ALOK MEHTA ( Born on 7 September 1952 in Dharakhedi – a village near Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh ), Padma Shri , Editor – Writer, T.V. Broadcaster, Political Commentator. Former President and Secretary General of Editors Guild of India . Wide Experience of 52 years in Print and audio Visual Media . Have done Interview programs “ Encounter “ T.V. Interview program for Zee News for and ‘ Dil Se For Janmat T.V.of Adhikari Brothers , ‘ Kal Aaj Aur Kal for India News & Kalam Gawah Hai ‘for ‘Rajya Sabha TV ,’ Editors Choice ‘ Doordarshan . Regular appeared as Expert Political and Social Commentator in Prominent Hindi T.V. News Channels AAJ TAK ,ABP News , TV-18 ,Times Now ,News X , Republican TV , India News , CNBC Awaz , Zee News . Associated with T.V. Programs and Documentaries Production House as Editorial Advisor . Writing Regular Column “ PRASANGSHAH “ since 1988 for Prominent Hindi Publications focusing on Political , Social , Economic and Foreign Affairs . He always raised issues of weaker society , Minorities and Tribal for education , Health facilities and social welfare .
Worked as Editor Hindi Service of Voice of Germany at Cologne from 1979 t0 1982 . Worked as Coordinating Editor cum correspondent for Voice of America based at Delhi for Radio and Hindi Website for 10 Years .
Edited number of Publications : Chief Editor of Hindi Outlook , Editor Nav Bharat Times , Hindustan , Nai Dunia , Dainik Bhaskar , National Duniya , Governance Now Hindi ,Consulting Editor Career 360 , Editorial Director ITV Network – India News & Daily Aaj Samaj , Columnist Sunday Guardian . In 2002 he launched Hindi Outlook Saptahik ( With 90 percent original content ). In 2008 He launched Nai Dunia Hindi and Sunday Nai Dunia magazine in Delhi and Sunday editions from 7 states . His pre-eminent positions in the print media also include Editor (Delhi ), Chief of News service and chief of Bureau, Navbharat Times, Delhi (1991-93), Resident Editor, Navbharat Times, Patna (1988-91), Special Correspondent, Dinman and Navbharat Times, Editor, Hindi Service Voice of Germany, at Cologne (1979-82). In the beginning of his journalistic career he also held positions as correspondent to Saptahik Hindustan, Delhi (1976-79), political and Parliamentary Correspondent, Hindustan Samachar (1971-75), Sub-Editor cum Reporter, Nai Dunia (1969-70).
He was known for his exposer of Fodder Scam in 1990 which finally Lalu Yadav sent to jail , vitriolic write ups in Nav Bharat Times on con man Chandra Swami, the then President Jail Singh and V.P. Singh, exposing them to the hilt. The front page story in NBT, as to how the President’s house during Gyani Jail Singh tenure, had become a den of terrorists is still included in list of rare stories on the block. As for Chnadra Swami, the conman, Alok Mehta stood his ground despite legal threats as well as dire consequence for his life, namely, would be run over by a truck. As Executive Editor of Hindusatan Mr. Mehta broke the Diary of Govindacharya in which he called Atal Bihari Vajpayee MUKHOTA . . In Hindi Outlook he carried investigative stories on Taj Expressway and other Scandals. Speaking of Alok Mehta being the president of the Editor’s Guild of India (for the first time in 50 years a Hindi editor was bestowed upon by this rare prestige) reminds one of his scintillating journalistic careers.
He served the Editors Guild of India as President for 2 years and Secretary General for 4 years This speaks a volume about his credibility among editors of India. Besides, he has been a member of National Integration Council (Govt. of India ) Press Council of India, Trusty of Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, National Library Advisory Board, Jury Member ENBA News Channels Awards of Exchanger for Media and Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust, Kusumanjali Foundation.
