Ravi Chaturvedi

Ravi Chaturvedi is an Indian sports commentator and author of twenty seven books on cricket, including World Cup Cricket: A Compendium,[1][2] known to be first Indian sports commentator in Hindi.[3][4][5][6] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[7]

Ravi Chaturvedi
Commentary- World Cup 1987
Born (1937-07-27) 27 July 1937
Village Dilip Nagar, Kanpur (U.P.) India
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
Czech Academy of Sciences
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
University of Windsor
Zakir Husain Delhi College
OccupationRadio and TV Commentator on various National and International Channels.
Spouse(s)Chander Mohini Chaturvedi
ChildrenPooja and Manish
Awards1. Padma Shri
2. Kanpur Ratna
3. Matu Shri Award
4. Outstanding Commentator (Delhi)
5. Best Hindi Cricket Commentator Award by Khel Samrat
6. Member, India International Intellectual Society.

Autobiography

Ravi Chaturvedi hails from Delhi With high academic profile, M.Sc. in Zoology (specialization Fisheries) Delhi University; Diploma in Microbiology (Virology, Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences); Tissue Culture training, University of Windsor, Canada; Ph.D. Cricket (Physical Education) CSJM University, Kanpur and is a former faculty member of Zoology for forty years at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi.[5][6]

In 1960, the Government of India decided to have Hindi coverage of all major sporting events and Ravi Chaturvedi joined All India Radio as its first Hindi commentator in 1962.[5][6] Over the years, he has covered 102 Tests and 220 ODIs in cricket, apart from other sporting events.[5][6] He has also been associated with Star Sports, ESPN, TWI, Nimbus Sports, World Tel. New Zealand TV, Doordarshan, Sab TV, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Guardian Radio, Trinidad TV, Radio 360, BBC, Voice of America (VOA) and All India Radio[6] He has assisted UNESCO and World Wide Fund for Nature in an international project Naming of Cricketing Countries based on their Endangered Animal for Fostering Peace, International Understanding and Promoting Environmental Protection.[6]

As a freelance journalist besides cricket, he writes on culture, education, environment protection, wildlife conservation and even politics periodically. He has contributed regularly in all major national dailies both in English and Hindi, major sports weeklies of the country and in Australia, England (Wisden) and West-Indies. Through Cricket he has developed abiding interest in the Caribbean Cricket and the Indian Diaspora. He Is a regular cricket columnist, acts as an expert on Makkalkural TV and writes on other facets of social activities of the country in a Chennai based daily Trinity Mirror.

Through his writings he has promoted cricket through Wisden in Bhutan, Hawaii, Kuwait, Maldives, Malaysia and Singapore.

Chaturvedi has retained umbilical relationship with his ancestral village Dalip Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh by getting electricity installed, irrigation canal cleaned, desilted and repaired for free flow of water for farmers for irrigation purposes.

Chaturvedi has authored twenty seven books on cricket of which twenty are in English, six are in Hindi and one in Marathi.[5][8] Some of his notable works are:

  • World Cup Cricket: A Compendium[1]
  • Millennium's Greatest Indian Cricketers[9]
  • Cricket Ke Sitare (The Stars of Cricket)[10]
  • The Complete Book of West Indies-India Test Cricket[11]
  • Legendary Indian Cricketers (Men, Moments and Memories)[12]
  • Cricket Ki Rochak Baten (Cricket - Interesting Facts)[13]
  • World Cup Cricket[14]
  • Cricket Commentary Kaksh Se (Hindi)
  • Cricket in Indian Mythology (Sports in Indian context)
  • Cricket commentary and commentators
  • Cricket Pauranic Sandarbh (Khel Bhartiya Pakch) (Hindi)

He has also contributed to the book, Sojourners to Settlers,[15] writing on the topic, Contribution of the Indo-West Indians to Caribbean Cricket.[6] He writes editorials and columns for Hindustan Times, an English language daily from India.[2] He is known to have friendly ties with renowned cricketers such as, Sunil Gavaskar, Garry Sobers, Raman Subbarow,Wesley Hall, Glenn Turner, Clive Lloyd, Alvin Kallicharan, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.[5]

Countries Visited Australia, Belgium, Bhutan, Cambodia, Canada, China, Caribbean (Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago), Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Surinam, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United States of America (USA).

See also

References
  1. Ravi Chaturvedi (September 2005). World Cup Cricket: A Compendium. Harman Publishing House. p. 648. ISBN 978-8186622797.
  2. "Hindustan Times". Hindustan Times. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. "Guardian". Guardian. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. "Indian Express". Indian Express. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. "The Hindu". The Hindu. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  6. "Tribune India". Tribune India. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  7. "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  8. "Abe Books". Abe Books. 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  9. Ravi Chaturvedi (2000). Millennium's greatest Indian cricketers. Saru Prakashan. p. 163. ISBN 978-8187041016.
  10. Ravi Chaturvedi (2011). Cricket Ke Sitare. Prabhat Publications. p. 259. ISBN 978-8173156311.
  11. Ravi Chaturvedi. The Complete Book Of West Indies-India Test Cricket. Orient Paperbacks. p. 200.
  12. Ravi Chaturvedi (2009). Legendary Indian Cricketers (Men, Moments and Memories). New Delhi: Ocean Books. ISBN 9788184300758.
  13. Ravi Chaturvedi. Cricket Ki Rochak Baten. ISBN 9789380183510.
  14. Ravi Chaturvedi (1992). World Cup Cricket. Vikas Publishing. ISBN 9780706961362.
  15. Anthony Reid; Kristine Alilunas-Rodgers; Jennifer Wayne Cushman, eds. (1996). Sojourners and Settlers:Histories of Southeast China and the Chinese. University of Hawaii Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780824824464.

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