Deepak Tiwari

Deepak Tiwari is an Indian reporter, Principal Correspondent of The Week magazine. He lives in Bhopal, where he covers the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. However, he has also covered news stories by visiting countries like United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand outside India. Inside India, he has written news-stories from Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra.

His story on abuse of dalit women in Panchayati Raj fetched him prestigious Sarojini Naidu Prize 2002 for best reporting on Women in Panchayati Raj. The award carries a cash prize of Rs Two Lakh and is given every year to development journalists.

His story on missing tribal girls from central India got him United Nation Development Program (UNDP) award. He is also a recipient of Makhanlal Chaturvedi Puruskar, Jagat Pathak Patrakarita Puruskar, Prashant Samman.

He was born on December 30, 1971 in village Dhana of Sagar district. His schooling was done at St Joseph Convent School and Central School, Sagar. He did his journalism degree with gold medal from Dr HS Gour University, Sagar and his journalistic career in 1993 from All India Radio.

He also worked for Press Trust of India (PTI) New Delhi, MP Chronicle and Free Press news papers in Bhopal.

With The Week magazine he has written number of stories expressing concern over the plight of women and weaker section of society.

His stories have been earthy with a human touch. A feature film Devaki was made in 2004 based on one his story on women being auctioned in tribal society.

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