Raj Kanwar

Raj Kanwar had been a journalist, public relations/advertising professional and a businessman at different stages in his eventful career-span of 65 years. He had voluntarily retired in 2000 as the chairman of SK Oilfield Equipment Co Pvt Ltd, a family-owned Business, to return to his first love of reading and writing.

His columns in local dailies, Garhwal Post and The Himachal Times were hugely popular. He had also did freelance writing for some leading dailies such like The Hindu, Sunday Midday, Hindustan Times, The Times of India and magazines like The WEEK, Harmony Celebrate Age, Indian Military Review et al.

Kanwar had cut his teeth in journalism right in his college days when he launched The ACADEMIC, a fortnightly magazine for students. Thereafter, he started a newsweekly VANGUARD. Simultaneously, he also worked as the Dehra Dun stringer for well known newspapers such as The Statesman, The Tribune and The Indian Express. Later, he also did a stint in Delhi as a reporter on the staff of the Indian Express.

In his career earlier, he was editor in the Directorate of Public Relations and Tourism, Himachal Pradesh and the first Public Relations Officer of Oil & Natural Gas Commission.

He was the author of two books on ONGC. He was commissioned by ONGC to write the first Book namely UPSTREAM INDIA that was released in 2006 on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee. His second Book “ONGC: THE UNTOLD STORY” published by Bloomsbury in 2018. His next Book was DATELINE DEHRA DUN formally released in January 2020. His latest Book is “PART II DATELINE DEHRA DUN PLUS 45 ADMIRABLE COUPLES”.