Uday Mahurkar Explained

Uday Mahurkar
Birth Name:	Uday Mahurkar
Birth Date:	28 September 1962
Birth Place:	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.

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

External links

• Twitter account
• Facebook
• Web site: Nidhi Kumar. Uday Mahurkar in conversation with DD National Anchor Nidhi Kumar. 27 July 2017. 19 August 2018. YouTube.
• Web site: Uday Mahurkar . Business Today Blogs . 19 August 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uday Mahurkar. Daily O. 19 August 2018.
   - Web site: Uday Mahurkar articles . India Today . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819151534/https://www.indiatoday.in/topic/Uday-Mahurkar . 19 August 2018 . 15 April 2023.
2. Web site: Govt set to name CIC, two ICs, despite Opp dissent note . Manoj C G, Shyamlal Yadav . The Indian Express . 30 October 2020 . 15 April 2023.
   - Web site: Modi-Led Panel Appoints 'BJP Supporter' Journalist as Information Commissioner, Opposition Protests. The Wire . 30 October 2020.
   - Web site: Centre to appoint Yashvardhan Sinha as new Chief Information Commissioner amid Opposition's dissent . Scroll . 30 October 2020.
3. Web site: Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi's Government at Midterm. Free Press Journal . Stanley Coutinho . 30 May 2019 . 15 April 2023.
4. News: New book on PM Narendra Modi, Marching with a Billion released. 14 July 2017. The Financial Express . Indo-Asian News Service . 19 August 2018.
   - Web site: New book analyses three years of Modi government . Business Standard . 15 June 2017 . 19 August 2018.
   - Book: Marching with a billion : analysing Narendra Modi's government at midterm . Uday Mahurkar . 9780670089208. Penguin/Viking . 2017 . 989811564. with foreword by Klaus Schwab
5. Web site: Centrestage by Uday Mahurkar: Book Review . Debashis Basu . 14 May 2014 . Moneylife . 15 April 2023.
   - Book: Centrestage : inside the Narendra Modi model of governance. Uday Mahurkar . 9788184005141 . Random House . Gurgaon. 881605199. 2014.