Mr Mehta had opportunities to meet and interact with Prime Ministers Mrs Indira Gandhi , Rajiv Gandhi , Chandrahekhar , Narsingh Rao , Inder Kumar Gujral , H.D. Devegoda , Atal Bihari Vajpayee , Dr. Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi and President Gyani Zail Singh, R. Venkatraman , Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma , Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam , Mrs. Pratibha Patil , Pranav Mukharjee and to Shri Ramnath Kovind , Vice Presidents from Shri Gopal Swarup Pathak , Shri Krishnakant , Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat , Hamid Ansari , Venkaiah Naidu , Shri Jagdeep Dhankar and U.S. President Barak Obama ,
The leaders whom he interviewed prominent Indian & Foreign leaders and personalilities , includes Mrs. Indira Gandhi , Rajiv Gandhi , Mr. R. Venkat Raman , Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma , Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ,Chandra Shekhar , I.K. Gujaral , Narsingh Rao , Atal Bihari Vajpayee , Dr. Manmohan Singh , Mrs. Pratibha Patil , Sweden Prime Minister Mr.Olof Palme ,Germany Chancellor Mr. Helmut Kohl , Chechoslovakia President Mr. Vatslav Havel , R . S. S. Chief Professor Rajendra Singh & Shri K. S. Sudarshan , Shri Shri Ravi Shankar , Mrs Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni ( Grand Daughter of Mahatma Gaandhi ) , Gandhian Industrialist Rahul Bajaj , Chief Justice of India R.C. Lahoti , Nobel Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthy , Famous Painter Syed Haidar Raza , Renowned Film Director Shyam Benegal , Muzaffar Ali , Lyric writer Jawed Akhtar , Singer Shubha Mudgal and many more artists etc. .
His laurels include Padam Shri , D.Lit. by Vikram University – Ujjain , Bahrtendu Harishchandra Award by Government of India ,Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthy Award of Kendriya Hindi Sanstahn of Govt. of India , Patrakarita Bhushan Award of U.P. Government ,Patrakar Sahityakar Samman of Hindi Akademi Delhi , Haldighati Samman , Sharad Joshi Samman of M.P. Government for literary and Journalism work , Delhi National Harmony Awards for Journalism in , National Tulsi Award .
He was trained by Voice of America at Chiang Mai (Thailand) in February,2000, in Video Journalism and received special appreciation Award ..
His corpus of creative 27 books includes Power Press and Politics ( Published by Bloomsbury ) Indian Journalism Keep it Clean ( Published by Rupa Publications ), Social Reforms in India & Naman Narmada – Obeisance to Narmada ( Both Books includes Foreword of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ),Kalam Ke Senapati , Bharat Me Patrakarita , Patrakarita Ki Lakshman Rekha , Safar Suhana Duniya Ka , Nami Chehre Yadgar Mulakaten ( Interviews of Prominent personalies of India and other countries) ,Bharat Ke Rashtrapati ( From Rajendra Prasad to Pratibha Patil ),Bird did not Sing Yet Again ( Chidia Fir Nahi Chahaki -Collections of Short Stories ) , Angaron Par Him Ka Dhairya , Tab Aur Ab , Rhine Ke Kinare (German life and culture), Smritiyan hi Smirityan ,Safar Suhana Dunia Ka (Travelogues of 38 countries), , Rao ke Bad Kaun (Who after Rao), Astha Ka Angan , Sinhasan Ka Nyaya , Satta Ke Nagade , Charitra aur Chehare ( Collections of Columns – Articles on Socio Political Economic International Cultural issues ) , Aadhunik Bharat Parmpara aur Bhavishya , Afghanistan Ke Badalte Chehre , Narmada Shankar ( Translated Biography of 19th Century Gujarati Writer for Sahitya Akademi ) .
He traveled several times with Indian Prime Ministers and Presidents during his career . His travel abroad includes U.S.A. , China , Russia , United Kingdom , France , Italy , Switzerland , Sweden , Austria , Japan , South Korea , Australia ,Brazil , Cuba , Argentina , Iran , Egypt , Ghana , Tanzania , Burkina Faso , Greece , Chech Republic , Poland ,Indonesia , Singapore , Thailand , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Bhutan etc.
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