Jay Vasavada is

Gujarati language Gujarati ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Western Rājasthāni, Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 Languages with ...

writer, orator and columnist from India. Born in Bhavnagar and brought up in

Gondal, Gujarat Gondal is a city of about 115,000 residents and a municipality of about 175,000 in the Rajkot district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Gondal Village was one of the eight first-class princely states of Kathiawar Agency, Bombay Presidency in Br ...

, he writes columns in various publications since 1996. He has published several books compiling his columns.

Early life

Jay Vasavada was born on 6 October 1973 in

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city and the headquarters of Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Gohil. It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a princely state before it was merged into the Dominion ...

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, India. His father Lalit Vasavada was a lecturer of Gujarati language, and his mother Jayshree Vasavada was a matron at Adhyapan Mandir,

Junagadh Junagadh () is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. It i ...

. His mother left job after his birth and become full-time housewife and his teacher. He completed his primary education studying at home. He completed his secondary education from Vidhya Mandir School, Gondal. He joined Swaminarayan Gurukul for higher secondary education in science. He failed in 12th grade board examinations. He later enrolled in commerce education. He passed higher secondary and graduated with specialization in management.

Career

He served as a lecturer of marketing for three years in Commerce College affiliated with

Saurashtra University Saurashtra University is a conventional state university located in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. This university was established by ''The Saurashtra University Act'' of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in the year 1965. History Saurashtra Universi ...

. He later served as principal-in-charge. He frequently lectures at Academic Staff College, Saurashtra University. His writing career started with articles published in newspaper in

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the ...

. He later joined ''

Gujarat Samachar The ''Gujarat Samachar'' is the leading Gujarati-language daily newspaper published in India. Its headquarters are in Ahmedabad with a branch in Surat. It is distributed from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bh ...

'' as columnist in 1996 which publishes his two weekly columns, ''Anavrutta'' and ''Spectrometre''. He writes column ''Rangat Sangat'' in Gujarati weekly ''Abhiyaan'' since 2008. He previously wrote daily column in Mumbai edition of ''

Mid-day ''Mid-Day'' (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper. Editions in various languages including Gujarati and English have been published out of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune so far. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore ...

''. He wrote for ''Anokhee'', ''Aarpaar'' and ''Gujarat'' monthlies. He delivers lectures across Gujarat on different subjects. He hosted Gujarati celebrity talk show ''Samvaad'' on ETV Gujarati for 225 episodes. He served as writer and anchor of cultural TV series ''Aaswaad'' on

DD Girnar DD-Girnar previously known as DD-10 GUJARATI is the Gujarati language channel of India's national broadcaster, Doordarshan. It is broadcast out of studios at Doordarshan Kendra (Center) in Ahmedabad in Gujarat State. History Doordarshan Kendr ...

. He frequently delivers speeches on

All India Radio All India Radio (AIR), also known as Akashvani (), is India's state-owned public broadcasting, public radio broadcaster. Founded in 1936, it operates under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broa ...

. He had scripted and presented weekend radio show ''Cinema Sizzlers'' on BIG FM 92.7 Rajkot. He performed a cameo in Gujarati film ''

Bey Yaar ''Bey Yaar'' () is a 2014 Indian Gujarati language, Gujarati-language coming-of-age story, coming-of-age film directed by Abhishek Jain. The film is about friendship and focuses on two childhood friends. The film stars Manoj Joshi (actor), Manoj ...

'' (2014). He was honored with a special award by a World Talent Organization in the World Amazing Talent Category for his dedicated work towards Gujarati Literature.

Works

He published several books compiling his columns in collections; ''Yuvahava'', ''Mahiti Ane Manoranjan'', ''Sahitya Ane Cinema'', ''Aah Hindustan Oh Hindustan'', ''Spectrometre'' (2001), ''Life@Kite'', ''Anavrutta'' (2008), ''Science Samandar'', ''Knowledge Nagariya'', ''G.K. Jungle'', ''JSK - Jai Shri Krishna'', ''Preet Kiye Sukh Hoy'' (2010), ''Jai Ho'' (2012), ''Vacation Station'' (2015), ''Mummy Pappa'' (2016).

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External links

Official blog
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