Umesh Upadhyay

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Umesh Upadhyay
Born1960
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Education Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
Employer Reliance Industries Limited
Known forJournalist & Media Executive
TitlePresident & Media Director

Umesh Upadhyay is a veteran Indian television journalist and media executive. He is currently President & Director of Media at Reliance Industries Limited, [1] prior to which he was President of News at Network 18. [2]

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Early life and career

During his over 25 year long career in media and academics, Upadhyay was channel head at Janmat TV; executive producer and output editor for Zee News; executive producer at Home TV; correspondent for Doordarshan; and sub editor at Press Trust of India. He also worked at SAB TV. [3] He started his career as a lecturer at Delhi University, has been a political analyst and commentator with All India Radio (AIR), and is a noted member of the Editors Guild of India.[ citation needed ]

Upadhyay held a senior position in the academic field as director of the Disha Education Society in Raipur. He managed affairs of the Disha Group of Institutions, and was designated as Pro VC of the upcoming[ as of? ] Disha University.[ citation needed ] Upadhyay has been nominated by the Indian government to the Executive Council of the Indian Institute of Mass Communications. [4] Upadhyay was also a member of the jury for the Narad Jayanti Awards in New Delhi. [5]

Upadhyay is an executive board member for the National Institute of Open Schools, an autonomous institution under the Indian government's Ministry of Human Resources Development, and the largest open schooling system in the world. [6] [7] Upadhyay is also a member of the search committee to select a new Vice Chancellor for the Makhan Lal National University of Journalism and Mass Communication of Bhopal. [8]

Education

Upadhyay is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the University of Delhi. He did his Masters and M.Phil at the School of International Studies, JNU, and has served as a member of the Academic Council of Delhi University. He has also trained at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Asian Institute for Broadcasting Development (Kuala Lumpur), BSkyB (London), Thames Studios (UK), and CPC (Delhi). [9]

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Awards and memberships

Upadhyay has been awarded the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for lifetime contributions in the field of Journalism and Media. [16]

Upadhyay is a member of: the Management Committee and Executive Council of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University for Mass Communication and Journalism, Bhopal; [17] the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism, Ahmedabad; [18] the IIMC Society; [19] the Executive Council of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi; [20] and the Executive Board of the National Open School Society of India (NOS). [21]

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