M V Kamath

Madhav Vittal Kamath (7 September 1921 – 9 October 2014) was an Indian journalist and broadcasting executive, and the chairman of Prasar Bharati. He worked as the editor of The Sunday Times for two years from 1967 to 1969, and as Washington correspondent for The Times of India from 1969 to 1978. He also served as editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India.

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• Veteran journalist M V Kamath no more
• List of books
• Interviews
• References

Born in 1921 at Udupi, Kamath completed his Bachelor of Science in Physics and Chemistry in 1941. Having earlier worked as a dye chemist, an analytical chemist and assistant factory manager, Kamath began his career as a journalist with The Free Press Journal in Mumbai in 1946.

In 2009, Mr. Kamath co-authored a book with Kalindi Randeri titled ‘Narendra Modi: The Architect of a Modern State’. When Mr. Modi rose to take centre stage in national politics, a newer version of the book came out as ‘The Man of the Moment: Narendra Modi.’

He was related to Hari Vishnu Kamath, a member of the constituent assembly in 1940s and later member of Lok Sabha from Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh.

Kamath was a member of the Executive Committee of MAHE (Deemed University) and at the same time the Honorary President and Honorary Director of the Manipal Institute of Communication. He was a close friend and follower of Manipal Brahma Shri Thonse Madhava Pai, and was involved with the T.M.A. Pai foundation. He died on 9 October 2014.

At the time of his death, he was the Honorary Director of the Manipal Institute of Communication. He had also authored nearly 50 books on various topics. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan award in 2004.