Uday Mahurkar

Uday Mahurkar
Born	Uday Mahurkar (1962-09-28) September 28, 1962 (age 62) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Maharaja Sayajirao University
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1983 – present

Uday Mahurkar (born 28 September 1962) is an Indian journalist, political analyst and author. He was a deputy editor at the India Today group.^[1] In October 2020, he was appointed as the Information Commissioner by the Government of India and served there till 6 November 2023.^[2]

Early life

Mahurkar was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His family moved to Gujarat after independence. He was educated in Baroda, a former Maratha Princely state. He graduated in Indian history and culture and archaeology from Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1983 and joined The Indian Express in the same year as a sub-editor at Ahmedabad.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Mahurkar wrote the book Marching with a Billion about the model of Narendra Modi's governance as prime minister.^[3] The book's foreword was written by the economist Professor Klaus Schwab, the founder and architect of the World Economic Forum.

Books

• Marching with a Billion published by Penguin Random House India^[4]
• Centrestage published by Random House India^[5]
• Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition (2021) published by Rupa Publications India ISBN 9789355200488

References

1. "Uday Mahurkar". Daily O. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
   - "Uday Mahurkar articles". India Today. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
2. Manoj C G, Shyamlal Yadav (30 October 2020). "Govt set to name CIC, two ICs, despite Opp dissent note". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
   - "Modi-Led Panel Appoints 'BJP Supporter' Journalist as Information Commissioner, Opposition Protests". The Wire. 30 October 2020.
   - "Centre to appoint Yashvardhan Sinha as new Chief Information Commissioner amid Opposition's dissent". Scroll. 30 October 2020.
3. Stanley Coutinho (30 May 2019). "Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi's Government at Midterm". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
4. "New book on PM Narendra Modi, Marching with a Billion released". The Financial Express. Indo-Asian News Service. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
   - "New book analyses three years of Modi government". Business Standard. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
   - Uday Mahurkar (2017). Marching with a billion : analysing Narendra Modi's government at midterm. Penguin/Viking. ISBN 9780670089208. OCLC 989811564. with foreword by Klaus Schwab
5. Debashis Basu (14 May 2014). "Centrestage by Uday Mahurkar: Book Review". Moneylife. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
   - Uday Mahurkar (2014). Centrestage : inside the Narendra Modi model of governance. Gurgaon: Random House. ISBN 9788184005141. OCLC 881605199.

External links

• Twitter account
• Facebook
• Nidhi Kumar (27 July 2017). "Uday Mahurkar in conversation with DD National Anchor Nidhi Kumar". Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via YouTube.
• "Uday Mahurkar". Business Today Blogs. Retrieved 19 August 2018.