Vishweshwar Bhat

ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ಭಟ್ ಈಗ ಹೊಸ ಕನ್ನಡ ದೈನಿಕ "ವಿಶ್ವವಾಣಿ " ಗೆ ಸ೦ಪಾದಕರಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ದೈನಿಕವು ಜನವರಿ ೧೫-೨೦೧೬ ರ೦ದು ಉಧ್ಘಾಟನೆಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ.

Shri Visweshwar Bhat

Vishweshwar Bhat is a journalist in Karnataka, India and a well known writer in Kannada language. He was the editor of Vijaya Karnataka and Kannada Prabha newspapers and the television channel Suvarna News. He started a media house in Karnataka by name Vishwakshara Media Pvt. Ltd. as Managing Director with well known Jewellery business man Sri KP Nanjundi as Chairman of the group. He is the Editor in Chief of the proposed Kannada daily Vishwavani slated to launch on 15th January 2016.

Hails from Murur, North Canara district of Karnataka, is a postgraduate in Geology and a goldmedalist(4) in MA journalism. Had a brief stint as Assistant professor at Asian School of Journalism and also officer on special duty to Ananth Kumar, Minister of Tourism and culture in Vajpayee government.^[1]

In early 2011, Bhat became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Kannada Prabha, where he had previously served for four years as sub-editor. Bhat had resigned from VK at the end of 2010, stating he intended to pursue higher studies, and had started a blog.^{[2] [3]}

He has written more than 50 books in Kannada.

In August 2012 Bhat was allegedly one of the journalists who was being targeted by terror suspects for harbouring anti-Islamic sentiments.^[4]

References

1. http://vbhat.in/about/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Vishweshwar Bhat begins new innings as Editor of Kannada Prabha". Coastaldigest.com. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
3. http://ecitybuzz.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/issue-6/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Confessions by terror suspects to the police".