Pradeep Sardana honored with Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Patrakaar Bhushan Samman

Renowned senior journalist, columnist, poet, film critic, and TV panelist Pradeep Sardana was honored with the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya "Patrakaar Bhushan Samman." This honor was given to Mr. Sardana for his distinguished and notable work in the field of journalism. The award was presented by senior journalist and President of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ram Bahadur Rai, President of Mewar University, Vinod Kumar Gadiya, and Director Alka Agarwal.

On this occasion, Padma Bhushan Ram Bahadur Rai said, "Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was a distinguished figure of cultural nationalism. He contributed significantly to the freedom movement, as well as to various fields such as education, social service, and journalism."

Meanwhile, Patrakaar Bhushan Pradeep Sardana, along with highlighting Pandit Malaviya's many extraordinary achievements, also shared five fundamental mantras of an ideal and excellent journalist. Mr. Sardana said, "The most important principle of journalism is that whatever is written or spoken must be completely accurate. Therefore, authenticity in news is a paramount requirement. Also, every good journalist must work with diligence, impartiality, honesty, and fearlessness. Only then will the journalists and their media organization gain credibility. Mahamana also gave utmost importance to the Mundaka Upanishad's "Satyameva Jayate" (truth alone triumphs), popularizing it so much that the Government of India adopted it as the national motto."

The Mewar Group of Institutions, Vasundhara, annually honors a journalist with the ‘Patrakaar Bhushan’, a literary figure with the ‘Sahityakaar Bhushan’, and four journalists with the ‘Patrakaar Gaurav’ award on the occasion of Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya's birth anniversary. This is the 21st year of this event. This year, Pradeep Sardana has been awarded with the Patrakaar Bhushan, while renowned literary figure Prof. Anil Rai has been awarded with the 'Sahityakar Bhushan' award, and senior journalists Alok Dwivedi, Ashutosh Gupta, Dr. Mahkar Singh, and Ashok Kaushik have been honored with the 'Patrakaar Gaurav' award.

It is noteworthy that Pradeep Sardana recently completed 50 years in writing and journalism. He is the youngest editor in the country and the pioneer of journalism on television in the country. Active in all three mediums of journalism: print, digital, and electronic, Pradeep Sardana holds the record for being live on major national news channels for 52 hours in four days.