Sharmishta Sarkar

Sharmishta Sarkar is TechRadar's Managing Editor for the APAC region, overseeing operations in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore while also managing Digital Camera World's APAC edition. Her unconventional career began studying primates in India's wilderness, where she developed self-taught photography skills that transitioned into tech journalism. Sarkar combines rigorous technical analysis with cultural insights, notably demonstrated in her 28-day air fryer study that established industry benchmarks and camera reviews testing gear in Australia's harsh outback conditions. She creates 'beginner frustration indexes' for camera interfaces and emphasizes firmware update histories in product evaluations. Awarded for methodology blending lab testing with real-world usage observation, Sarkar has expanded her impact through free smartphone photography workshops in regional Australia.