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Editorial board — RTI Wiki
The editorial board oversees RTI Wiki's content standards, fact-checking, and corrections. Advisory members provide expertise on specialised topics (CIC procedure, state RTI rules, Hindi/regional language verification). Membership is honorary; no advisor receives payment from RTI Wiki.
Editorial board
The board is currently composed of:
- Lead Editor — overall content strategy, final fact-check sign-off
- Senior Legal Editor — RTI Act, case-law, judgment analysis
- Tools Editor — AI tools quality, prompt engineering, output safety
- Data Editor — MP/bill datasets, CSV pipelines, source verification
- Hindi/Regional Editor — language quality, translation accuracy
Individual identities are not published due to the sensitive nature of some RTI advocacy work and to protect editors from harassment by parties they have written critically about.
For verification of editorial credentials, journalists, academics and law-firm researchers can email editorial@bighelpers.in with their organisational identification.
Advisory panel
The advisory panel (constituted in 2026) is composed of unpaid honorary members from:
- Practising RTI activists (1989-cohort onwards)
- Retired Information Commissioners (CIC + SIC)
- Senior advocates with RTI litigation experience
- Academic researchers on transparency and governance
Advisors review one article per quarter on a topic in their specialty. Their acceptance to advise does not imply endorsement of every RTI Wiki article.
Conflict-of-interest disclosure
No editorial board member is currently:
- Employed by the Government of India or any state government
- Affiliated with any political party
- Practising as PIO or FAA
- Engaged in commercial RTI filing services
If a board member becomes ineligible, they recuse themselves until eligibility is restored.
Authorship credit on articles
Most articles bear the credit “RTI Wiki Editorial Team” rather than individual names. This reflects the collaborative nature of our publishing process — multiple eyes on every article. Where an article relies substantially on a single named expert (e.g., a guest brief), they are credited at the bottom.
Independence
RTI Wiki has no parent corporate entity. We are not owned by, partnered with, or contracted to any law firm, NGO, government body, or commercial RTI service. Our editorial decisions are not subject to external veto.
Become an advisor
We welcome senior advocates, retired Information Commissioners, RTI scholars, and journalists with sustained RTI work to join our advisory panel. Contact editorial@bighelpers.in.