Journalist and writer S R Madhu was on December 10 presented with a “Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his distinguished journalism” by the TAG group and Ramu Endowments.
At a well-attended meeting at TAG Centre, R K Raghavan,. former director of the CBI, presented the award to Madhu, in the form of a framed citation.
R T Chari, managing director of the TAG group and managing trustee of Ramu Endowments, said Madhu had helped the TAG group to organize more than 350 lectures and cultural events for the South India Heritage Programme (SIHP)_over a period of 18 years (2002 -2020).
Madhu, 82, has been a journalist for more than 60 years, Beginning his career with the Economic Weekly (later known as Economic and Political Weekly or EPW) in 1963, he served the Times of India in
Bombay, the American consulate in Bombay and Delhi and the United Nations in India and Africa.
Madhu has published nearly a thousand articles in newspapers, magazines and specialist journals, and brought out many reports and booklets for the UN.
Speaking on the occasion, Madhu highlighted some events in his professional career, including coverage of the visit of US President Jimmy Carter to India in 1978 for SPAN magazine.
At the meeting, Madhu made a 70-minute presentation on the songs from Dev Anand’s films as a tribute to the famous actor on the occasion of this 100 th anniversary.
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