Alok Mehta

Alok Mehta
Occupation Journalist and Writer
Nationality Indian
Genre Books, journalistic articles and reviews
Notable works "Patrakarita ki Laxman rekha"

Alok Mehta (आलोक मेहता) is a pioneer of Indian Hindi journalism. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2009.[1]

Information

He is editor-in-chief of Governance Now. He has been a President of the Editors Guild of India.[2] His 40 years in journalism career make a wide range of experience. He has worked in many prestigious media house like, The Times of India group, Hindustan Times group and Outlook group. He also worked in Deutsche Welle' in Germany. He wrote several books in Hindi and English and traveled about forty countries.

Bibliography

His is known for the popular book Bharat Me Patrakarita published by National Book Trust India which gives an overview of Indian journalism.

References

  1. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  2. Publisher : Rupa & CO.,7/16 Ansari Road ,Datyaganj, New Delhi 110002, Published in 2007, ISBN NO. 978-81-291-12101
  3. Publisher :Indraprastha Prakashan, K-71, Krishna Nagar,Delhi 110051, Published in 2002, ISBN NO. 81-7150048 X

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