Vijay Dutt Shridhar

Vijay Dutt Shridhar is an Indian journalist, writer and the founder of Madhav Sapre Museum of Newspapers and Research Institute. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.

Biography Vijay Dutt Shridhar was born in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. He is a former director of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication and has served as the editor of Navbharat Times, a national daily in Hindi. He has also been a member of the Press Gallery Committee of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha for around 20 years. It has since been approved by many universities as a research centre for journalism related studies and is funded by the state and central governments. has authored four books, Bhartiya Patrakarita Kosh, a 2 volume chronicle of the history of journalism in the Indian subcontinent from 1780 till 1947, Shabd Satta a historical narrative of 150 years of journalism in Madhya Pradesh, and the third one, Choutha Padav, the history of Bhopal covering 1000 years. The next year, in 2012, the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri.