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'''Ashok Malik''' is policy advisor/additional secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, having been appointed to the position in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-10-23|title=Ashok Malik appointed MEA policy advisor|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ashok-malik-appointed-mea-policy-advisor/articleshow/71715013.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref> <br />
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From August 1, 2017, to July 31, 2019, Malik served as press secretary to the President of India. He relinquished office after his two-year term came to an end.<br />
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Prior to joining government, Malik was a distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-22|title=Ashok Malik, former press secy to President Kovind, appointed advisor in MEA|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ashok-malik-former-press-secy-to-president-kovind-appointed-advisor-in-mea/story-E1MoaIZE0JUFrVewKquWSO.html|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> a public policy think-tank based in India. As a columnist, he wrote for a publications such as Times of India and Hindustan Times. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Contributors Articles {{!}} The Interpreter|url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/contributors/articles/ashok-malik|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.lowyinstitute.org|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Born in 1969, Malik studied at La Martiniere Calcutta (Kolkata), and graduated from Presidency College (now University) in the same city. He began his career in the ''Telegraph'' newspaper in Calcutta in 1991 and subsequently was associated with other publications such as ''Times of India'', ''India Today'' and ''Indian Express''.<br />
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In 2006, he embarked on a career as a self-employed columnist and served at different points as a consulting editor to the Pioneer and Tehelka magazine<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ashok Malik appointed Policy Advisor in MEA|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/oct/22/ashok-malik-appointed-policy-advisor-in-mea-2051468.html|access-date=2020-06-06|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>.In 2015 he joined the Observer Research Foundation. In 2016, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-22|title=Who is Ashok Malik: PM Narendra Modi led committee picks senior journalist as press secretary to President elect Ram Nath Kovind|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-ashok-malik-narendra-modi-led-committee-picks-senior-journalist-as-press-secretary-to-president-elect-ram-nath-kovind/774466/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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