By : A H Khan 

Ashraf Ali Bastavi is a New Delhi based Indian journalist. He is currently Chief Editor of the News Portal www.asiatimes.co.in, which focuses on Asian affairs.

He is also the founder of the All India Ideal Journalist Association (AIIJA), an organisation dedicated to the promotion of Value-Based Journalism. He is a regular commentator on problems concerning Indian Muslims and Indian politics. His career as a journalist spanned a decade.

He also works as a casual Urdu news reader for India's Public Broadcasting House All India Radio –NSD and as a casual News Editor for DD News Channel.

 

 (The Bastavi Show)

He also works as a PTC in New Delhi for the Urdu Times, North America's largest Urdu news publication (www.urdutimes.com). His articles have been published in different newspapers and news websites.

Early childhood development and education

Bastavi was born on March 22, 1978, into an agricultural family in District Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India. Graduated from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University (DDU) in Uttar Pradesh with a bachelor's degree in English, Urdu, and Political Science. MA in Urdu from Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI) New Delhi and Mass Media from Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi.

He was the first college graduate in his family and community after graduating from Ambika Pratap Narayan (APN) PG College in Basti in 1999.

Career in early stages

He joined The Daily Urdu Times Mumbai www.urdutimes.net as a Stringer for Eastern UP shortly after graduating in 1999. After gaining some experience, he was hired as a reporter for the newly launched Roznama Sahara Urdu Gorakhpur Edition on September 13, 2002, and was then promoted to Area Reporter from Bagh Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. He eventually joined Hindi Daily Dainik Jagran www.jagran.com in 2004 and after two years with the Jagran group, he moved to Delhi in 2006 in pursuit of a suitable job. He began his career as a reporter for the Hindustan Express Daily, a newly launched Urdu newspaper.

He has conducted at least 500 exclusive interviews for DAWAT's bi-weekly "JAIZA" special feature on more than 70 national, international, and community-related issues.

Exclusive Interviews on Current Affairs

 

•    Indo- US Nuke Deal
•    OBC Reservation in Educational Institute
•    Special economic Zone
•    Delimitation of Electoral Constituencies
•    Backwardness and its solution
•    Corruption reason and solution
•    Fake Encounters
•    Muslims Role in Indian Politics
•    Sacher Committee Report
•    Global Financial Crisis
•    Shiri Krishna Commission Report
•    Parliamentry Election and Muslim politics
•    Indian Muslims Educaion
•     Inter Religious Dialogue
•     Wakf Board
•     Minorities Problems and its Solution
•     Naxalism and India
•     Female foeticide
•     Global Financial Crisis
•     Lok Sabha Election 2009
•     Partition of India
•     Madarsa Board
•     JMI and its Minority Charector 

Radio Talks

•    Budget 2007 and Minorities    ( Urdu Majlis)
•    Dilly Diary           (External Service Division)
•    Role of Urdu Journalism in Independent war
 (National Channel)
•    Worlds Heritage importence in our life   (National Channel)
•    Children Story   (External Service Division).

 

Political

K Rahman Khan (Ex. Deputy Speaker Rajya Sabha), CM Ibrahim (Ex. Minister) AR Antule (First Minority  Minister) Birinda Karat (CPM) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (BJP),  VK Malhotra (BJP) , Rashid Alvi (Cogress spokes person) Meem Afzal (Congress)  Sanjay Niroopam (Congress), Arif Naseem Khan (NCP) Abu Asim Azmi (SP) Anis Durrani (Congress) JK Jain (BJP) Pershant Bhooshan (AAP) Hannan Mulla (CPIM)  Majeed Memon (NCP) 

Advocates & Social activists

 Known Gandhiyan Activist Nirmla Deshpandey,  Harsh Mander, Shabnam Hashmi (ANHAD),Rampuniyani, Mahesh Bhatt (Film Maker)  Javed Anand,  Teesta Seetalwad, SR Darpuri (PUCL) Naved Hamid(MOEMIN) Gautam Naulakha , VN Roy (Ret.IPS) Manzoor Ahmad (Ret. IPS) Madhu Kishwar  Anil Chamdiya , Adv.Yousuf Hatim Muchhala, Adv. Abdurrahim Quraishi (AIMP) Adv.Zafar Yab Jeelani, Adv.Wasi Nomani, Adv.ND Pancholi, Advocate Najmi waziri. 

Media Persons

India’s most senior Journalist Kuldeep Nayer,  Shaid Siddiqui (Editor Nai Duniya) Dr. Zafrul Islam Khan (Edit. Milligagette) Ajit Sahi , Dr Anand Swroop Verma ( Edit. Teesari Duniya)  Hasan Kamal, Zafar Agha Qurban Ali ( Ex BBC Correspondent ) 

 

Religious leaders & Intelectuals

Ml Syed Jalaluddin Umri (Ameer JIH) Arshad Madni (President JUH) Moulana Kalbe Sadiq, Ml Obaidullah Azmi (ExMP) ,Ml Kalbe Jawad, Ml Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi ( GenSec. MJAH) Ml Khalid Saifullah Rahmani,  Swami Agnivesh,  Syed Shahbuddin (Ex MP) Syed Hamid (Chancellor Jamia Hamdard )Syed Zafar Mehmood (Chairman ZFI) Justice MSA Siddiqui( Chairman NCMEI) Prof. Akhtarul Wasey, Dr. Manzoor Alam (Chairman IOS) Zafar Sureshwala (Chairman Parsoli Corporation) Irfan Furneature Wala ( Ex Chairman ( Mumbai Mercantile Bank) 

 

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E Mail : ashrafbastavi@gmail.com
Website:asiatimes.co.in