Dilip Awasthi

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Dilip Awasthi Uttar Pradesh, India He was just 20 when he started his apprenticeship with THE PIONEER in September 1978. THE PIONEER absorbed him on the staff in May 1979; much before his apprenticeship was over, acknowledging his abilities to handle anything and everything thoroughly and professionally. This is his 28th year in journalism. He has had the opportunity to work with some of the top editors of the country like Aroon Purie, Girilal Jain, Inder Malhotra, Suman Dubey, T.N. Ninan, Inderjit Badhwar, SN Ghosh to name a few. He has had the opportunity of covering electoral constituencies and campaigns of some of the top politicians of the country like Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, VP Singh, Chandrashekhar, Atal Behari Vajpai, Narayan Datt Tiwari, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kanshi Ram, Mayawati, Kalyan Singh and so many others. He is probably one of very few journalists in India who have worked in all forms of media – newspapers, magazines, internet and television. He is also one of the paltry few who are bilingual and have worked in English and Hindi language publications. He has authored two books – “The Special Correspondent”, a handbook for journalists in English and “Kyunki Dil Hai Hindustani”, a collection of satires in Hindi. Currently he is News Editor with THE TIMES OF INDIA, Lucknow. Till October, 2004, he was Associate Editor with DAINIK JAGRAN, the most highly circulated regional newspaper in the country with 24 editions in eight states. Probably he is one of the few bi-lingual journalists who have had the privilege of working for the best media organizations of the country. For almost 22 years he has worked for English publications. He joined INDIA TODAY in June 1986 as a Correspondent. The magazine awarded him promotions and other incentives from time to time in consideration of his hard work and dedication to the profession. He worked for India Today magazine for nearly 11 years as its Special Correspondent and Uttar Pradesh bureau chief. After leaving India Today in July 1997, he took up a job with THE PIONEER, the newspaper that brought me into journalism, as its Deputy Resident Editor in Lucknow. As the Deputy Resident Editor of The Pioneer, he was involved in planning and execution of news coverage in one of the premier dailies of Lucknow. His assignment with Zee News as Assistant Resident Editor and with Dainik Jagran as Associate Editor only broadened his horizon. Till June 2000 he was working as the Assistant Resident Editor for ZEE NEWS for two years handling co-ordination of operations for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa. He chose to leave television for launching his own project – a comprehensive portal on Uttar Pradesh in a joint sector. The portal www.upportal.com became a huge bundle of information and data on Uttar Pradesh having a total of around 20,000 pages. He is an expert on U.P. affairs on the panels of DOORDARSHAN, NDTV and Aaj Tak. He has had the experience of anchoring 20 episodes of a political capsule called the ‘Shatranj ke khilari’ telecast nationwide on the ENADU TV. Currently he is anchoring one of the popular live shows of Lucknow Doordarshan - "Aawaam Ki Aawaz" which goes on air each Friday. For more information on Dilip Awasthi log on to: http://www.dilipawasthi.com