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''.

Early life

Om Thanvi was born in the town of

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

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

district of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. His father was an educationalist and editor of two educational journals. He grew up in

Bikaner Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Formerly the capital of ...

and took his post graduation degree in

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from

Rajasthan University University of Rajasthan is a public and state university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and is one of the oldest universities in the state. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of Rajputana and was given its current name in 1956. ...

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-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 Indian Readership S ...

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

Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

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) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

(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). He is holding additional charge of V-C, MDSU, Ajmer and V-C, Rajasthan State Skills University, Jaipur.

Awards and recognition

* Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi award, awarded by the

Central Institute of Hindi The Central Institute of Hindi ( hi, केंद्रीय हिंदी संस्थान ''Kendrīya Hindī Sansthān'') is an institution that promotes the Hindi language in India. It is run by the Ministry of Human Resource Developme ...

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

K. K. Birla Foundation The K.K. Birla Foundation was established in 1991 by Krishna Kumar Birla in Delhi. Its mission is to promote literature (especially Hindi literature) and the arts, as well as education and social work. It regularly gets mentioned in the media for ...

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