Shiv Aroor
Born (1980-09-25) 25 September 1980 (age 43)
NationalityIndian
EducationBA (Hon) English, MA International Journalism
Alma materCardiff University, St. Stephen's College, Delhi
OrganizationIndia Today

Shiv Aroor is an Indian journalist and writer. He is an editor and anchor at India Today. He is also a defence correspondent, having done conflict reporting from defence zones such as Kashmir, Sri Lanka and Libya.[1][2][3][4][5] He also runs a defence website called livefistdefence.com which he founded in 2007, which was a winner in the 2012 and 2013 DefenceIQ Blogging Awards in the category Regional Defence blog.[6][7] He is a post-graduate in international journalism from Cardiff University and a graduate from St Stephen's College, Delhi.[6][8] He wrote the fictional book, Operation Jinnah, in 2017.[6] In 2018 he co-authored India's Most Fearless and then the sequel in 2019. The first part sold over 40,000 copies.[9]

India's Most Fearless 3, co-authored with Rahul Singh was released in August 2022. This book was launched by the three service chiefs- Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Admiral R Hari Kumar and General Manoj Pande at an event in New Delhi on 17 January 2023.[10][11] One of the chapters from the book about the Galwan battle of 2020 has been acquired to be made into a film by Apoorva Lakhia.[12]

He is the great-grandson of popular Kannada poet and scholar, Sri Panje Mangesh Rao.[13]

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References

  1. ^ "Shiv Aroor - Hyderabad Literary Festival 2019". Hyderabad Literary Festival 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Shiv Aroor - Penguin India". Penguin India. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Shiv Aroor". India Today. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. ^ Malhotra, Shivya (8 June 2017). "Shiv Aroor, the man and his real loves". Newsd. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Shiv Aroor | Jaipur Literature Festival". Jaipur Literature Festival. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Khan, Saif Ahmad (3 April 2017). "Shiv Aroor to scale up own website after relinquishing full-time role at India Today - Exchange4media". Exchange4Media. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. ^ Tanner, Samantha (20 June 2012). "And the winner is… Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2012 results announced". Defence IQ. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. ^ "CV of Shiv Aroor". shivaroor.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Book sequel to give exclusive account of Balakot airstrikes, surgical strikes". The Economic Times. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  10. ^ "'India's Most Fearless 3' launched by the three service chiefs". Times of India. 18 January 2023.
  11. ^ "India's Most Fearless 3: Service chiefs recall biggest challenges faced in career". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Galwan battle 2020 to be made into a film as Apoorva Lakhia acquires rights to a chapter from India's Most Fearless 3". India Today. 25 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Panje Mangesh Rao". Kavishala.in.
  14. ^ "India's Most Fearless 3". Penguin India. August 2022.


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