Pune: Dilip Padgaonkar, 72-year-old former consulting editor of the Times of India died in a hospital in Pune this morning. He had been unwell for some time.
He was admitted to a hospital on November 18 following a heart attack. Later, he suffered multiple organ failure and was on dialysis after his kidneys stopped functioning.
Born in Pune and educated at St Vincent High School and Fergusson College in Pune, he went to France and studied for a doctorate at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.
The senior journalist was part of a team of interlocutors selected by the central government to talk to all sections of people in Jammu and Kashmir, in an effort to bring about peace in the state which has seen civil unrest in the past few years.
Condoling the death of the veteran journalist, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, 'Mr Dileep Padgaonkar was a leading public thinker whose contribution to journalism will always be remembered. Pained by his demise. RIP.'
He was admitted to a hospital on November 18 following a heart attack. Later, he suffered multiple organ failure and was on dialysis after his kidneys stopped functioning.
Born in Pune and educated at St Vincent High School and Fergusson College in Pune, he went to France and studied for a doctorate at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.
The senior journalist was part of a team of interlocutors selected by the central government to talk to all sections of people in Jammu and Kashmir, in an effort to bring about peace in the state which has seen civil unrest in the past few years.
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Condoling the death of the veteran journalist, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, 'Mr Dileep Padgaonkar was a leading public thinker whose contribution to journalism will always be remembered. Pained by his demise. RIP.'
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