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| Born | August 26, 1957 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Shekhar Gupta (born 26 August 1957) is the editor-in-chief of The Indian Express.[1]. Shekhar’s weekly column called National Interest is one of the most credible and independent voices in the media. It is a touchstone for new ideas in politics, governance, society, business and sports and is the subject of a forthcoming book. He also hosts an interview-based programme Walk the Talk on NDTV 24x7. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for the year 2009 for his contribution to the field of journalism.[2]
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[edit] Career
Shekhar Gupta is the Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, a newspaper at the forefront of investigative and public-affairs journalism. He also heads the 77-year -old Express Group which has 13 influential publications and the nation’s largest network of award-winning journalists whose work has effected change in several areas, including government policy and legislation.
Born on August 26, 1957, Mr Gupta’s 33-year record in journalism is one of uncompromising commitment to independence and credibility. He has to his credit some of the most significant news-breaks in Indian journalism. He joined The Indian Express as a cub reporter at its Chandigarh edition in 1977. Three years later, at just 23, he covered the then raging insurgencies and civil unrest in the north-east region of India. As a reporter, and then an editor, with India Today, Shekhar has always brought to readers in India a ringside view of contemporary history: From Operation Bluestar to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the student uprising in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War from Baghdad, Jerusalem and Kuwait, the first “jihad” in Afghanistan and the many twists and turns in the troubled 1983-1993 decade in Sri Lanka’s Tamil north. Shekhar uncovered LTTE training camps in India, the truth behind the falsely implicated scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)in a spy scandal. And seven years before the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, he travelled across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Germany, the US and the UK, to report extensively on the threat from pan-national fundamentalism, including its links with Osama bin Laden.
A regular guest speaker at prestigious forums including the Asia Society, New York, National Defence College and Defence Services Staff College and the World Economic Forum in Davos and its India summits, Shekhar has authored Assam: A Valley Divided and India Redefines Its Role, published by the Oxford University Press and the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London, where he is a member of the Council. Over the years he has engaged as one of the pre-eminent voices from India on issues ranging from domestic politics and society to security and international affairs.
[edit] Awards
Shekhar is the recipient of several awards and honours, including the 1985 Inlaks award for young journalist of the year, G K Reddy Award for Journalism, the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration. He was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Govt of India in 2009. Under his leadership, The Indian Express has won the Vienna-based International Press Institute’s Award for Outstanding Journalism in the Public Interest thrice- the first time for its coverage of the Gujarat riots of 2002, the second time for uncovering the Bihar flood scam relief scandal in 2005 and the third time for its sustained investigation into the Malegaon and Modasa blasts of 2008 and the alleged role of Hindu extremists and organisations.
- Inlaks Young Journalist of the Year Award, 1985 [3]
- G.K. Reddy Memorial Journalist of the Year Award, 1997[4]
- Padma Bhushan, 2009[5]
- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed award for National Integration, Government of Assam 2008[6][7]
[edit] Bibliography
- Assam: A Valley Divided
- India Redefines Its Role - IISS Adelphi Paper Series 293[8]
[edit] References
- ^ "The Indian Express chosen for the IPI India award". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2004-02-16. http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021603741100.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "Madhavan Nair, Abhinav Bhindra receive Padma awards". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2009-04-15. http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/15/stories/2009041557342200.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Inlaks-Alumni-List.asp?currpage=3&sort=alph&al=S&sb=&yr=&stat=old
- ^ The Hindu (Chennai, India). http://www.hindu.com/revents/01/19970103.htm.
- ^ http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=90
- ^ http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp191008.html
- ^ "Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed awards for Shekhar Gupta, Shabana Azmi". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2008-10-19. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200810192070.htm.
- ^ http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-paper-list/
