Not only in India but he is also famous worldwide and is Coady Chairholder in Social Justice at St.Sainath wrote a book entitled “Everybody Loves a Good Drought” based on his research in rural districts of India regarding poverty which was published in 1996. He has taught the course “Covering Deprivation” at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai and Social Communications Media course at Sophia-Shree B.K.Somani Polytechnic. He’s not just an incredible editor but a fantastic teacher too and has trained approximately 1000 media persons.With his excellent verbal skills, he worked as a foreign affairs editor and then deputy editor for ten years for then a popular investigative weekly tabloid newspaper, Blitz.In the initial years of his career, he got the News Agency’s Highest Individual Award.In 1980, he started his career at the United News of India as a journalist.He received University of Alberta’s highest honour, Doctor of Letters degree (DLitt) in 2011.Since childhood, he was interested in world history and economics and is a history graduate of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.He is the grandson of the famous freedom fighter, politician and the fourth President of India, Varahagiri Venkata Giri. Sainath was born into a Telugu family in Chennai, India.
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