Tejeshwar Singh Biography 
Tejeshwar Singh has been a popular news reader of Doordarshan during 1980s and 1990s and hence a household name. He was also known as an Indian publisher, journalist, newscaster and theater activist. He died of a heart attack at his home in Mussoorie in the year 2007. He was a doyen of Indian and South Asian publishing industry and the Managing Director of SAGE India for 25 years. He was a co-founder of SAGE Publications, which is now a prominent Indian publishing house. SAGE Publications instituted the Tejeshwar Singh Memorial Fellowships in 2009 in memory of Tejeshwar Singh. SAGE also invites applications for the award of ‘The Tejeshwar Singh Memorial Fellowships’ for the categories - Social Sciences, Business & Management and Media & Communication Studies.
Singh was born in 1947 as the son of Indian diplomat Gurbachan Singh, who served as an envoy to Switzerland, Bhutan and Pakistan. He graduated from The Doon School and later went abroad for further studies. He studied at Balliol College, University of Oxford before returning to India. Along with his friends, he founded SAGE Publications, one of the major Indian publishing houses right now. However, Singh became popular as a famous newsreader on National network channel – Doordarshan.
He stopped reading newspapers soon after Indira Gandhi declared emergency in India in 1977. Later Indira Gandhi personally approved the footage of Operation Blue Star in Golden Temple/Harmandir Sahib for Doordarshan news. Singh has also acted in a few Bollywood movies. He played main villain - Deen Dayal in 1987 Hindi film Jalwa. He played the role of Ravi Uncle in 2004 movie, Chai Pani. He died on December 15, 2007 aged 60.
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Updated: February 15, 2014
