Harivansh

HARIVANSH, currently the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, started his career as a journalist. An economist trained at BHU, Varanasi, he is a seasoned journalist who has worked with the premier Hindi magazine Dharmayug and the Hindi weekly Ravivar. He took over as the editor of Prabhat Khabar and successfully steered a nearly defunct newspaper to emerge as the largest circulated Hindi daily in eastern India. An author of several books, Harivansh had worked in Chandra Shekhar’s PMO as his additional information advisor.