Abhigyan Prakash

Abhigyan Prakash
Born
Varanasi

Abhigyan Prakash is Senior Executive Editor of ABP News.[1] and columnist. He is also an Op-ed columnist for the Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran.[2][3] Prakash was on the prize jury of the November 2013 Press Council of India "National Awards for Excellence in Journalism" given to deserving journalists.[4][5] In New Delhi World Book Fair 2014, Prakash launched the book Development and Communication Morphosis authored by Gaurav Sharma.[6]

Career

Prakash has been a reporter since 1994. He began his career with newspapers like Times of India and The Pioneer.

From 1996, Prakash provided live election analysis for state and parliamentary elections. With his contributions to Election Point and Vote Ki Jung, he has been used as a news contributor to explain the outcomes of Indian Elections.

From 1997, he became an anchor for Star News, hosting shows in English.

In 2003, he helped break the Telgi scam which launched NDTV India and won the President’s medal.

On NEWSPOINT and MUKABALA, he reported on issues such as inflation, energy, healthcare, and farmers’ distress.

Prakash is also an opinion columnist for publications like Dainik Bhaskar, Outlook, Dainik Jagran and The Pioneer.

References

  1. ↑ "NDTV India profile". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "A Hero's Journey". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "CBI and Government". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "17 journalists bag Press Council Of India award". Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "India Today wins national award for story on Indian Muslims". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "2014 another title to be released" (PDF). National Book Trust.
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