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Date of birth11 March 1954

Age67 Years

BirthplaceNew Delhi, India

ProfessionJournalist

NationalityIndian

Marital statusWidower

SpousePadmavati Dua aka Chinna Dua (died 11 June 2021)

FamilyDaughters: Mallika Dua, Bakul Dua

Vinod Dua (Journalist) Biography

Vinod Dua was a prominent Indian television journalist and broadcaster whose career spanned decades. He was known for pioneering election analysis and hard

Early life and background

Vinod Dua was born on 11 March 1954 in New Delhi, India. He grew up in a family that had moved to India around the time of Partition and spent his childhood in Delhi. He completed his higher education at Hansraj College and the University of Delhi, earning a master's degree in English literature.

From a young age Dua was involved in cultural activities. While at school and college he participated in singing, debates and theatre, and continued writing plays and engaging with children’s theatre groups into the 1980s. He was also a member of a street-theatre collective that staged performances addressing social issues.

Career

Dua’s broadcast career began in the mid-1970s. His first television appearance came in November 1974 on a youth program aired by Doordarshan. In 1975 he anchored youth-oriented shows produced for the Satellite Instructional Telecast Experiment and for the newly commissioned Amritsar television station, remaining on that program until 1980.

In the early 1980s he moved into Sunday family programming and in 1984 co-anchored election analysis on Doordarshan alongside Prannoy Roy, a moment that helped raise his national profile and led to further election-focused work. The following year he anchored a program that allowed ordinary citizens to question ministers directly, a novel format at the time.

Dua joined TV Today, the broadcast arm of the India Today Group, as chief producer in 1987. He founded his own production company, The Communication Group, in 1988 to produce current-affairs programming, budget analysis and documentary films. Over the next decades he hosted and produced programs across multiple Indian channels, including shows on Zee TV, Doordarshan, Sony Entertainment and Sahara TV. Between 1992 and 1996 he produced a weekly current-affairs magazine for Doordarshan, and he also anchored programs on DD3 Media and NDTV India.

His work brought recognition within the industry. In 1996 he became the first journalist from electronic media to receive the BD Goenka Award for excellence in journalism. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2008. In 2016 ITM University, Gwalior conferred on him an honorary D.Litt. In June 2017 he received a lifetime-achievement citation from the Mumbai Press Club in the form of the RedInk Award.

Later work included a 10-minute current-affairs program for The Wire Hindi titled Jan Gan Man Ki Baat, where he presented concise, facts-and-numbers-driven commentary on contemporary issues.

Public profile

Dua was a familiar face on Indian television and in broadcast journalism, known for election analysis programs and for a long-running engagement with current-affairs formats. He also hosted a food-and-travel style feature for NDTV India, which took him across cities and roadways to sample local cuisine.

Personal life

Dua was married to Padmavati Dua, also known as Chinna Dua, who was a medical doctor. The couple had two daughters: Mallika Dua, who is an actress, writer and comedian, and Bakul Dua, a clinical psychologist. Vinod Dua practiced Hinduism and belonged to a Saraiki Hindu background. At the time of his death he was 67 years old.

Death

Vinod Dua died on 4 December 2021 at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. His death was reported as resulting from COVID-19-related complications.

Latest updates

Throughout his career Dua received several honors and continued to contribute to television and online current-affairs programming up to his final years. His awards include the BD Goenka Award (1996), the Padma Shri (2008), an honorary D.Litt. (2016) and the RedInk lifetime-achievement award (2017).

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Jan Gan Man Ki Baat

A 10-minute current affairs program on The Wire Hindi where Dua delivered concise, fact-based commentary.

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Career Highlights

  1. First electronic media journalist to win the BD Goenka Award (1996)
  2. Founder of The Communication Group production company (1988)
  3. Co-anchored Doordarshan election analysis with Prannoy Roy (1984)
  4. Awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India (2008)
  5. Received honorary D.Litt. from ITM University, Gwalior (2016)
  6. Received the Mumbai Press Club RedInk Award for lifetime achievement (2017)
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