Uday Mahurkar


Uday Mahurkar is an Indian journalist, political analyst and author. He was a deputy editor at the India Today group. In October 2020, he was appointed as the Information Commissioner by the Government of India and served there until 6 November, 2023.
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Early life

Mahurkar was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His family moved to Gujarat after independence. He was educated in Baroda, a former Maratha Princely state. He graduated in Indian history and culture and archaeology from Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1983 and joined The Indian Express in the same year as a sub-editor at Ahmedabad.
In 2017, Mahurkar wrote the book Marching with a Billion about the model of Narendra Modi's governance as prime minister. The book's foreword was written by the economist Professor Klaus Schwab, the founder and architect of the World Economic Forum.

Books