Uday Mahurkar

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Uday Mahurkar
Born
Uday Mahurkar

(1962-09-28) September 28, 1962 (age 62)
NationalityIndian
Education Maharaja Sayajirao University
OccupationWriter
Years active1983 – present

Uday Mahurkar (born 28 September 1962) is an Indian journalist, political analyst and author. He was a deputy editor at the India Today group. [1] In October 2020, he was appointed as the Information Commissioner by the Government of India and served there till 6 November 2023. [2]

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Early life

Mahurkar was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His family moved to Gujarat after independence. He was educated in Baroda, a former Maratha Princely state. He graduated in Indian history and culture [3] 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 wrote the book Marching with a Billion [4] about the model of Narendra Modi's governance as prime minister. [5] The book's foreword was written by the economist Professor Klaus Schwab, the founder and architect of the World Economic Forum.

Books

References

  1. "Uday Mahurkar". Daily O. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
    - "Uday Mahurkar articles". India Today. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. Manoj C G, Shyamlal Yadav (30 October 2020). "Govt set to name CIC, two ICs, despite Opp dissent note". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
    - "Modi-Led Panel Appoints 'BJP Supporter' Journalist as Information Commissioner, Opposition Protests". The Wire. 30 October 2020.
    - "Centre to appoint Yashvardhan Sinha as new Chief Information Commissioner amid Opposition's dissent". Scroll. 30 October 2020.
  3. White Lotus Podcast (6 May 2025). Battle for Bharat: Past, Present & Future | WLP Episode 4 | Ft. Uday Mahurkar . Retrieved 6 May 2025 via YouTube.
  4. White Lotus Podcast (6 May 2025). Battle for Bharat: Past, Present & Future | WLP Episode 4 | Ft. Uday Mahurkar . Retrieved 6 May 2025 via YouTube.
  5. Stanley Coutinho (30 May 2019). "Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi's Government at Midterm". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. "New book on PM Narendra Modi, Marching with a Billion released". The Financial Express. Indo-Asian News Service. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
    - "New book analyses three years of Modi government". Business Standard. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
    - Uday Mahurkar (2017). Marching with a billion : analysing Narendra Modi's government at midterm. Penguin/Viking. ISBN   9780670089208. OCLC   989811564. with foreword by Klaus Schwab
  7. Debashis Basu (14 May 2014). "Centrestage by Uday Mahurkar: Book Review". Moneylife. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
    - Uday Mahurkar (2014). Centrestage : inside the Narendra Modi model of governance. Gurgaon: Random House. ISBN   9788184005141. OCLC   881605199.