Uday Mahurkar

Uday Mahurkar (born 28 September 1962) is an Indian journalist, political analyst and author. He was a deputy editor at the India Today group.^[1] In October 2020, he was appointed as the Information Commissioner by the Government of India and served there till 6 November 2023.^[2]

Uday Mahurkar
Born	Uday Mahurkar (1962-09-28) September 28, 1962 (age 62) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Maharaja Sayajirao University
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1983 – present

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^[3] and archaeology from Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1983 and joined The Indian Express in the same year as a sub-editor at Ahmedabad.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Mahurkar wrote the book Marching with a Billion^[4] about the model of Narendra Modi's governance as prime minister.^[5] The book's foreword was written by the economist Professor Klaus Schwab, the founder and architect of the World Economic Forum.

Books

• Marching with a Billion published by Penguin Random House India^[6]
• Centrestage published by Random House India^[7]
• Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition (2021) published by Rupa Publications India ISBN 9789355200488