Veteran journalist and former Group Editor of the Lokmat
Group Dinkar Raikar was today felicitated at Mumbai Press Club on completing 75
years of age, and 46 years in Journalism.
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| Raikar (left) after receiving PRCI souvenir as Press Club Chairman Prakash Akolkar and B N Kumar, PRCI national president, and Sanjay Rammoorthy, General Secretary, PRCI -Mumbai Capter, look on |
Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) also presented
him a souvenir.
For Raikar, a well wisher of PRCI, It is a milestone
well-achieved. The important thing is Raikar has no intention of slowing down
or hanging up his boots. He is firmly in the saddle and continues to gallop as
an active and leading journalist.
For those who have worked with him and have a story to
tell, please be there to share it with all of us.
Raikar was an employee with the Indian Express Group with
the technical services department before he entered journalism. In 1970, he was
promoted and offered an editorial post in the Indian Express, which he grabbed;
and there was no looking back since. He was not parachuted into senior
positions, but made his way up steadily from the ranks working as a reporter
and finally becoming the City Editor of the Indian Express. In 1993, he was
elevated as the Deputy Editor of 'Loksatta' - the largest selling Marathi daily
in those years; and he became the front face of the newspaper till he retired
in 2002.
Raikar took a
break only for a few months before he was made Editor of Lokmat, then a Hindi
and Marathi daily largely circulated in Vidharbha region of Maharashtra. From
2002, under Raikar's leadership, Lokmat expanded not only to a multi-city
newspaper all over Maharashtra, but also grew as an English title with multiple
editions in all major cities of the state.
He says he has no
intention of retiring from journalism in the near future, and is all set to hit
his half century in the profession in the coming years and months.
