Geotagging to monitor vultures in MP’s Panna Tiger Reserve
About a month ago, around two dozen vultures in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) were tagged with GPS devices as part of a scientific exercise to monitor vulture movement for understanding…
Articles by Anup Dutta
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Outlook Group Principal Correspondent. July 2017 till May 31, 2018.
Mail Today (India Today Group) Principal Correspondent, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. October 2007- November 2014.
Eenadu Television Senior Correspondent, Bhopal. November 2003 to August 2007.
Hindustan Times Senior Copy Editor, April, 2000 to October, 2003.
National Mail (Dainik Bhaskar Group) Reporter,July, 1994 to March 2000.
Education B. Com in Applied Economics & Statistics, Accounts and Business Management, Barkatullah University, Bhopal (1990-96). Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (2002- 03). Madhya Pradesh Board of Higher Secondary Course (Std. XII – Commerce), H E Vikram Higher Secondary School, BHEL, Bhopal. (1986-88). Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (Std. X), H E Vikram Higher Secondary School, BHEL, Bhopal. (1984-86).
Achievements Attended program on Effective Use of Data in Public Health Journalism organised by Vital Strategies in February 2019. K P Narayan Award, 2014 for reporting on social by Madhavrao Saprey Smriti Samacharpatr Sangrahlay Evam Shodh Sansthan, Bhopal, M.P. Received NIS, Patiala Sports Talent Search Scholarship Award for the year 1986-87, 1987-88. References Rasheed Kidwai, Visiting fellow at Observer Research Foundation, author, Neta Abhineta, Sonia – A Biography, 24 Akbar Road, BALLOT, Ten episodes that have shaped India’s Democracy & former Associate Editor, The Telegraph.
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