Seventeen of those were spent at New Delhi Television (NDTV) where he was a Resident Editor covering conflict in India’s north-east as well as in the Maoist corridor. Kishalay is the recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award (2006-2007) for his coverage of internally displaced people. He is a Panos Fellow for HIV/AIDS (2007) and an Edward Murrow Fellow in Journalism (2006). His film Santi, Lucy and Thoibi was screened at international festivals in Goa and Barcelona. Kishalay was selected Chair, Internal Security and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (2011). Kishalay is a regular columnist and speaker on conflict and post-conflict situations in India.