is currently the editor of Meghalaya's oldest English language daily, The Shillong Times. She also write a weekly column for the The Statesman and fortnightly columns for The Telegraph and The Assam Tribune. Patricia Mukhim is Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) and the National Foundation for Communal Ministry. She is also the Vice President of the Delhi-based Indo-Global Social Service Society. She has been a teacher and gender activist before taking up journalism as a full time occupation. Mukhim has received several awards for her writing and was conferred the Padmashri in the year 2000.

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