Abhilash Khandekar

Hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Abhilash Khandekar is a veteran, award-winning journalist of the standing of close to 40 years in English, Hindi and Marathi languages. Having worked in his home state as well as in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi in publications such as Free Press Journal, Hindustan Times, DNA, Dainik Bhaskar and Divya Marathi, he knows the nitty-gritty of Indian politics rather well. He worked for several years as the national political editor of the Dainik Bhaskar Group in New Delhi before moving to TV. Khandekar is presently the Roving Editor of the Lokmat Group of Newspapers. Khandekar was unanimously elected the president of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) in 2019 and is the moving force behind the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival as one of its founding members. Khandekar also dabbles in the field of environment, writing extensively on critical issues such as tiger conservation and biodiversity.