Noted journalist and ex Editor-in-Chief of Times of India, Dilip Padgaonkar passed away on 25th Nov 2016.
He died of a heart attack and multiple organ failure at the age of 72.
Padgaonkar along with Information Commissioner Prof. MM Ansari and Prof. Radha Kumar formed a 3 member interlocutors team.
He was chosen by Union Government in 2010 to conduct dialogues with people of J&K.
Born in Pune in 1944, he was educated at St. Vincent’s High School following graduation from Fergusson College.
He completed a doctorate in humanities from Sorbonne in France.
About Dilip PadgaonkarPadgaonkar joined TOI as a correspondent from Paris and continued to serve different positions in the company till he was appointed as an editor in 1988.
- He worked in UNESCO at Bangkok and Paris from 1978-1986.
- He was a liberal who spoke out against communalism and terrorism.
- He wrote a book entitled “When Bombay Burned” based on the 1992-1993 Mumbai riots.
- He also wrote a book on Roberto Rossellini’s visit to India “Under Her Spell” which was published in 2008.
