Ananth Palakidnar is a former Deputy Editor of the Sunday Observer, and a former Senior News Editor at Ceylon Today. During his career he received several international scholarships, including the NORAD scholarship in Norway, the European Visitor's Program to Belgium, and the Fojo Scholarship to Sweden. Palakidnar has contributed to the BBC Tamil Service and Sydney Broadcasting Service (SBS), and has contributed locally to ITN, Nethra, and Dish Asia Net Work (DAN) television.
