Om Thanvi

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| birth_name = Omprakash Thanvi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1957|08|01}}

| birth_place = Phalodi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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| occupation = Journalist, editor

| language = Hindi

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| genre = Memoir, criticism

| subject = Harappan culture

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| notablework = Muanjodaro
Apne Apne Agyey

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| awards =* Bihari Puraskar, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi award

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| years_active = 1977―Present

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Om Thanvi is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80--OM-THANVI.cspx?id=1935 |title=लेखक ओम थानवी का व्यक्तित्व OM THANVI |publisher=Hindisamay.com |accessdate=26 December 2018}} Thanvi is currently the founding vice-chancellor of Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication.{{Cite web|title=ओम थानवी बने हरिदेव जोशी पत्रकारिता विवि के कुलपति {{!}} No. 1 Indian Media News Portal|url=https://www.bhadas4media.com/haridev-joshi-journalism-university/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.bhadas4media.com|language=en-US}} His works include work Apne Apne Agyey,{{cite web | url=https://www.aajtak.in/literature/review/story/new-book-apne-apne-agyey-edited-by-om-thanvi-vani-prakashnan-297105-2015-05-04 | title=अज्ञेय से जुड़ी यादों के उजास दिखाएगी किताब 'अपने अपने अज्ञेय' | date=4 May 2015 }} and Muanjodaro.{{cite web|url=https://m.aajtak.in/world-of-books/book-review/story/book-review-of-muanjodaro-by-om-thanvi-786421-2014-11-05|title=Muanjodaro written by Om Thanvi|publisher=aajtak.in |date=5 November 2014 |accessdate=30 December 2018}} He is also an advisory board member of Muslim Mirror.{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://muslimmirror.com/eng/about/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Muslim Mirror |language=en-US |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216032355/https://muslimmirror.com/eng/about/ |url-status=live }}