Yogesh Mishra

Yogesh Mishra (born 16 July 1962) is an Indian journalist, writer and educationist. Mishra is currently editor-in-chief at newstrack.com and Apna Bharat. and he writes weekly column in many national dailies. He was State (Uttar Pradesh) Head in Outlook Magazine

Early life and education

Yogesh Mishra was born to Prem Chand Mishra and Uma Mishra in Allahabad. His father was a social worker and a former Excise Officer in Uttar Pradesh. He completed his graduation from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and post graduation in Economics from University of Allahabad. He completed his D.Phil in Economics in 1988 from University of Allahabad. Mishra completed Post Graduation in journalism from University of Lucknow in 1993.

Career

Starting his journalistic career in 1991, Yogesh Mishra has worked with Rashtriya Sahara in Lucknow for eight years. He resigned in 1999 and joined Amar Ujala as Senior Reporter in the same year. He joined Dainik Jagaran in the year 2000 as Special Correspondent in New Delhi.

Later, Mishra joined as state (Uttar Pradesh) head in Outlook Magazine in the year 2002 and worked for six years. He was responsible for overseeing new policies in the magazine in the state.

He also worked as state (Uttar Pradesh) head in Nai Dunia and national news channel News Express before joining as group editor in Rashtriya Sahara and Samay UP.

He took InterViews of eminent personalities including Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath, Mulayam Singh Yadav, LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati and Jaya Bachchan.

He, currently, is the owner of Newztrack India Pvt Ltd which was established in 2016. He is the editor-in-chief at online news website newstrack.com and weekly Hindi newspaper Apna Bharat. Both newstrack.com and Apna Bharat falls under the umbrella of Newztrack India Pvt Ltd.    

Yogesh Mishra also is lone journalist member of Fee Review committee of private schools set up by the government of Uttar Pradesh. He is also a member of Bioethics committee of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow.

Awards

Books

  • Samay Se Samvad (समय से संवाद) - Published by Samayik Prakashan, New Delhi in 2015.
  • Samay Ke Alekh (समय के आलेख) - Published by Samayik Prakashan, New Delhi in 2015.
  • Samay Ke Sawal (समय के सवाल) - Published by Samayik Prakashan, New Delhi in 2016.
  • Samay Par (समय पर) – Published by Samayik Prakashan, New Delhi in 2016.
  • Maun Ka Samwad (मौन का संवाद) –Published by Samayik Prakashan, New Delhi in 2016.