Ved Pratap Vaidik

Ved Pratap Vaidik (/ˈvɛdɪk/^[1] VED-ik) (Hindi: वेद प्रताप वैदिक; 30 December 1944 – 14 March 2023) was an Indian journalist, political analyst, and freelance columnist. He worked with the Press Trust of India, and was the founder and editor of its Hindi news agency "Bhasha". Before that he was the editor for views for the Navbharat Times of the Times Group. Later he was the chairman of Bhartiya Bhasha Sammelan.^[2] He was born in Indore on 30 December 1944, and died in Gurugram, Haryana on 14 March 2023, at age 78.^[3]

Ved Pratap Vaidik
Vaidik speaking at a function
Born	(1944-12-30)30 December 1944 Indore, Central India Agency, British Raj
Died	14 March 2023(2023-03-14) (aged 78) Gurugram, Haryana, India
Occupation	Journalist, political analyst
Nationality	Indian
Education	M.A., Ph.D.
Alma mater	Jawaharlal Nehru University
Period	From 1971 till 2023
Genre	Prose
Subject	International politics
Literary movement	Satyagraha for implementation of Hindi
Notable works	Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka : India’s Options Soviet-American Rivalry in Afghanistan Hindi Journalism : Various Dimensions Indian Foreign Policy : New Pointers Bhartiya Bhashayen Lao : Kyon Aur Kaise? Hindi Ka Sampurna Samachar Patra Kaisa Ho? Vartmaan Bharat, Afghanistan : Kal Aaj aur Kal and Mahashakti Bharat.
Notable awards	Ramdhari Singh Dinkar award, Hindi Academy Delhi award, Ram Manohar Lohia award.
Spouse	Dr. Vedwati Vaidik
Children	One son and one daughter
Website
drvaidik.in

Published work

Vaidik published several award-winning research publications. His published books^[4] include:

• Soviet-American Rivalry in Afghanistan ^{[citation needed]}
• Hindi Journalism : Various Dimensions ^{[citation needed]}
• Indian Foreign Policy : New Pointers ^{[citation needed]}
• Bhartiya Bhashayen Lao : Kyon Aur Kaise? ^{[citation needed]}
• Hindi ka Sampurna Samachar Patra Kaisa ho? ^{[citation needed]}
• Vartmaan Bharat ^{[citation needed]}
• Afghanistan : Kal, Aaj aur Kal ^{[citation needed]}
• Mahshakti Bharat ^{[citation needed]}
• Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka : India's Options ^{[citation needed]}

In English:

• Meri Jati Hindustani (Diamond Books)
• swabhasha Lao: Angreji Hatwo (Prabhat Prakashan)
• Hindi Kaisa Bane vishwabhasha (Vani Prakashan)
• Modi ki Videshniti (Diamond Books)

Awards

Some of the awards received by Vaidik are:^[5]

• Govind Vallabh Pant award 1976
• Purushottam Das Tandon award 1988
• Hindi Academy Delhi award for Journalism 1990
• Ram Manohar Lohia award Kanpur 1990
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar award 1992
• Lala Lajpat Rai award 1992
• Vishwa Hindi Sammalan Samman, Surinam 2003
• Newsmakers Achievers Awards 2022^[6]