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Arun Shourie

Arun Shourie
Shourie in 2009
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
In office
29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byPramod Mahajan
Succeeded byDayanidhi Maran
Minister of Commerce & Industry
In office
9 November 2002 – 29 January 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byMurasoli Maran
Succeeded byArun Jaitley
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
In office
1 September 2001 – 29 January 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byministry created
Succeeded byC. P. Thakur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
5 July 1998 – 4 July 2010
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1941-11-02) 2 November 1941 (age 82)
Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
(now in Punjab, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAnita Shourie
RelationsH. D. Shourie, (father)
Nalini Singh, (sister)
Children1
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BA)
Syracuse University (PhD)
ProfessionJournalist and former World Bank Economist
Politician
AwardsPadma Bhushan (1990)
Ramon Magsaysay Award (1982)
WebsiteArun Shourie Blog

Arun Shourie (born 2 November 1941[1]) is an Indian economist, journalist, author and politician.[2] He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the Indian Express and The Times of India and a Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the Vajpayee Ministry (1998–2004). He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982 and the Padma Bhushan in 1990.[3]

Popularly perceived as one of the main Hindu nationalist intellectuals during the 90s and early 2000s, for instance writing controversial works on Islam and Christianity apart from attacks on left-wing ideologues, he considers himself skeptical of religions, especially the concept of the organised religion.[4][5]

  1. ^ International Press Institute
  2. ^ "Arun Shourie". Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ Vir Sanghvi (19 May 2017), "A few God Men", Business-Insider. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ Utpal Kumar (18 June 2017), "The loneliness of being Arun Shourie", DailyO.in. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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