Meenakshi Kapoor is an independent researcher based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. She writes on environmental policy, agriculture, land and infrastructure. Her stories have been published in Scroll.in, Wire, Indiapsend, Mongabay, and The Third Pole. As part of the NFI fellowship, Meenakshi published a detailed story on the impacts of airport development in Himachal Pradesh. During reporting she was helped and mentored by Nihar Gokhale.