Praveen Swami
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Praveen Swami is Diplomatic Editor of The Daily Telegraph, London
, and writes on international strategic and security issues. He was earlier Associate Editor of The Hindu
, for which he reported on the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, the Maoist insurgency in India, and Islamist groups.
and Kashmir
, Punjab
, and security issues for much of the 1990s before becoming Mumbai
bureau chief in 1998. Swami also served as a producer for an independent television network, where he worked on projects related to terrorism in Punjab.
. His work on the Indian Army
's counterterrorist operations won him the Prem Bhatia Memorial Award for Political Journalism in 2003. In 2006, he also won the Indian Express-Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism prize.
Swami was a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace
in Washington, D.C.
in 2004-2005.
He has occasionally contributed to also occasionally writes for the New Delhi-based South Asia Intelligence Review.
. In their detailed critique of Swami, the JITSA claimed that his report on Batla House Encounter Case was wrong and the postmortem report of the slain terrorists released by India's premier medical institute AIIMS, suggested that encounter was staged. However, the Delhi High Court did not support
these contentions. Delhi High court has already rejected demands of human right groups to conduct judicial inquiry of the encounter claiming that it may demoralize security personnel.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, and writes on international strategic and security issues. He was earlier Associate Editor of The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
, for which he reported on the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, the Maoist insurgency in India, and Islamist groups.
Career
He reported on JammuJammu
Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...
and Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
, Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
, and security issues for much of the 1990s before becoming Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
bureau chief in 1998. Swami also served as a producer for an independent television network, where he worked on projects related to terrorism in Punjab.
Awards
He has won several awards for his work. He received the Sanskriti Samman award in 1999 for a series of investigative stories on Indian military and intelligence failures preceding and during the Kargil WarKargil War
The Kargil War ,, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control...
. His work on the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
's counterterrorist operations won him the Prem Bhatia Memorial Award for Political Journalism in 2003. In 2006, he also won the Indian Express-Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism prize.
Swami was a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
in 2004-2005.
He has occasionally contributed to also occasionally writes for the New Delhi-based South Asia Intelligence Review.
Controversy
Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association, a New Delhi based organization of teachers and students criticized Swami for his reporting on the Batla House encounter caseBatla House encounter case
Batla House encounter officially known as Operation Batla House, took place on 19 September 2008, against suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists in Batla House locality in Jamia Nagar, Delhi, in which two suspected terrorist, Atif Amin and Mohamed Sajid, two other suspects Mohd Saif and Zeeshan...
. In their detailed critique of Swami, the JITSA claimed that his report on Batla House Encounter Case was wrong and the postmortem report of the slain terrorists released by India's premier medical institute AIIMS, suggested that encounter was staged. However, the Delhi High Court did not support
Batla House encounter case
Batla House encounter officially known as Operation Batla House, took place on 19 September 2008, against suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists in Batla House locality in Jamia Nagar, Delhi, in which two suspected terrorist, Atif Amin and Mohamed Sajid, two other suspects Mohd Saif and Zeeshan...
these contentions. Delhi High court has already rejected demands of human right groups to conduct judicial inquiry of the encounter claiming that it may demoralize security personnel.
External links
- Biography of Praveen Swami on the University of BradfordUniversity of BradfordThe University of Bradford is a British university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The University received its Royal Charter in 1966, making it the 40th University to be created in Britain, but its origins date back to the early 1800s...
-site - Biography of Praveen Swami on the site of the Telegraph