Uday Mahurkar

Uday Mahurkar (born 28 September 1962) is an Indian journalist, political analyst and author. He is a deputy editor at the India Today group.[1][2] In October 2020, he has been appointed as the Information Commissioner by the Government of India. [3] [4] [5]

Uday Mahurkar
Born
Uday Mahurkar

28 September 1962
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationWriter
Years active1983 – present

Early life

Mahurkar was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His family moved to Gujarat after independence. He had his education in Baroda, a former Maratha Princely state. He graduated in Indian history Culture and Archaeology from Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1983 and joined The Indian Express in the same year as a sub-editor at Ahmedabad.

In 2017, Mahurkar authored the book Marching with a Billion about the model of Narendra Modi's governance as Prime Minister.[6] The book's foreword is written by economist Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and architect of the World Economic Forum.

Books
  1. Marching with a Billion Published by Penguin Random House India [7][8][9]
  2. Centrestage Published by Random House India[10][11]

References
  1. "Uday Mahurkar". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. "Uday Mahurkar News, Videos, Photos and Magazine Stories". IndiaToday. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. "Govt set to name CIC, two ICs, despite Opp dissent note". 30 October 2020.
  4. "Modi-Led Panel Appoints 'BJP Supporter' Journalist as Information Commissioner, Opposition Protests". The Wire.
  5. Scroll Staff. "Centre to appoint Yashvardhan Sinha as new Chief Information Commissioner amid Opposition's dissent". Scroll.in.
  6. "Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi's Government at Midterm". Free Press Journal. Free Press Journal. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. "New book on PM Narendra Modi, Marching with a Billion released". The Financial Express. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. "New book analyses three years of Modi government". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. Schwab, Uday Mahurkar ; foreword by Klaus. Marching with a billion : analysing Narendra Modi's government at midterm. Gurgaon, Haryana, India. ISBN 9780670089208. OCLC 989811564.
  10. "Centrestage by Uday Mahurkar: Book Review". Moneylife. 14 May 2014.
  11. Uday, Mahurkar (2014). Centrestage : inside the Narendra Modi model of governance. Gurgaon. ISBN 9788184005141. OCLC 881605199.
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