Ved Pratap Vaidik

Ved Pratap Vaidik (वेद प्रताप वैदिक; 30 December 1944 – 14 March 2023) was an Indian journalist, political analyst, and freelance columnist. He worked with the Press Trust of India, and was the founder and editor of its Hindi news agency "Bhasha". Before that he was the editor for views for the Navbharat Times of the Times Group. Later he was the chairman of Bhartiya Bhasha Sammelan. He was born in Indore on 30 December 1944, and died in Gurugram, Haryana on 14 March 2023, at age 78.

Published work
Vaidik published several award-winning research publications. His published books include:


 * Soviet-American Rivalry in Afghanistan
 * Hindi Journalism : Various Dimensions
 * Indian Foreign Policy : New Pointers
 * Bhartiya Bhashayen Lao : Kyon Aur Kaise?
 * Hindi ka Sampurna Samachar Patra Kaisa ho?
 * Vartmaan Bharat
 * Afghanistan : Kal, Aaj aur Kal
 * Mahshakti Bharat
 * Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka : India's Options

In English:
 * Meri Jati Hindustani (Diamond Books)
 * swabhasha Lao: Angreji Hatwo (Prabhat Prakashan)
 * Hindi Kaisa Bane vishwabhasha (Vani Prakashan)
 * Modi ki Videshniti (Diamond Books)

Awards
Some of the awards received by Vaidik are:
 * Govind Vallabh Pant award 1976
 * Purushottam Das Tandon award 1988
 * Hindi Academy Delhi award for Journalism 1990
 * Ram Manohar Lohia award Kanpur 1990
 * Ramdhari Singh Dinkar award 1992
 * Lala Lajpat Rai award 1992
 * Vishwa Hindi Sammalan Samman, Surinam 2003
 * Newsmakers Achievers Awards 2022