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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Vikash Kumar Jha<br />
| birth_place = [[Shrikhandi Bhittha]], Bihar, [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = Journalist, Writer, Author<br />
| known_for = <br />
| notable_works = McCluskieganj: The story of the only Anglo-Indian Village in India<br />
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'''Vikas Jha''' is an [[India]]n journalist and author. He is best known for his fiction and non-fiction works like ''McCluskieganj: The story of the only Anglo-Indian Village in India'' which was awarded with the Katha UK Honour at the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcilondon.in/indiadigest/Issue338/pdf/4.pdf|title=''Indian High Commissioner Honours Hindi Writer Vikas Jha''|work=India Digest}} Retrieved 2016-8-20</ref> He has also written: ''Varshavan ki Roopkatha'', a novel based on Agumbe village, ''Bihar: Criminalization of Politics'', ''Satta ke Sutradhar: Azadi ke baad Bharat'', ''Bhog: A novel'', and ''Parichaya Patra: Essays in Bengali''.<ref name=aaa>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20110413/1728776.html|title=Sharma Katha Samman for Vikas Jha for novel McCluskiega|work=Web India 123 News}} Retrieved 2016-8-20</ref><br />
His upcoming novel is based on Bodhgaya named ''Gayasursandhan''. He is also working on his next book that is based on Goa. <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Jha was born in village [[Shrikhandi Bhittha]] in the [[Sitamarhi district]] of Bihar in 1961. He studied M.A. in sociology at [[Patna University]] and started his career in journalism in Bihar at the age of 18.<br />
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== Journalism ==<br />
He has worked with reputed publications like ''Maya'' magazine, ''Ravivaar'' and ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' magazine. Jha covered various political, social and cultural issues in a span of 35 years in Hindi Journalism. He has been the editor of Hindi Magazine ''Rashtriya Prasang''.<ref name=aaa/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=ZiJuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Vikas+Jha%22+writer&dq=%22Vikas+Jha%22+writer|title=Rashtriya Sahara, Volume 4, Issues 7-12|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|year=2008|location=India|pages=163–164}}</ref><br />
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== Electronic media ==<br />
Jha also anchored a few talk shows for ETV Bihar like ''Aamne Samne'', a talk show with figures from across political, social and cultural platforms, ''Suno Patliputra, Kya bole Bihar'' and a multiple news features and talk shows for news channel [[News Express]] which he was heading in the year 2013–2014.<br />
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[[Category:Novelists from Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Patna University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Sitamarhi district]]<br />
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