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{{Short description|Indian writer, journalist, biographer and poet}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Vishnu Pandya
| image =Vishnu Pandya.jpg
| caption = Pandya in 2017
| birth_date = 14 September 1945
| birth_place = [[Manavadar]], [[Junagadh]], British India
| other_names =
| known_for = Journalist, writer, historian, columnist
| education = M.A. L.L.B.
| spouse = Dr. Arti Pandya
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2017)
| children =
| signature = Autograph of Vishnu Pandya.jpg
}}

'''Vishnu Pandya''' is a journalist, biographer, poet, novelist, writer and political analyst from [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>Fatima Rangvala,Ky to Human right implementation – Awareness, http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/report_key-to-human-rights-implementation-awareness_1623983</ref> He has been the chairman of [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] since 2017. Pandya writes articles on politics, history and historical places which are carried by several [[Gujarat]]i newspapers and magazines, are among the most widely read columns in the State.<ref>columnist, Vishnu Pandya, http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/abhivyakti/our_columnists/vishnu_pandya/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230003933/https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/abhivyakti/our_columnists/vishnu_pandya/ |date=30 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>Columnist, Vishnu Pandya, http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/divyanew/vishnu.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094259/http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/divyanew/vishnu.html |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianjewishassociation.co.uk/jew_india/asianvoice.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 September 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025009/http://www.indianjewishassociation.co.uk/jew_india/asianvoice.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/suspended-cop-turns-poet-in-prison/482425/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> He has been active in journalism for the last 40 years. Along with column writing in a Gujarati daily, he serves as General Secretary of Vishwa Gujarati Samaj.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vishwagujaratisamaj.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=4 |title=Office Bearers |website=www.vishwagujaratisamaj.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021647/http://www.vishwagujaratisamaj.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=4 |archive-date=2012-09-08}}</ref>

==Early life==
Pandya was born in [[Manavadar]] in [[Junagadh State]] (now in [[Junagadh district]] of Gujarat). He was educated at Bahauddin College, Junagadh. His father had worked in South Africa before his return to India after [[World War II]]. He was the District officer – Education in Manavadar.

He married Arti Pandya. She died on 24 January 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=પદ્મશ્રી વિષ્ણુ પંડ્યાના પત્ની ડો.આરતી પંડ્યાનું અવસાન|date=25 January 2018|publisher=City Bhaskar - Divya Bhaskar|location=Ahmedabad}}</ref>

==Career==
Pandya started his career with ''Sadhana'' weekly, later became an editor of it at the age of 22.<ref>Nav Nirman movement, "When The Voice of the Nation Was Stifled During Emergency, Gujarat Was A Fertile Ground For Protests That Led To, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205252/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIA/2008/06/25&ID=Ar00400]</ref><ref>Former Editor of Sadhan, Shri Vishnu Pandya, http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulese873.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=149&page=39 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205543/http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulese873.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=149&page=39 |date=4 January 2014 }}</ref> He was honored by the All Indian Newspapers Editor for protest on censorship during the [[Indian Emergency]]. He managed to publish the magazine and wrote against the censorship. He was appointed the chairman of the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] in May 2017.<ref name="DeshGujarat 2017">{{cite web | title=Vishnu Pandya appointed Chairman of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi | website=DeshGujarat | date=2017-05-12 | url=http://deshgujarat.com/2017/05/12/vishnu-pandya-appointed-chairman-of-gujarat-sahitya-akademi/ | access-date=2017-05-15}}</ref>

Pandya as a '''Journalist''' :
* Sub Editor : Jansatta-Loksatta (Indian Express Group, Gujarat) 1981–1987
* Editor : Rangtarang-Chandni (Indian Express Group, Gujarat) 1981–1987
* Editor : Sadhana Magazine 1967–1980
* Editor : Samantar Magazine from 1987
* Editor : BIradar Patrika 1986–87
* Bureau chief : Nav Gujarat Times (Gujarati Daily Newspaper) 1994–1997
* Bureau chief : Dainik Mahanagar, Mumbai from 1996
* Columnist : Times of India (Gujarati Edition, 1992–93), Sandesh and Divyabhaskar

