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The largest journalist organization in the
non-aligned world is the
Indian Federation of Working Journalists has about 20000 members, journalists of more
than 1500 newspapers, magazines, electronic news channels and news agencies in 29 states
and union territories are its members across the country. Asian Journalists Association
is also affiliated with IFWJ..
President
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Awadhesh Bhargava was elected as the President of the Indian Federation of Working
Journalists (IFWJ), the largest journalist organization of India, in 2021, whose term
ended in January 2023. On 13 March 2024, he was re-elected as the President in the
general meeting of the Federation in Ayodhya.
Awadhesh Bhargava's tenure as President was completed till December 2025
Born on 22 May 1952 in Janjgir town of the then Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh,
Awadhesh Bhargava received his postgraduate degree in Political Science from Bhopal
University in 1972.
“Since 1982, writer and journalist
Awadhesh Bhargava broadcasts
his own YouTube channel named State Today. In Madhya Pradesh, he is known as a
debate panelist in national and regional news channels. He has held the position of
editor in many regional newspapers.
“Since 1985, he has been actively involved in various journalist organizations,
Pradesh Patrakar Sangh, Ganesh Vidyarthi Press Club, Madhya Pradesh Shramjeevi
Patrakar Sangh, M.P.
Working Journalist Union, AISA and has
fought for the interests
of journalists by holding various positions.
Bhargava has participated in conferences organized at many places in Chennai,
Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Haridwar, Guwahati, Jammu, Kanyakumari, Trivandrum, Hyderabad,
Vijayawada, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, Patna, Goa, New Delhi etc.
under the
aegis of Indian Federation of Working Journalists. During Bhargava's tenure, many
big conferences and workshops of journalists have been organized including
Sitarganj, Jaipur, Javra in Madhya Pradesh, Panjim in Goa, Vijayawada in Andhra and
Noida in NCR and Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, Badrinath in
Uttarakhand.
Currently, a
conference of about 200 journalists is being organized in Kathmandu, the capital of
neighboring country Nepal, from 10 to 15 June 2024. About 150 journalists from India
are participating in this conference.