Deepak Razdan Email & Phone Number

Deepak Razdan (b 1950) is Government of India-accredited Delhi journalist with 50 years of experience of news coverage of national and international affairs at ground level; reported political parties, PMO, Presidency, Parliament; interacting with Government of India officials, Ministries, for the Hindustan Times, New Delhi until 2006; then The Statesman, New Delhi. Accredited to Parliament from 1985. Wrote 12th Five Year Plan’s Mid Term Appraisal on rural development for Planning Commission/Niti Aayog (2015), headed by PM Manmohan Singh and PM Narendra Modi, successively.During my 35 years with Hindustan Times from 1971, I was in its National News Bureau for over two decades, after 14 years of reporting events like 1973 doctors’, 1974 Railway Strikes, Emergency, day-to-day Shah Commission inquiry into Emergency; Indira Gandhi's evidence; interviewed legendary editors Harold Evans, Mochtar Lubis; Presidents attending NAM & CHOGM, ILO Chief Juan Somavia, covered Queen Elizabeth's engagements alone and with Mother Teresa, Pope's visit, Sikh extremism at peak posted in Amritsar & Chandigarh; reported bloodiest Moradabad, Aligarh, Agra, Meerut, ’84 Delhi riots from ground level. Visited burning Sopore and Hazratbal to report from Kashmir, covered Left parties’ Congresses in Kolkata & Chennai; postings in Lucknow, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. As Special Correspondent & Political News Coordinator, did intensive coverage of prestigious constituencies like Rajiv Gandhi's Amethi in 1989 & 1991; Janata Dal birth against Rajiv Government, V P Singh's coalition, 12 General Elections; reforms under Narasimha Rao, Vajpayee, troubled UPA-Left Front relations under Manmohan Singh, Kashmir Round-Tables, travelled Germany thrice, wrote on German unification, interviewed German Economics Minister, Deutsche Bank VP; reported Japan culture, thought from Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima for Hindustan Times. Served The Statesman for 15 years as Editorial Consultant and continue to report Modi Government's initiatves on governance like Digital India, Start-ups, Budgets, Food Security, Covid; travelled with Presidents. Released on Kindle "President Pranab: Power of Speech"Was President of Press Association, Indian journalists' apex body for 2 years; (MA English Literature 1971 Ramjas College, Delh U), journalism diploma Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, journalism scholarship Thomson Foundation, Cardiff, UK, Bachelor of Academic Laws (Annamalai University Correspondence Degree), Certificates in Internet Laws (ILI Delhi), French (Alliance Delhi), a year as journalism faculty at YMCA's IMSIT.

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