Watch Shekhar Gupta Talk About his Life as a Leading Journalist
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Meet Shekhar Gupta – A Journalist, Leader, Motivational Speaker and an Icon – All Weaved Into One.
About Shekhar Gupta
Shekhar Gupta is an Indian journalist who is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Print. He is also a columnist for the Business Standard and pens a weekly column which appears every Saturday. Prior to this, he was the Vice Chairman of the India Today Group. Until June 2014, he served 19 years as editor-in-chief of the Indian Express. Gupta writes a weekly column called “National Interest” for India Today magazine. His “National Interest” columns for the Indian Express were collected in his 2014 book Anticipating India. He also hosts an interview-based television show Walk the Talk on NDTV 24×7. He is one of India’s leading journalist and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2009 by the UPA government for his contribution to journalism.