Umesh Upadhyay

During his over 25 year long career in media and academics, Upadhyay was channel head at Janmat TV; executive producer and output editor for Zee News; executive producer at Home TV; correspondent for Doordarshan; and sub editor at Press Trust of India. He also worked at SAB TV.{{cite web|title=With changes at Network18, a look at Media execs who've joined Reliance Industries|date=29 May 2014 |url=http://www.medianama.com/2014/05/223-reliance-industries-media-execs/|publisher=MediaNama}} He started his career as a lecturer at Delhi University, has been a political analyst and commentator with All India Radio (AIR), and is a member of the Editors Guild of India.{{cite web | last=Kaur | first=Arshdeep | title=Journalist Umesh Upadhyay falls from building, dies; PM Modi says ‘irreparable loss for world of journalism’ | website=mint | date=1 September 2024 | url=https://www.livemint.com/news/journalist-umesh-upadhyay-falls-from-building-dies-pm-modi-says-irreparable-loss-world-of-journalism-11725209404081.html | access-date=10 December 2024}}

Upadhyay held a senior position in the academic field as director of the Disha Education Society in Raipur. He managed affairs of the Disha Group of Institutions, and was designated as Pro VC of the upcoming{{As of?|date=September 2023}} Disha University.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023|reason=Previous citation made no mention of him}} Upadhyay has been nominated by the Indian government to the Executive Council of the Indian Institute of Mass Communications.{{cite web|title=Nominated by the Government of India to serve the Executive Council I.I.M.C., New Delhi|url=http://iimc.nic.in/content/51_1_executivecoumcil.aspx|publisher=IIMC}} Upadhyay was also a member of the jury for the Narad Jayanti Awards in New Delhi.{{cite web|title=Member of Jury of Narad Jayanti Awards|url=http://m.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-16238505.html|publisher=Jagran}}

Upadhyay was an executive board member for the National Institute of Open Schools, an autonomous institution under the Indian government's Ministry of Human Resources Development, and the largest open schooling system in the world.{{cite web|title=Executive Board Member NIOS|url=http://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/ebnoss.pdf|publisher=NIOS}}{{cite web|title=Executive Board Member NIOS|url=http://www.nios.ac.in/about-us/committees.aspx|publisher=NIOS}} Upadhyay was also a member of the search committee to select a new Vice Chancellor for the Makhan Lal National University of Journalism and Mass Communication of Bhopal.{{cite web|title= Vice Chancellor Search Committee Member for Makhan Lal National University|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/bhopal/news/MP-BPL-HMU-LCL-journalism-university-will-remain-in-office-until-new-vice-chancellor-5788330-NOR.html|publisher=Bhaskar}}

Upadhyay was an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the University of Delhi. He did his Masters and M.Phil at the School of International Studies, JNU, and has served as a member of the Academic Council of Delhi University. He was trained at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Asian Institute for Broadcasting Development (Kuala Lumpur), BSkyB (London), Thames Studios (UK), and CPC (Delhi).{{cite web|title=Executive Team - Network 18|url=http://www.network18online.com/people.html#umeshupadhyay|publisher=Network 18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318201420/http://www.network18online.com/people.html#umeshupadhyay|archivedate=18 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}

• He was also a public speaker and an expert on media issues.{{cite web|title= Only Media Houses With social values and trust Will Have a Future|date=3 May 2018 |url=http://vsktelangana.org/only-media-houses-with-social-values-and-trust-will-have-a-future-dr-umesh-upadhyaya/|publisher=VSK Telangana}}{{cite web|title= People's intervention in the Future of Media

|url=http://samvitkendra.org/events/social-media-platforms-most-effective-tools-to-build-nationalistic-narrative/|publisher=Samvit Kendra}}{{cite web|title= Seminar on 4G Journalism|url=https://www.amarujala.com/chandigarh/campus/umesh-upadhyay-vijay-sahgal-4g-journalism-trend-of-media-punjab-university-reliance-media|publisher=AmarUjala}}

• Upadhyay has given a TED Talk,{{cite web|title= TED Talks Speaker|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/16986|publisher=TED.com}} which can be watched on YouTube.{{cite web|title= TED Talks Speaker|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCR1x1D7xvM|publisher=TED Talks}}
• Upadhyay was a regular commentator on current national/international issues.{{cite web|title= Regular Columnist|date=28 October 2017 |url=https://upadhyay-umesh.blogspot.in/2017/10/|publisher=Blogspot}}

On September 1, 2024, Upadhyay fell two storeys from a residential building in Vasant Kunj as the building was getting renovated, and was pronounced dead at the hospital from his injuries, at the age of 66.[https://yespunjab.com/veteran-journalist-umesh-upadhyay-passes-away/ Veteran journalist Umesh Upadhyay passes away]{{cite web |last1=Kaur |first1=Arshdeep |title=Journalist Umesh Upadhyay falls from building, dies; PM Modi says ‘irreparable loss for world of journalism’ |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/journalist-umesh-upadhyay-falls-from-building-dies-pm-modi-says-irreparable-loss-world-of-journalism-11725209404081.html |website=Mint |access-date=2 September 2024 |date=1 September 2024}}

Upadhyay was awarded the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for lifetime contributions in the field of Journalism and Media.{{cite web|title=Recipient of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award 2017 |url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/hindi/webduniya+hindi-epaper-hinweb/umesh+upadhyay+aur+vijay+manohar+tivari+ko+ganesh+shankar+vidyarthi+samman-newsid-66297785|publisher=DailyHunt}}

Upadhyay was a member of: the Management Committee and Executive Council of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University for Mass Communication

and Journalism, Bhopal;{{cite web|title=Member of the Management Committee and Executive Council MCNUMCJ Bhopal|url=http://progressivemp.in/makhanlal-chaturvedi-patrakarita-vishvavidhyalaya-developed-institute-of-excellence-cm-shivraj-singh-chouhan/|publisher=Progressivemp}} the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism, Ahmedabad;{{cite web|title=Member of the Advisory Council of NIMCJ, Ahmedabad|url=http://nimcj.org/guest-and-visiting.html|publisher=NIMCJ}} the IIMC Society;{{cite web|title=Member of the IIMC Society|url=http://www.iimc.nic.in/content/197_1_IIMCSociety.aspx|publisher=IIMC}} the Executive Council of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi;{{cite web|title=Member of the Executive Council at IIMC|url=http://www.iimc.nic.in/Content/51_1_ExecutiveCouncil.aspx|publisher=IIMC}} and the Executive Board of the National Open School Society of India (NOS).{{cite web|title= Member of the Executive Board of National Open School Society of India|url=http://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/ebnoss.pdf|publisher=NIOS}}

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