Balbir Punj is a journalist and columnist from India who has written on events in Hindi-English newspapers and magazines since the early 1990s.[1] He specializes in writing about social,economic,and political issues.
Punj started his career in journalism for the publication Motherland in 1971. He worked for Financial Express from 1974 to 1996. He then worked for The Observer of Business and Politics (a business daily published from Delhi and Mumbai) as an Executive Editor from May 1996 to March 2000. He was also chairman of the IIMC,a Southeast Asian media training organization,for two years until March 2000. Punj also participated in the Delhi Journalists Association,where he served as President for two consecutive terms between 1989 and 1991. In 1993–95,Punj worked as the General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). He was chairman of the National Commission for Youth.[2] He was also a member of the Delhi Finance Commission established by the then Delhi Government in 1996–97. On May 18,2022,Balbir Punj was conferred the Lifelong Devrishi Narad Samman Award.[3]
Punj is a columnist and an active political worker. He was a former member of Rajya Sabha for two terms. He was Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh from 2000 to 2006. In 2008,Balbir Punj was again elected a member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha and retired in 2014. He was the convener of the Intellectual Cell of the BJP for a decade,helping the party chart its ideological course. He was also chairman of the National Commission for Youth (Minister of State status).[13] On 31 March 2013,he was promoted as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[14] Punj has served BJP party as its national secretary,and as in charge of several states,including Gujarat,Punjab,Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. Member of BJP's National Executive from 2000 to 2014. He is a board member (Non-Official) of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala India-Nepal Foundation (BPKF) under Ministry of External Affairs,India since July 2017.[15][16] He is described as a close associate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[17] Punj can be seen on news channels debating issues.
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