Sanjaya Baru
Sanjaya Baru | |
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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 1 September 2017 – 17 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Alwyn Didar Singh |
| Succeeded by | Dilip Chenoy |
| Editor of Business Standard | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| Preceded by | T.N Ninan |
| Succeeded by | Ashok K Bhattacharya |
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| Education | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Sanjaya Baru is a
International Institute of Strategic Studies.[2] He was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's media advisor and chief spokesperson (PMO) from May 2004 until August 2008.[3] He has also served as associate editor at The Economic Times and The Times of India, and then chief editor at Business Standard. Baru writes a column for Civil Society Magazine called Delhi Darbar.[4] His father B. P. R. Vithal was Finance and Planning Secretary during Dr. Manmohan Singh's tenure as Secretary of Finance in the Government of India.[5][6]
The Accidental Prime Minister
In April 2014,
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who wielded significant influence in the running of the Singh administration, including the PMO itself. The book sparked off a controversy, with the office officially denouncing it as "fiction".[7] Baru has said that he set out to show an empathetic portrait of the prime minister.[8]
Works
- The Political Economy of Indian Sugar: State Intervention and Structural Change (1990)
- Strategic consequences of India's economic performance (2006)
- The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
- 1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History by Sanjaya Baru (2016)
- India and the World: Essays on Geoeconomics and Foreign Policy (2016)
- India's Power Elite (2021)
- The Importance Of Shinzo Abe (2023)
In popular culture
Based on Baru's book The Accidental Prime Minister Rudra Production Limited and
Pen Studios released a film of the same name in January 2019 in which he has been portrayed by Akshaye Khanna.[9]
References
- ^ "Sanjaya Baru new secretary general of Ficci". Economic Times. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Penguin India. Retrieved on 14 April 2014.
- ^ Ex-PM Manmohan's media advisor Sanjaya Baru becomes Ficci secretary-general. Business Standard. Retrieved on 28 Dec 2018.
- ^ Baru, Sanjaya. "Delhi Darbar". Civil Society Magazine.
- ^ "sanjaya baru - profile". Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Gupta, Gargi (13 April 2014). "Did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh use Sanjay Baru's book to set record straight?". DNA India. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Anu Anand. "Indian PM Manmohan Singh 'not in charge', new book claims". The Guardian. 11 April 2014.
- ^ Ritu Sarin. "Sanjaya Baru interview: 'I have written only 50% of what I know'". The Indian Express. 12 April 2014.
- ^ "The Accidental Prime Minister Official Trailer Releasing January 11 2019". YouTube. Pen Movies on YouTube. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
External links
- Sanjaya Baru on Twitter
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