Resume:
Vijaykumar Patil
Mobile: +91 9448850140.
Email:
[email protected]
NAME: Vijaykumar Patil
Parents: Smt. Amrit & Sri Vishwanath Patil.
DATE OF BIRTH: August 16, 1960 Secunderabad
EDUCATION: B.E. (E&C)
PROFESSION: Freelance Translator/Journalist: Translation/transcription/transliteration/audio-video transcription, proof reading and editing in English-Hindi pair.
IMMEDIATE PREVIOUS POSITION: Voluntarily retired as Special Correspondent of
THE HINDU
EXPERIENCE: Served as Part-time Correspondent for
Press Trust of India, Indian Express, The Times of India; Bidar and Kalaburgi.
Notable achievements:
Interviewed R. Venkataraman, Former President of India for THE HINDU; June 29, 1999.
Invitee Member
All India Fact Finding Committee on Gujarat Violence, 2002
Invitee Delegate
UNESCO sponsored ‘Conference on Alternative Schooling’
Organiser: Multi-world India, Goa, September 14-18, 2003
Invitee Panelist
National Level Indian Classical Music Competitions-2002
Swar Sadhana Samithi, Mumbai [Reputed Centre for Indian Classical Music]
Classical Music Review Writers Conference, Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy, Bangalore, June 13-14, 2005
Report (1997) on ‘Implications of creation of new districts on Zilla
Panchayats’ resulted in Amendment to Karnataka PR Act.
Reports on kerosene distribution under PDS led to introduction of coupon system.
Recognition:
Karnataka State Government’s rewarded for investigative stories on “Anti-Veerappan (Forest brigand) Operations”
LANGUAGE: Speak, Read & Write: Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, English, Urdu; Communicate in Gujarati, Telugu.
INTERESTS:
Reading and Writing Hindi Poetry/Urdu poetry/ghazals, Hindustani Classical/Light Music, Travelling, Playing musical instruments and Cooking.
MARITAL STATUS: Married – Spouse Madhumati Patil, M.Phil (Commerce); CHILDREN: One daughter – married; one son who is a commercial pilot trained in USA. E.o.m.