Nima Afshar Naderi, co-founder and Chief Editor of Pendar website, started his media activities in the Iranian IT societies and newspapers such as “Bamdad No”, “Norouz” and “Hayat – e no” since 1998.

He is a computer alumnus and an Electronic Journalist based in Iran. He is personally interested in fields in which journalism and technology join together.

Nima was one of the 5 referees of “Weblog of the year” contest in Iran for the past two years. He has also been a member of the advisory board of the Persian version of “le monde diplomatique” and he is currently managing Pendar Cultural and Artistic Institute.