Om Thanvi is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic. Thanvi is currently the founding vice-chancellor of Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication. His works include work ''Apne Apne Agyey'', and ''Muanjodaro''. He is also an advisory board member of ''

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''.

Early life

Om Thanvi was born in the town of

Phalodi Phalodi is a city in Phalodi district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the headquarters for Phalodi district. Phalodi is also called the "salt city" due to the salt industry in Rin. Phalodi is in the buffer zone of Thar Desert and ofte ...

Jodhpur Jodhpur () is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2023, the city has a population of 1.83 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and ...

district of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

Career

Thanvi started journalism in his student days in 1977 contributing to weekly ''Marudeep'' daily ''Yugpaksh'' (Bikaner) and weekly ''Ravivar'' (Calcutta). After completing his Masters in Commerce Thanvi started his mainstream journalism in 1978 with ''Itwari'', a weekly paper from the

Rajasthan Patrika ''Rajasthan Patrika'' () is an Indian Hindi- Rajasthani language daily newspaper. It was founded by Karpoor Chandra Kulish in 1956 and published as ''Rajasthan Patrika'' in Delhi and Rajasthan, and as ''Patrika'' in 9 other states. As per Ind ...

in Jaipur, Rajasthan. From 1980 to 1989 he worked in Rajasthan Patrika. After this, he joined the Hindi daily ''

Jansatta Indian Express Limited (IEL) is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including ''The Indian Express'' and ''The Financial Express'' in English, the '' Loksatta'' in Marathi and the ''Jansatta ...

'' of the

Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language India, Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the Indian Express Limited, ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnat ...

Group and was associated with this newspaper for the next twenty-six years (from 1989 to 2015), serving as a journalist, resident editor (Chandigarh edition, 1989―99), and editor (1999―2015). After separating from the ''Jansatta'', Thanvi taught as a visiting professor at

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU; ISO: Javāharalāla Neharū Viśvavidyālaya) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university ...

(JNU) at the Center for Media Studies, School of Social Sciences. He is currently the founding vice-chancellor of Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jaipur (Rajasthan).

Awards and recognition

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi (26 October 1890 – 25 March 1931) was an Indian journalist, a leader of the Indian National Congress and an independence movement activist. He was an important figure in the non-cooperation movement and the freedom mo ...

award, awarded by the

Central Institute of Hindi The Central Institute of Hindi ( ''Kendrīya Hindī Sansthān'') is an institution that promotes the Hindi language in India. It is run by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India. It was established in 1960 by the Mi ...

. * His book ''Muanjodaro'', has received the Bihari Puraskar, awarded by K. K. Birla Foundation.

References

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Om Thanvi
writer introduction, Vani Prakashan. {{DEFAULTSORT:Thanvi, Om 1957 births Living people Writers from Rajasthan People from Jodhpur district Hindi-language writers Indian journalists Indian editors Indian essayists