User talk:Mukesh Kaushik

 Mukesh Kaushik (born February 7, 1965) is a Defence Correspondent translator and short story writer from India. He has worked as Special Correspondent with UNI, a news wire agency. He appears at TV news Channels as defence expert, writes for major dailies and periodicals. His first story book Suno India has recently been published by Inkhorn Publication.

Contents [hide] 1	Personal life 1.1	Background 2	Career 3	Bibliography 4	Films and media 5	Awards 6	See also 7	References 8	External links Personal life[edit source] Background[edit source] Mukesh Kaushik was born on Feb 7, 1965 in the village of Bhojpur, Bijnor, UP, India. He did his schooling in the Village and graduation from Vardhman College, Bijnor, UP. He graduated in Science and obtained his Master’s degree in Hindi Literature, from Himachal Pradesh University. He completed his Diploma in journalism from the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication with bronze medal.

He joined Panchjanya, the RSS weekly after completing his formal education in journalism, where he worked as Assistant Editor, with Tarun Vijay being his Editor.

He shifted to UNI, one of the two premier news agencies of the country. He was assigned Defence beat in UNI. He covered the defence forces for the agency for almost two decades.

During the early nineties, He covered Kashmir Militancy touring the Valley at time when the insurgency was at its peak. He also covered the earthquake devastated areas of Gujarat, travelling from one corner of the state to another. MEDIA EXPERIENCE :

•	Covering Defence, BJP, MEA •	Also covered Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) •	Accompanied Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his trip to Iran to attend NAM and Saint Petersburg for G-20 Summit. •	Covered East Asia summit with PM •	Covered G-20 Summit with PM Narendra Modi •	Accompanied PM Modi during his visit to China, Mongolia, South Korea and Fiji. •	Accompanied Defence & External Ministers during foreign visits to Russia, China •	Extensively covered Kashmir militancy in the early 90’s •	Covered Gujarat quake •	Interviewed several political personalities including L.K. Advani, Prakash Karat, Arjun Singh, Janardan Dwivedi etc.

PUBLISHED WORK :

•	Translated P.V. Narsimha Rao’s autobiographical novel “The Insider” into Hindi – “Antargatha” •	Translated Arun Shourie’s “The Governance: The Sclerosis that has Set In” into Hindi – “Ajab Shasan Tantra” •	Translated Hare Krishna Mahtab’s biography – Publication Division •	Translated “Shaktipunj Bharatwasi” by Shri Y.K. Sunder Rajan •	Translated “India’s New Economic Policy: ‘New Perspectives’” by Shri C. Ranga Ranjan (Former RBI Governor)

SPECIAL NOTE:

•	Accredited Journalist (P.I.B.) •	Press Gallery Pass Holder of Rajya Sabha (Entitled for permanent pass) •	Listed amongst Defence Achievers (2007-08) by India Defence