Babu Rajendra Prasad Bhaskar (March 12, 1932 - June 4, 2024) was a journalist and human rights-social activist from Kerala.[1][2][3] He died on June 4, 2024, aged 92.
Bhaskar served as editor of many of India's leading national newspapers. Co-Editor of The Hindu in Chennai (1953-1958), Deputy Editor at The Statesman in New Delhi (1959-1963), Co-Editor of Patriot from 1963 to 1965, worked in UNI from 1965 to 1983.Associate Editor at Deccan Herald in Bangalore from 1984 to 91 From 1996 to 1997, he served as director and consultant of Andrapradesh Times in Hyderabad.[4]
BRP was a columnist for the Gulf Today newspaper, which is published from Sharjah and has written for various newspapers in Malayalam and English. He received the 2022 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography for his biography, News Room.[5]