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Dr. Arun Shourie
A member of India’s Parliament, Dr. Arun Shourie is the former Minister
of Disinvestment, Communications and Information Technology. For
his pioneering work in these fields, Dr. Shourie was acclaimed as a “Star
of Asia” by Business Week in 2002.
He has published 19 books on such varied topics as constitutional
law; modern Indian history; religious fundamentalism; and public
life in India. His latest book deals with national security.
Dr. Shourie has received over a score of international
and national awards. He was executive editor and later editor of The Indian
Express, and is widely regarded as the initiator of investigative journalism
in India. The International Press Institute, Vienna, acclaimed him as one
of 50 “World
Press Freedom Heroes” whose work has sustained freedom of the press
in the last half-century. In 2002, he was acclaimed as “The Business
Leader of the Year” by The Economic Times jury for his pioneering and
dogged work on privatization.
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