Pandya as a '''Lecturer'''

Pandya is teaching journalism in various colleges and universities of Gujarat at post graduate level, namely :
* Bhavan's College of Ahmedabad
* [[Bhavanagar University]]
* [[South Gujarat University]]
* [[Gujarat University]]
* [[Gujarat Vidhyapith]]
* Member of Board of Studies at [[M.S.University]]
* Gardi Vidhyapith<ref>http://www.gijmc.in/faculties.html {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* [[National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism]]<ref>http://www.nimcj.org/images/NIMCJ2011.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

==Writing==
His writing has various subjects from political criticism and analytic to history research. He has written many biographies. Apart from these writings he is actively contributing to journalism, having written many books on the field of journalism. To this date he has written 101 books.

==Books==
Books on Journalism
* ''Patrakaratva no Itihas''
* ''Patrakartvani Vikasrekha''
* ''Patrakartvana Pravaho''
* ''Kalamna Sipahi''
* ''Patrakartva Dasha ane Disha''
* ''Akhabarnu Sampadan''
* ''PAtrakartva ane Kanun''
* ''Chandarvo 1–2''
* ''Sahitya Dainandini''
* ''Gujaratnu Swatrantrottar Patrakartva'' (Fellowship from Dr. Chaturvedi University, Bhopal)

Criticism on Political Issues
* ''Bhaarelo Agni''
* ''Seema Par Savdhan''
* ''Sarhadni Salagti Samshyao''
* ''Raktranjit Punjab''
* ''Algavni Aandhi''
* ''Rajkiya Zanzavati Varsho''
* ''Gujaratni Chutani Shantranj 1952–2001''
* ''Tasveer-e-Gujarat''
* ''Samayna Hastakshar''
* ''Swarnim Gujaratna Pachash Varsh''
* ''Gandhiji ane Bharat Vibhajan''

Biographies
* ''Rastrayagnana Rutvij''
* ''Lala Hardayal''
* ''Bhagvati Charan Varma''
* ''M.N.Roy''
* ''Jeevan Sadhakni Vimalyatra''
* ''Syamji Krishnavarma''
* ''Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay''

History Research
* ''Londonma 'Indian Sociologist' ''
* ''Rang De Basanti Chola''
* ''Gujaratna Sasatra Swatrantjangno Itihas''
* ''Pandit Shyamji Krishnavarma''
* ''Gujaratna Kranti Tirtho''
* ''Jaihind! Jaihind!''
* ''Ma, Tuje Pranam!''
* ''Viplavma Gujarat''
* ''Shahid katha''
* ''Gujarat: 1857''
* ''Sattavanthi Subhash''

Essays
* ''Shahmrug ane Devnama''
* ''Vasant ane Ihamrug''
* ''Padchinhopar Pachhavalta''
* ''Hathelinu Aakash''

==Recognition==
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Shri Vishnu Pandya, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2017.jpg|thumb|The President, [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the Padma Shri Award to Vishnu Pandya, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 30 March 2017]]

Pandya was imprisoned during Indian emergency of 1975–76. At that time his first book, ''Haheli nu Aakash'' (હથેળીનું આકાશ), was appreciated by the Gujarat Government and won a prize, but Pandya did not accept the prize.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} He received [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] from Narmada Sahitya Sabha for historical writing in 1991.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 2017 for literature and history.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/padma-stars-of-gujarat/articleshow/56787105.cms |title=Padma stars of Gujarat |website=Times of India |date=26 January 2017 |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> In 2019, he was awarded a [[D.Lit.]] by [[Gujarat University]].<ref name="The Times of India 2019">{{cite news|title=Seven honorary DLitt degrees to be awarded|newspaper=The Times of India|date=13 February 2019|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/seven-honorary-dlitt-degrees-to-be-awarded/articleshow/67967158.cms|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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