Sidharth Mishra

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Sidharth Mishra
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Alma mater Kirori Mal College, RIMC
Occupation(s)Reporter, Journalist, Author & Academic
Organization Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

Sidharth Mishra (born 29 September 1967) is a print media reporter, journalist, author and professor in practice. He served as an associate editor in The Pioneer . He writes columns in dailies including The New Indian Express , The Tribune , News18 website and others.. [1] [2] [3]

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He is the chairperson of the Research and Journalism School of Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies-TC. [4] [5]  

He is a Rimcollian. He edited the different publications of the ROBA. [6] His book tilted ‘Valour & Wisdom’ attempts to establish the praxis that RIMC has shaped the nation’s military leadership. This book carries an archival value in the history of RIMC. [7]

He published 'Capital Phenomenon: A Political History of Delhi, 1998-2009' [8] which tells the political history of Delhi after the independence of India. He edited book titled - 'Delhi Political 1947-2013' which complied the events important in Delhi political history. [2]

Education

He studied in Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun. [7] [9] He joined Kirori Mal College, Delhi University for higher education. After completing his English master's degree at DU, he began working as a journalist in 1992. He had a MA in public administration. [10] [11]

Career

Mishra started his career as a reporter in 1992. Later, he joined The Pioneer as a journalist and got trained under the senior editor Chandan Mitra. [12] [2] [13]

He has been a legislative and parliamentary correspondent since 1996, covering all the general election after that. [3] [2]

He regularly writes columns on political and urban issues in dailies like, The New Indian Express, [14] The Pioneer, The Millennium Post, [15] The News18 [3] and The First Post [16]

Author

His political reporting essay appears in the Oxford University Press book "Making News - A Handbook on Indian Media." He edited a book on colonialism titled Company to Crown, which is an anthology of essays on colonialism.

In 2010, he authored Capital Phenomenon: A Political History of Delhi, 1998-2009, which tells the political landscape of Delhi as a state. [17]

In 2019, he edited a book on the similar theme of Delhi Political scenario titled, 'Delhi Political 1947-2013'. [18]

His chapter on "Women Moving Mountains: a Eulogy for Contemporary Indian Women Activists" gets published in book Gender and Popular Culture, published by Cambridge Scholar Publishing. It is a paper based on "Mishra's more than a quarter-of-a-century-long experience as a newspaper reporter, allowing him to see Indian society evolve from very close quarters. The paper explores the evolution of Indian society especially in relation to the role of women". [18]

As an alumnus of RIMC, he co-edited a book with Retired Air Marshal PP Reddy, tilted 'Valour & Wisdom: 100 Years of Unparalleled Leadership' which has been came out on 14 March 2022. This historical compendium informs readers about actual and exciting aspects of history based on a variety of facts, figures, and numbers that are typically unknown to readers. The book is fittingly authored by 26 Rimcollians and edited by Air Marshal PP Reddy & Mishra. [6] He also use to edit the magazine of RIMC Old Boys Association. [19]

Responsibilities

He has served three terms as chair of the governing bodies of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, [20] [21] Shivaji College, [22] and Maharaja Agrasen College (Delhi University). [23] [24] [25] Also, he has been elected as the member to the Delhi University Court. [26]

He is serving as a chairperson of Research School and Journalism School of VIPS-TC. [5] [18]

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  1. ↑ Ameer, Tania (2013-07-21). "Reliving the joys of boyhood days". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Pioneer, The. "Delhi Political 1947-2019 coincides with political festival". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  3. 1 2 3 "SIDHARTH MISHRA: Exclusive News Stories, Articles, Top Stories by SIDHARTH MISHRA on Current Affairs, Events at News18". News18. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  4. ↑ "VIPS-TC". vipstc.edu.in. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  5. 1 2 "State universities need to follow the UGC guidelines: Pankaj Mittal - EducationTimes.com". www.educationtimes.com. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  6. 1 2 3 "Governor releases 'Valour and Wisdom' - Pioneer Edge | Uttarakhand News in English | Dehradun News Today| News Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand latest news". www.pioneeredge.in. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  7. 1 2 3 PR, ANI (2022-05-24). "Valour and Wisdom, an insight into one of the oldest military education institutions in India set up by British". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  8. 1 2 Mishra, Sidharth (2010). Capital Phenomenon: A Political History of Delhi, 1998-2009. Allied Publishers. ISBN   978-81-8424-573-8.
  9. ↑ Pioneer, The. "A nursery of military leadership". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  10. ↑ "Faculty - Professor Sidharth Mishra - Vivekananda School of Journalism & Mass Communication". 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  11. ↑ Mishra, Sidharth (2014). Processing News: A Career in Journalism (First ed.). New Delhi: National Book Trust. ISBN   9788123773285.
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  13. ↑ Pioneer, The. "Unenviable task of covering Sheila Dikshit". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  14. ↑ "Sidharth Mishra". The New Indian Express. 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
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  16. ↑ "Author | World News, Latest and Breaking News, Top International News Today - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  17. ↑ Mishra, Sidharth (2010). Capital Phenomenon: A Political History of Delhi, 1998-2009. Allied Publishers. ISBN   978-81-8424-573-8.
  18. 1 2 3 Tiwari, Khusha (2019). Gender and Popular Culture: Identity Constructions and Representations (1st ed.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholar Publshing. p. 148. ISBN   978-1-5275-4055-2.
  19. ↑ "About Us". ROBA. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  20. ↑ This is the annual report of the college where this detail is available.
  21. ↑ This is the minute of the meeting when Sidharth Mishra was the chair of the governing body, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College(Delhi University). The date is 25th May, 2012. This link is from the governing body's archival links where meeting minutes have been posted. Because it is an old case, that's why the pdf is here. Although, this pdf is available on the college website.
  22. ↑ This is an old annual report where Sidharth Mishra has been addressed as a former chairman of the governing body.
  23. ↑ This is the Annual Report where on the page no 17 Sidharth Mishra's name has been mentioned as a former chairman of the governing body.
  24. ↑ This document is available on college official website where it can be found.
  25. ↑ As it is an old case. So, finding archival is tough. This is the link form the alumni association of DU, where they have mentioned the same.
  26. ↑ This is available on Delhi University website where in this Minutes of the Meeting every court member names have been mentioned. His name is at 210 [2] Check 301 in the list.
  27. ↑ Kumar, Navatan (April 13, 2019). "Battleground Delhi: An oral history of a political city". The Sunday Guardian.
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