Rukmini S is an independent data journalist based in Chennai. She works as a columnist with Live mint and IndiaSpend. She worked as a National Data Editor for The Hindu from 2013-2016, becoming the first ever Data Editor in an Indian newsroom. Rukmini won the Likho Awards for Excellence in Media in 2019 for data-driven reporting on changing attitudes to homosexuality and also received an Honourable Mention for the Chameli Devi Jain Awards for an Outstanding Woman Journalist in 2020.