Yashwant Vyas

Yashwant Vyas is an Indian author, journalist, translator and editor. He is Group editorial adviser with Amar Ujala newspaper group and founder of Antara Infomedia.[1] He headed an Indian multilingual portal group in the 1990s and has worked for three national newspapers. He has also written books and scripts.

Yashwant Vyas
Born1964
Madhya Pradesh
NationalityIndian
EducationDoctorate in Hindi Literature
Occupation
  • Author
  • Journalist
Notable work
"Kavi Ki Manohar Kahaniyan",Chinta Ghar, Comrade Godse, Khwab ke Do Din, Amitabh Ka A , Boskiyana , Apane Gireban Men
HonoursSharad Joshi Samman, Bihari Samman, KKB Journalism Fellowship
Websiteyashwantvyas.com

Career and works

Vyas began work as a journalist while in college. He went on to join the newspaper Naiduniya, and his satirical columns have been published in Hans and Jansatta. He was awarded the KK Birla-HT Fellowship and used it to research ways of changing regional Hindi newspapers. His research was published by Radhakrishna as Apane Gireban Men.[2] He then wrote Kal Ki Taza Khabar, published by Vagdevi.[3]

He joined the Navjyoti Group in Jaipur in 1996. After working with a multilingual news portal company in Delhi for a year, he moved to Dainik Bhaskar Group as an editor. There he oversaw the creation of Aha Zindagi, a Hindi magazine. Its circulation reached 134,000 print copies and over 500,000 readers.[4] Five years later, he became the editorial advisor to the Amar Ujala newspaper group. He is a co-founder of Antara Infomedia, an online and print publisher.

His first novel Chinta Ghar [5] was published by Rajkamal with an introduction by Shrilal Shukla. His second novel, Comrade Godse, discussed media, politics and the "art of riots". Both novels won awards, including one from the K.K. Birla Foundation.[6] The novels were later published together as Khwab Ke Do Din.

He has written a book on management, Hit Updesh: The Book of Razor Management,[7] an analysis of the Amitabh Bachchan brand called Amitabh Ka A,[8] and Boskiyana, a biography of filmmaker Gulzar.[9] A collection of short satirical stories, Kavi Ki Manohar Kahaniyan, was released in January 2021.[10]

References
  1. IRS 2017: Dainik Jagran, Hindustan and Amar Ujala top three Hindi dailies," bestmediainfo.com - India, Saturday 19 January 2018,.
  2. Vyāsa, Yaśavanta, 1964- (1999). Apane girebāna meṃ :b patrakāritā kā badalatā ceharā (1. saṃskaraṇa ed.). Nayī Dillī: Rādhākrasna Prakāśana. ISBN 81-7119-441-9. OCLC 47230085.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. KAL KI TAJA KHABAR by Yasvant Vyas"
  4. "'Aha! Zindagi' attains circulation of 1.34 lakh in a year". afaqs!. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  5. Chintaghar by Yasvant Vyas"
  6. "K.K. Birla Foundation awards presented" www.thehindu.com - India, Sunday 09 October 2016.
  7. Vyas, Yashwant. (2008). Hiṭa upadeśa : da buka ôpha rezara mainejameṇṭa (1st ed.). Jaipur, India: Antara. ISBN 978-81-903713-3-9. OCLC 449202185.
  8. Amitabh Ka A Book by Yashwant Vyas"
  9. "New book peeks into Gulzar's life, philosophies". Hindustan Times. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  10. "After Boskiyana with Gulzar , Yashwant Vyas presents". www.easypresswire.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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