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{{short description|Indian journalist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Abhay Chhajlani
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|08|04}}
| birth_place = [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
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| education = Degree in journalism, Thomson Foundation Cardiff, 1965.
| occupation = Journalist
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| title = Chief Editor of ''Nai Dunia''
| spouse = Pushpadevi
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| children = 3
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]],Shrikant Verma Award
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'''Abhay Chhajlani''' is an Indian journalist<ref name="Scribes mourn MV’s demise">{{cite web | url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/scribes-mourn-mvs-demise/458098 | title=Scribes mourn MV's demise | publisher=Free Press Journal | date=11 October 2014 | access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> and the former Chief Editor of the Indore-based daily, ''[[Nai Dunia]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} He is a former president of the [[Indian Newspaper Society]],<ref name="Padma Bhushan for Shekhar Gupta; Padma Shri for Abhay Chhajlani, Alok Mehta">{{cite web | url=http://www.exchange4media.com/others/padma-bhushan-for-shekhar-gupta;-padma-shri-for-abhay-chhajlani-alok-mehta_33765.html | title=Padma Bhushan for Shekhar Gupta; Padma Shri for Abhay Chhajlani, Alok Mehta | publisher=Exchange 4 Media | date=26 January 2009 | access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> a post which he was elected to in 2002.<ref name="Abhay Chhajlani elected INS chief">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/09/28/stories/2002092804650901.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207173240/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/09/28/stories/2002092804650901.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 February 2005 | title=Abhay Chhajlani elected INS chief | date=28 September 2002 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> He has also served the society as a member of its executive committee.<ref name="Deccan Herald's KN Tilak Kumar replaces Ashish Bagga as new Indian Newspaper Society President">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-13/news/33817074_1_pratap-g-pawar-abhay-chhajlani-dainik-jagran | title=Deccan Herald's KN Tilak Kumar replaces Ashish Bagga as new Indian Newspaper Society President | publisher=Economic Times | work=13 September 2012 | access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> He has been associated with ''Blood Donation 365 Days'', an initiative promoting blood donation.<ref name="Blood Donation Camp Hosted By Abhay Chhajlani">{{cite web | url=http://blooddonation365days.com/gallery_detail.php?id=62 | title=Blood Donation Camp Hosted By Abhay Chhajlani | publisher=Blood Donation 365 days | date=2016 | access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> He is the chairman of ''Abhay Prashal'', a social facility in Indore<ref name="Welcome to Abhay Prashal Sports Club">{{cite web | url=http://abhayprashal.com/ | title=Welcome to Abhay Prashal Sports Club | publisher=Abhay Prashal Sports Club | date=2016 | access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> and has participated in several social forums.<ref name="India and the World: Selected Articles from IDSA Journals, Volume 1">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-tJB8sWfjwC&q=Abhay+Chhajlani&pg=PA24 | title=India and the World: Selected Articles from IDSA Journals, Volume 1 | publisher=Bibliophile South Asia | author=N. S. Sisodia, Sujit Dutta | year=2005 | pages=24 of 574 | isbn=9788186019504}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2009, for his contributions to journalism.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>

Abhay Chhajlani belongs to the founding family of Naidunia and has been chairman Indore Table Tenns Trust, 1994. Member Indian Languages Newspaper Association (president, member executive committee), Indian Newspaper Society (member executive committee, president 2002–2003).{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

==Awards and recognition==
* '''2009''': awarded as the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri in 2009<ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Bhushan for Shekhar Gupta; Padma Shri for Abhay Chhajlani, Alok Mehta - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/padma-bhushan-for-shekhar-guptapadma-shri-for-abhay-chhajlanialok-mehta-33765.html |work=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljh6o3wO2kQ | title=Batchit Abhay Chhajlani @ DIGI NEWS, Indore | publisher=DIGI NEWS, Indore | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=16 September 2012 | access-date=February 13, 2016}}

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>Anthony Masc at 09:17, 24 November 2021