Veteran Journalist Vinod Dua passed away after a prolonged illness following a COVID-19 infection
He was a pioneer in Hindi journalism and has worked with Doordarshan and NDTV India. Dua started off his journalistic career in 1974 with Doordarshan and went on to anchor election analysis programmes with veteran journalist Prannoy Roy on the channel. He has worked with news website, The Wire as a consulting editor and he has hosted a show titled Jan Gan Man ki Baat.
In 1996, Dua became the first electronic media journalist to be bestowed with the esteemed Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award.
Dua was awarded the Padma Shri for Journalism in 2008 by the Government of India. In 2017, Mumbai Press Club awarded him the RedInk Award for his lifetime achievement in the field of journalism.
