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Canada-India Centre for Excellence at Carleton University<\/strong>
\npresents the
\n2016 Dhahan Lecture<\/strong>
\n“Understanding India in Transition”<\/strong>
\nby
\nMr. Shekhar Gupta<\/strong>
\nOctober 25 @ 5:30PM
\n2nd Floor Conference Room, Residence Commons
\nCarleton University
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Shekhar Gupta is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint, a prolific columnist with the highly influential column National Interest, and\u00a0a senior prime-time anchor at NDTV – India’s leading English news channel.<\/p>\n

Previously, Shekhar was with the Indian Express and the Express Group of publications where he concluded a 19-year stint as Editor-in-Chief and led the country\u2019s largest network of award-winning journalists. He was also an editor with India Today.<\/p>\n

Shekhar hosts \u2018Off the Cuff\u2019 and \u2018Walk the Talk\u2019 on NDTV\u00a0\u2013 which see him in conversation with an eminent guest.\u00a0Past guests have included Indian and global influencers including PM Modi,\u00a0Michael Bloomberg, Kevin Rudd (Australia), Nandan Nilekani (Infosys), Muhammad\u00a0Yunus (Grameen Bank), Travis Kalanick (Uber), Ashton Carter (US), and many others.<\/p>\n

During a 38-year career, Shekhar has reported on key Indian and international events, including the Nellie massacre in Assam, Operation Blue Star, the student uprising in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first Gulf War from Baghdad, the first \u201cjihad\u201d in Afghanistan, and the many twists and turns in the troubled 1983-1993 decade in Sri Lanka\u2019s Tamil North.<\/p>\n

Shekhar\u2019s awards and honours include the 1984 American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) fellowship at Tufts University and The New York Times; the 1985 Inlaks award for young journalist of the year; the GK Reddy Award for journalism (1987); the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration 2006; and the Padma Bhushan in 2009. Under his leadership, the Indian Express won the Vienna-based International Press Institute\u2019s Award for Outstanding Journalism in the Public Interest thrice.<\/p>\n

To register, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
\nRegistration: 5:30 p.m.
\nLecture: 6:00 p.m.
\nReception: 6:45 p.m.
\n2nd Floor Conference Room, Residence Commons,
\nCarleton University<\/p>\n

Parking available in the Parking Garage P18, Campus Avenue.
\nPlease see campus map here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"daevent-type":[18],"event-audience":[30],"event-featured":[],"yoast_head":"\n2016 Dhahan Lecture with Shekhar Gupta - Events - Canada-India Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Canada-India Centre for Excellence at Carleton University presents the 2016 Dhahan Lecture "Understanding India in Transition" by Mr. Shekhar Gupta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/india\/cu-events\/2016-dhahan-lecture-shekhar-gupta\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/india\/cu-events\/2016-dhahan-lecture-shekhar-gupta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/india\/cu-events\/2016-dhahan-lecture-shekhar-gupta\/\",\"name\":\"2016 Dhahan Lecture with Shekhar Gupta - 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