Vishweshwar Bhat is a journalist in

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, India and a well known writer in

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

. He was the editor of ''

Vijaya Karnataka ''Vijaya Karnataka'' is a Kannada newspaper published from a number of cities in Karnataka. The newspaper is published from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Kalaburagi, Gangavathi, Belagavi, Davanagere, Hassan, Chitradurga. It wa ...

'' and

Kannada Prabha ''Kannada Prabha'' is a morning daily jointly owned by Jupiter Capital a company founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of parliament and ''The New Indian Express'' Group, is a major Kannada newspaper in Karna ...

newspapers and the television channel

Suvarna News Asianet Suvarna News is a Kannada news channel owned by Asianet News Network, a news media subsidiary of Jupiter Capital Private Limited. The majority shareholder of the company is Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is a Rajya Sabha member from the Bha ...

. He started a media house in Karnataka by name Vishwakshara Media Pvt. Ltd. as Managing Director with well known Jewellery business man Sri KP Nanjundi as Chairman of the group. He is the Editor in Chief of the proposed Kannada daily Vishwavani which was relaunched on 15 January 2016 all over

, prior to which it was being published and circulated only in

Hubballi Hubli, officially known as Hubballi, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. The twin cities Hubli–Dharwad form the second largest city in the state by area and population and the largest city in North Karnataka. Hubli is in Dharwad distr ...

, headed by renowned Kannada writer Patil Puttappa. Viswavani completed its 3rd anniversary on January 16, 2020. Vishweshwar Bhat is a recipient

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Hemmeya Kannadiga Awards to felicitate achievers in respective fields. He was also the recipient of Rajyotsava Awards conferred by Government of Karnataka for his achievements as journalist in the year 2005. Hails from Murur,

Kumta Kumta is a town and taluk in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is one of the important stations along the Konkan Railway line running between Mumbai and Mangalore. Geography The city of Kumta is located on the Arabia ...

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district of Karnataka A postgraduate in Geology and a goldmedalist(4) in MA journalism, he had a brief stint working as an Assistant professor at

Asian College of Journalism The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) is a journalism school in Chennai, India, which offers postgraduate diploma courses in journalism. History Asian College of Journalism, Chennai was founded in Bangalore as the Asian School of Journalism, Ba ...

and also officer on special duty to Late

Ananth Kumar Hegannahalli Narayana Shastry Ananth Kumar (22 July 1959 – 12 November 2018) was an Indian politician affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Min ...

, Minister of Tourism and culture in Vajpayee government. In early 2011, Bhat became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper

, where he had previously served for four years as sub-editor. Bhat had resigned from VK at the end of 2010, stating he intended to pursue higher studies, and had started a blog. He has written 68 books in Kannada. Bhat is generally known to have political inclination towards Hindu nationalism, which has been seen in his articles, tweets and Books. He maintains close association with the organisation RSS and the political party BJP. Vishweshwar bhat also leads a team that runs sessions in Clubhouse under a group named ‘Vishwavani club’ mainly focusing on topics related to hindutva ideology. In August 2012 Bhat was allegedly one of the journalists who was being targeted by terror suspects for harbouring anti- Islamic sentiments.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhat, Vishweshwar Indian newspaper editors Kannada-language journalists Living people Journalists from Karnataka Indian male journalists 1966 births Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2005