Speaking · Festivals, conferences, newsrooms

The stories behind the books.

Four investigations into industrial pollution, public health, vaccines and the ownership of Indian healthcare — told through documents, court records and the people who lived them.

The talks

01

290 Tonnes

What a mercury factory in Kodaikanal cost its workers, and what fifteen years of litigation against a multinational actually looks like from the inside. A working session on corporate accountability, liability and how these cases are really fought.

Corporates · Law · ESG

02

Two Centuries of the Needle

India’s vaccination story from the first smallpox campaigns of the 1800s to the pandemic — the institutions built, the resistance met, and what the record says about trust in public health today.

Health · Policy · Academia

03

Who Owns Your Hospital?

A walk through the ownership structures behind Indian hospitals, diagnostics chains, pharmaceutical companies and health insurers — and what changes for patients when the shareholder changes.

Health · Finance · Media

04

How to Report a Corporation

Method, not war stories. Finding the documents, reading a balance sheet, handling sources inside a company, and surviving the legal response. Built for reporting teams and journalism students.

Newsrooms · Journalism schools

Formats & logistics

Formats

Keynote (30–45 min) · Panel · Fireside · Half-day workshop · Newsroom or classroom session

Languages

English and Malayalam.

Based in

Bangalore and Wayanad, Kerala. Travels across India and internationally.

Also available for

Moderating, book-launch conversations, and on-record media interviews.

Where he has spoken

Hyderabad Literary Festival · History Literature Festival

Enquiries

Enquire about a date

Tell us the shape of the event and Ameer will come back to you directly.

Goes straight to Ameer. Usual reply within three working days.

Prefer email? Write to speaking@ameershahul.com