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EARLY LIFE

• Arun Shourie was born in Jalandhar, British India, on 2 November 1941.He studied at Modern School, Barakhamba and did his bachelor’s in Economics(H) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.
• He obtained his doctorate in Economics from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University

 EARLY LIFE

• Shortly after receiving PhD in economics from Syracuse University Shourie joined World Bank as an economist in 1967 where he worked for more than 10 years.
• Simultaneously, between 1972–74, he was a consultant to the Indian Planning Commission and it was around this time that he began writing articles as a journalist, criticising economic policy

JOURNALIST

• In 1975, during The Emergency imposed by then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, Shourie began writing for the Indian Express in opposition to what he saw as an attack on civil liberties.
• He became a fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research in 1976. Shourie has been called a “veteran journalist”.
• Shourie was a winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982, in the Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts category as “a concerned citizen employing his pen as an effective adversary of corruption, inequality and injustice.“
• In 2000, he was named as one of the International Press Institute’s World Press Freedom Heroes. He has also been named International Editor of the Year Award and was awarded The Freedom to Publish Award

 POLITICS

• He held the office of the Minister of Disinvestment, Communication and Information Technology in the government of India under Vajpayee’s prime ministership. As Disinvestment Minister, he led the sale of Maruti, VSNL, Hindustan Zinc among others.
• After the defeat of the BJP in 2009 general elections, Shourie asked for introspection and accountability within the party. He deplored factionalism within the party and those who brief journalists to aid their own agenda.

AUTHOR

• Aa political scientist he views that current leaders lack competency and integrity. Arun Shourie has written numerous books.
• His writings have gained him a considerable following. They were initially on a diverse range of subjects related to his journalistic interests, including corruption.
• In 2000, Shourie pledged the entire amount (Rs. 120 million) of discretionary spending available to him under Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS) to setting up of Bio-Sciences & Bioengineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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