability server environments that power FactCrescendo\u2019s global operations. Ravi focuses on infrastructure automation, security, and performance optimization, ensuring a robust technical foundation for the organization\u2019s mission to combat misinformation 24\/7.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Drabanti Ghosh<\/strong>
Fact Checker
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Possessing two years of experience in PR, Content Writing and Event Management with Youniquemag and Rotary club. Tremendous passion for research and investigation has brought her here at Crescendo Transcriptions Pvt. Ltd.(CTPL). With strong journalistic integrity and immense creativity, she is an aspiring journalist with a commitment to high-quality research and writing. In FactCrescendo she hopes to invalidate feigned and fallacious claims for the betterment of the mass. Loves reading and socializing to understand various opinions and gain knowledge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Harish Nair
Managing Editor (India)
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Harish Nair is the Managing Editor of Fact Crescendo (India). He Possesses 2 years of experience as a Managing Editor at Fact Crescendo. He also poses 2 years of experience in EMS. Immense passion for media research and linguistics brought him to Crescendo Transcriptions Pvt. Ltd.(CTPL)\u00a0<\/span>
Since 2017 he is associated with CTPL. As a Managing Editor at Fact Crescendo, he endeavors to debunk preposterous pieces of hoax and unsubstantiated claims that can affect the society at large in a detrimental manner. Loves to interact with people and source information to enrich his knowledge-base with their insights and experiences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Processing more than five years of experience in journalism related to print as well as online media, Kalana, the editor of Factcrescendo Sri Lanka is a graduate of\u00a0\u00a0Psychology and holds a diploma in\u00a0Diplomacy and World Affairs.\u00a0Kalana is a truth seeker who\u00a0is passionate about\u00a0verifying\u00a0the truth behind viral content on social media spheres in Sri Lanka and\u00a0to minimize the spread of misinformation and disinformation.\u00a0He is also a nature lover\u00a0and is interested\u00a0in environmental\u00a0justice and has published his findings on many online platforms . Being a free thinker, he\u00a0believes\u00a0 that every living being should be treated with respect , dignity and kindness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Having experienced in the leading Print and Digital media house of Lokmat and Sakal, Mayur is passionate about his new role at Fact Crescendo. Thrilled by the newsroom atmosphere, he has proven his skill as a sub-editor. In the age of post-truth and fake news, he is determined to combat negativity and misinformation on social media and prevent people from being misguided.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fact Checker
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Sarita<\/span>\u2018s interest in fact checking and desire for a safer and genuine social media experience for all brought her to Fact Crescendo. Formerly, she has worked as a journalist in a reputed Hindi newspaper agency.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Worked in the roles of sub-editor, content writer, PR professional in leading organisations armed with glorious 16 years of experience.
Excellent writer in Malayalam and published articles in leading Malayalam magazines and web portals. Very good observational and organisational skills. Love to read, write and travel.
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Praveen Kumar<\/strong>
Fact Checker
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Possesses over 18 years of experience in journalism (Print and Dot com). He brings across vast experience of a News Editor in newstm.in Tamil, Doctor Vikatan.
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SG Prabu
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Possessing over 3 years of experience in leading news websites in Sri Lanka, SG Prabu started his career as a web journalist in digital media in performing\u00a0roles as reviewer, news reporter, translator and content writer. Prabu also has skills in editorial supervising and social media management. He has contributed to over 10 websites as a web developer and administrator as well. With strong social media analytical skills and over 8 years of experience in social media promotional activities, SG Prabu is a creative young journalist who gives high prominence to media ethics and responsible reporting. He joined the Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka team to minimize hoax news and malicious information shared among local as well as expat Tamil communities through social media. SG Prabu is also an independent artist in Sri Lanka with a passion for reading, traveling and music<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Frany Karia
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Possessing 5 years of experience in Print and Electronic media, Review, News\/Content\/Subtitles Writing, Reporting, Editing, Translation, Content Editorial Supervision and Social Media Management with Kathiyawad post news paper, Divyabhaskar news paper, Tv9 gujarati, sandesh news channel and more. He relies on his strong investigative skills, reasoning and creativity to debunk preposterous news articles that could potentially create commotion, unrest or can mislead people. He has joined Fact Crescendo so that he can use all his abilities to debunk fake news that get viral on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dhiraj Vyas
Fact Checker
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Siddhartha has done B.A. in sociology and had a brief career as an animator in Mumbai. He is passionate about issues pertaining to social justice and human rights. He has worked with Alloy Ventures in their research on Vulnerability Assessment of Trafficked Victims and Community. He is well aware of sociological effect of fake news propagated through social media platforms. Hence, he joined Fact Crescendo to help community fight against fake news and misinformation. His hobbies are cooking, gaming and reading.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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