Jagjit Singh Dardi (born 19 January 1949) is an Indian journalist and an educationist from

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the

Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ...

daily newspaper ''Chardikala'', a newspaper that was started in 1977. In 1970 Dardi started a fortnightly Charhdikala Marg, whose Founder Editor was his father G Harnam Singh. This fortnightly paper was converted into a daily newspaper in 1977. He is the Chairman of the Punjabi news channel Chardilkala Time TV. He is also the Chairman of Sri Guru Harkrishan Group of Institutes, a chain of higher education institutes. He was awarded

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

in the year 2022 for his services in national integration, communal harmony, contributions in the field of media, education and promotion of Punjabi language, culture and heritage.In 2022, Department of Public Relations Chandigarh administration announced Dardi as a Chairperson of the Chandigarh Press Accreditation Committee. Punjabi Media house Nirpakh Post and published a biography of Dardi.

Awards and recognitions

*In the year 2022, Govt of India conferred the

award, the third highest award in the Padma series of awards, on Jagjit Singh Dardi for his distinguished service in the field of trade and industry. The award is in recognition of his service as a "Veteran Punjabi Media Leader and Educationist, Chairman of Chardikala group". Other recognitions conferred on Jagjit Singh Dardi include: *Shiromani Patarkar Award by President of India in 1998 *Shiromani Sahitkar Award by Govt. of Punjab in 1992 *Honoured by World Punjabi Conferences in 1997 in the US and in Canada in 1989 *Member of Press/ Media Advisory Committees of Lok Sabha in 1997-98 and Rajya Sabha in 2014 *Member of the executive committee of The Newspaper Society (INS) since 1988 *Member of Press Council of India since 2001 *Member of Prime Ministers' media delegation since 1993

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dardi, Jagjit Singh Journalists from Punjab, India Indian television journalists 1949 births Living people People from Punjab, India Recipients of the Padma Shri in trade and industry