Hemant Joshi

He knows Hindi, English, French, Italian, and Russian in order of competence. He has worked as an interpreter in various international conferences and translated from French and Hindi and English and vice versa. Joshi is a member of various national and International bodies i.e. International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR), International Communication Association (ICA), International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), Brussels, Global Initiative for Local Computing (GILC), Ireland, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC). He was elected a member of the International Council of IAMCR for four years in its annual general body meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden in 2008. His wife is a TV newsreader Manjari Joshi and he is the son-in-law of the Hindi poet, writer, and journalist Raghuvir Sahay.

• Name — Hemant Joshi • Born — 27 March 1954 • Birthplace — Nainital, Uttarakhand, India • Occupation — Professor, Writer and Journalist • Education — Ph.D. Linguistics, B.A.(Hons) French Language and Literature • Alma Mater — Jawaharlal Nehru University • Genre — Poetry, short story, journalistic writing • Subject — Language, media, international politics • Spouse — Manjari Joshi (TV News Anchor)(Writer, journalist)(Russian Translator) • Children — Mr. Piyush Joshi (MBA, FMS Delhi), Ms Gunjan Joshi (Dancer, Chau)(Heritage Activist, INTACH Delhi) • Relatives — Prof. P.C.Joshi (Educationist), Raghuvir Sahay (Poet, Journalist), Giridhar Joshi (Engineer, BITS, Ranchi), Chandrika Joshi (Physics Teacher, SKV Gwalior), Gaurav Joshi (Space scientist, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Mumbai), Chakrapani Joshi (Ecologist, BITS Pilani) Bhal Chandra Joshi (Astrophysics, IIT Rurkee), Hema Singh (Theater Person), Vasant Sahay (US based Engineer)