About Vijay Darda.

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About Vijay J. Darda.
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• Vijay J. Darda (born 14 May 1950) is a politician
  from Indian National Congress party, and a Member
  of the Parliament of India representing
  Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha since 1998, having
  been elected for three consecutive terms into the
  upper house of the Indian Parliament.
• He is the chairman of the Lokmat Media Group.

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• Lokmat (literally 'People's Opinion') is a
  Marathi language newspaper published in
  Maharashtra state. Founded in 1971 by Jawaharlal
  Darda, it is the largest read regional language
  newspaper in India with more than 18 million
  readers and the No. 1 Marathi newspaper in
  Maharashtra Goa states. It is also available in
  E-Paper format.
• He was born in a Shwetambar Jain Family in
  Nagpur. His father name was Jawaharlal Darda.

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• Mr. Vijay Darda has been the chief visionary and
  driving force behind Lokmat's growth over the
  last three decades. He is a recipient of several
  prestigious awards including the Feroze Gandhi
  Memorial Award for excellence in journalism in
  1990-91, the Giant International Journalism Award
  in 1997, Ten Outstanding Businessmen,
  Industrialist and Professional Award in 2001,
  Late Vidyadhar Gokhale Memorial Award in 2003 and
  Shri. Brajlallji Biyani Journalism Award by Lions
  Club of Indore in 2006. He has also been part of
  national delegations accompanying the Prime
  Minister of India to Security Council Meeting at
  the UN Headquarters, New York in 1992, World
  Economic Forum at Davos in 1992, Non-Aligned
  Movement Summit at Jakarta in 1992, visit to
  China and Korea and the G-15 Summit at Harare,
  Zimbabwe in 1996.

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• Mr. Darda was the Chairman of Audit Bureau of
  Circulation (India) for the year 2010-11. He is a
  former President of the Indian Newspaper Society,
  Founder President of South Asian Editors Forum
  formed by the editors of dailies in South Asia,
  an ex-member of the Press Council of India and
  Managing Trustee of the Press Institute of
  Maharashtra. Currently, he is a member of the
  World Association of Newspaper, Paris, the
  Commonwealth Press Union, London, the
  International Advertising Association Inc., New
  York, the Indian Language Newspaper Association,
  the National Readership Studies Council and the
  Advertising Club of India.

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