Dilip D'Souza | |
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 D'Souza with wife Vibha Kamat from 2003 BITS alumni reunion dinner | |
| Born | 1960 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | BITS Pilani, Brown University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and journalist |
Dilip D'Souza (born 1960) is a Mumbai-based writer and journalist. [1] He writes about social and political causes. His columns have appeared in The Sunday Observer, Rediff.com, Outlook, Mid-Day, Hindustan Times, indiatogether.org, The Caravan [2] and other publications.
Dilip D'Souza was born to Neela, a former Indian Administrative Service officer and Maharashtra Chief Secretary and activist J.B. D'Souza. [3] [4] [5] D'Souza did a BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani (1976–81) and an MS in Computer Science from Brown University (1984). [6]
He married French language teacher Vibha Kamat in 1993, and they have two children, son Sahir, born 1999 and daughter Surabhi, born 2004. [7] He studied and worked as a software engineer in United States from 1981 to 1992 when he returned to India to write full-time. [8] He speaks Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, English, French and Spanish.
As an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, he is dedicated to alumni activities and has come over many times to his alma mater. He was there in February 2010 to promote his new book Roadrunner. [9] He is currently on the editorial board of the BITS Alumni magazine Sandpaper. [10] D'Souza also maintains a blog "Death Ends Fun". [11]
D'Souza has won several awards for his writing, including The Daily Beast award for South Asian commentary, the Statesman Rural Reporting Award, the Times of India/Red Cross prize, the Outlook/Picador nonfiction prize (for which he was also, earlier, runner up), the Sanctuary Magazine prize and more. [12]
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