About
Abhilash Khandekar
Introduction
Abhilash Khandekar is a veteran journalist of a standing of over 42 years in Print & Electronic media. He wears many hats.
Born in Mumbai, he began his professional career as a sports journalist with Free Press Journal ( FPJ) in early eighties. He later shifted to political journalism and joined the Hindustan Times as its head at Bhopal and then went on to become Editor of Dainik Bhaskar and its State Editorial Head in Madhya Pradesh and in Maharashtra.
Widely traveled in India and abroad, Khandekar has authored two books on politics and history and three on birds, latest being Birds of Bhopal.
He dabbles in environment in a big way and has been nominated by GoMP and GoI on several committees. He co-founded The Nature Volunteers (TNV) at Indore in 1992.
Khandekar was elected unopposed the President of the Indore-based MP Cricket Association in 2019.
He had anchored a popular weekly environment programme on Lok Sabha TV in Hindi by the name Astitva.
Abhilash Khandekar lives in Bhopal and can be contacted at @Abhikhandekar1 and kabhilash59@gmail.com
Event & Program Schedule
ANTARANG - How PM's Decide: Neerja Chowdhury, Ajay Bisaria and Pallavi Govil in conversation with Gargi Rawat
RANGDARSHINI - The Iconic Trees of India: S Natesh in conversation with Abhilash Khandekar (Sponsored by CRF)
VAGARTH - Experimental Poetry, more Art or Heart? Jamshed and Sanjay Jaju in conversation with Asma Rafat
ANTARANG - Is India well defended? Lt Gen P R Shankar and Lt Gen Raj Shukla in conversation with Anil Wadhwa
RANGDARSHINI - Urban Biodiversity and Birds: Abhilash Khandekar, Sanjay Kumar Shukla and Bharati Chaturvedi in conversation with R Sreenivasa Murthy (Sponsored by CRF)
VAGARTH - Bangladesh, a troubled saga: Maj Chandrakant Singh in conversation with Brig Sanjay Agarwal
