Uday Mahurkar

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Uday Mahurkar
Born
Uday Mahurkar

28 September 1962
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationWriter
Years active1983 – present

Uday Mahurkar (born 28 September 1962) is an Indian journalist, political analyst and author. He is a deputy editor at the India Today group.[1][2] In October 2020, he has been appointed as the Information Commissioner by the Government of India. [3] [4] [5]

Early life[]

Mahurkar was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His family moved to Gujarat after independence. He had his education in Baroda, a former Maratha Princely state. He graduated in Indian history Culture and Archaeology from Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1983 and joined The Indian Express in the same year as a sub-editor at Ahmedabad.[citation needed]

In 2017, Mahurkar authored the book Marching with a Billion about the model of Narendra Modi's governance as Prime Minister.[6] The book's foreword is written by economist Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and architect of the World Economic Forum.

Books[]

  1. Marching with a Billion Published by Penguin Random House India [7][8][9]
  2. Centrestage Published by Random House India[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Uday Mahurkar". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Uday Mahurkar News, Videos, Photos and Magazine Stories". IndiaToday. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Govt set to name CIC, two ICs, despite Opp dissent note". 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Modi-Led Panel Appoints 'BJP Supporter' Journalist as Information Commissioner, Opposition Protests". The Wire.
  5. ^ Scroll Staff. "Centre to appoint Yashvardhan Sinha as new Chief Information Commissioner amid Opposition's dissent". Scroll.in.
  6. ^ "Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi's Government at Midterm". Free Press Journal. Free Press Journal. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ^ "New book on PM Narendra Modi, Marching with a Billion released". The Financial Express. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. ^ "New book analyses three years of Modi government". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. ^ Schwab, Uday Mahurkar ; foreword by Klaus. Marching with a billion : analysing Narendra Modi's government at midterm. Gurgaon, Haryana, India. ISBN 9780670089208. OCLC 989811564.
  10. ^ "Centrestage by Uday Mahurkar: Book Review". Moneylife. 14 May 2014.
  11. ^ Uday, Mahurkar (2014). Centrestage : inside the Narendra Modi model of governance. Gurgaon. ISBN 9788184005141. OCLC 881605199.

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