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Age	53 Years
Address	96, Kailash Hills, New Delhi 110 065, India
PHONES	(91-11) 2684 0077, 2684 0088
FAX	(91-11) 2684 0099
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Academic Qualification	• Bachelor of Arts with Hindi Literature, English Literature and Economics. 1977. Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. • Master of Arts in English. 1979. Indore University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. • Advanced Diploma in Journalism, Television and Photography. 1983. International Institute for the Training of Journalists, Budapest, Hungary.
Experience in Print Journalism	• Worked with Navbharat Times, Hindi daily published by the Times of India group, for 28 years. Since May 1979 to January 2007. • Covered special assignments for Navbharat Times, Dharmyug and Dinman from United States of America, (then) USSR, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, Singapore, Hungary, Taiwan, Suriname, Netherlands, etc. • Covered major political parties, ministries and the states. i.e. Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janta Party, Janta dal, Samajwadi Party, President of India, Vice President, Prime Minister, Defence, External Affairs, Petroleum, Aviation, Transport, Shipping, Railways, Tourism, etc. • Covered Shri Rajiv Gandhi when he was Prime Minister and widely traveled with him. Also covered him when he was in opposition. • Covered all General Elections and major state elections between 1980—2006. • Covered the proceedings of the parliament for more than two decades. Also entitled to enter the Central Hall of the parliament. • Covered international as well as South Asian politics. • Publication of several hundred articles and news stories. Several scoops to credit.
Experience in Electronic Media	• Presented number of current affairs talks and participated in discussions on All India Radio since 1975. • Presented several programmes and taken interviews for Doordarshan since 1981. Anchored 25-minutes’ current affairs programme ‘Nagar Aur Naagarik’ on Doordarshan from 1983 to 1985. • Presented an interview based programme ‘Nauvee Loksabha : Kuchh Naye Saansad’ featuring several first timers in 9th loksabha on Doordarshan in 1989. • Filed several reports for BBC’s Hindi service from New Delhi and was telephonically interviewed by BBC from London on the topics related to current affairs on several occasions.
Foreign Visits	USA, UK, (Then) USSR, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Moldavia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tazakistan, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Sharjah, Al-Fujeraih, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Etc.
Other	• Member, Central Board of Film Certification. Since February 2010. • Member of the Executive Committee and the Governing Body of Hindi Academy, Government of NCR Delhi. Year 2001—2007. • Member of the Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. • Member of the Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Government of India. • Member of the Organising Committee for World Hindi Conference, (held at New York in July-2007) constituted by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Year 2007.
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