Uday Sahay

Who is Uday Sahay?

Uday Sahay after retiring from the Indian Police Service, went on to work in a variety of communication, media and public relations positions in India. He is also edited a book on Indian news media and is a media commentator on the topic as well.

Prior to retiring from the AGMU Indian Police Service, Sahay, an officer of 1988 batch, spent ten years in active policing. He then went on to work in media and communication management. During his career in Indian civil service, besides holding assignments as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police of two districts in Delhi and Superintendent of Police in Mizoram, he held a number of civilian posts, such as: Directorate of Information and Publicity of Delhi Government; Deputy Director General in Prasar Bharati; and Additional Director General in the Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[need citation] Currently, he is Chairman and Managing Director of SAUV Communications Private Limited, as well as CEO of another company, Bodhi Tree Life Learning Private Limited, both Delhi based.[need citation]

He edited the book Making News: Handbook of the Media in Contemporary India, published by Oxford University Press. After its publication in September 2006, this book made it to the best-sellers list in non-fiction.[Need citation] As a photographer, he contributed 20 photos and also photo-edited a coffee table photography book entitled, Delhi: India in One City, published by Academic Foundation. The text of this volume was edited by Malavika Singh. Most recently, in 2009 he authored, Media aur Jansamvad, with co-author Vartika Nanda, a noted journalist.[need citation][need citation]need citation