Urmilesh

Urmilesh Yadav
Alma mater	Jawaharlal Nehru University Allahabad University
Occupations	Journalist Author Writer
Notable work	Christiania Meri Jaan, Kashmir - Virasat aur Siyasat (2006), Jharkhand Jadui Zameen Ka Andhera, Bihar ka Sach, Rahul Sankrityayan Srijan Aur Sangharsh, Jhelam Kinare Dahakate Chinar.

Urmilesh is an Indian journalist and author. He was the executive director of Rajya Sabha TV^[1] from 2010 to 2012, and has worked in various Hindi publications like Hindustan and Navbharat Times, among others. He also anchored Media Manthan^[2] on Rajya Sabha TV, a media-watch programme about the week's news and its coverage in the media.

He is currently (as of July 2020) the 'Reader's Editor' at NewsClick.^[3]

Urmilesh completed his M.A. from Allahabad University and received his MPhil from JNU in 1981.^[4]

He has written Hindi books like Christiania Meri Jaan, Kashmir - Virasat aur Siyasat (2006),^[5][6]Jharkhand Jadui Zameen Ka Andhera, Bihar ka Sach,^[7]Rahul Sankrityayan Srijan Aur Sangharsh, Jhelam Kinare Dahakate Chinar.^[8]

References

1. Sen, Jahnavi. "Indian Journalists Respond to 'Sensationalist' Charge from Pakistan Media Authority - The Wire". thewire.in. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
2. Rajya Sabha TV (24 February 2013), Media Manthan - Media Trial ka Sach, retrieved 10 October 2016
3. "About us". NewsClick. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
4. "JNU still a red bastion, but SFI no more the leader - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
5. उर्मिलेश (1 January 2006). कश्मीर: विरासत और सियासत (in Hindi). अनामिका पब्लिशर्स एंड डिस्ट्रीब्यूटर्स. ISBN 9788179751459.
6. "Chorus for Kashmir". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
7. Annals of the National Association of Geographers, India. The Association. 1 January 2001.
8. Urmilesh (1 January 2003). Jhelam Kinare Dahakate Chinar (in Hindi). Anamika Publishers & Distributors (P) Limited. ISBN 9788179750674.