[3] Kavita Devi was born in the remote village of Kunjan Purwa,[5] near Banda, Uttar Pradesh, to a family of Dalit farmers.
[6] Devi states that she started working with a small newsletter Mahila Dakiya, which was run by the center in her village and marked the beginning of her journalistic career.
[13] It was described by Business Standard, as having become the backbone of the people in the impoverished rural regions of Bundelkhand and Awadh, in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
[14] Over time, Devi has served in a number of positions in the organisation such as the editor of the Banda edition,[15] the head of digital operations,[16] and initially as a solo field journalist.
[6][17] In the same year, she appeared as a speaker at a TED conference which resulted in widespread attention on her story,[18] and was described by the host and actor Shah Rukh Khan as an inspiration.