Veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar no more

Noted veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar and Times of India's consulting editor died in Pune's Ruby hospital. He had taken over as the editor of the paper in 1988. He was 72 years old. 

 
As per the The News Minute, he had suffered a heart attack which led to multiple organ failure on November 18. He was on dialysis after his kidney failed.

He was born in 1944 and matriculated from St Vincent's College and graduated in Political Science from Fergusson College, Pune.

He got into journalism at the age of 24.  He joined the Times of India as its Paris correspondent in 1968 after receiving a a doctorate in humanities from the Sorbonne. 

1991 :: Dileep Padgaonkar , The Times of India Editor At His Office In New Delhi #RIP

(Photo - @timesofindia ) pic.twitter.com/H00TfE4CoK

— indianhistorypics (@IndiaHistorypic) November 25, 2016

After working at the daily in various posts, he took on as its editor in 1988. 

He also worked for the UNESCO in Bangkok and Paris from 1978 to 1986 as an  international civil servant. Padgaonkar was appointed as one of the members of the three-member Interlocutors Group on Jammu and Kashmir, set up by the government after continuous unrest in the Valley in 2008

Many from the sphere of politics and journalism condoled his death. 

My brush with him as a struggling young journo first and later as a senior showed an erudite gentle intellectual. Dileep Padgaonkar, RIP.

— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) November 25, 2016

Terribly saddened to hear that my first boss at @timesofindia and old friend Dileep Padgaonkar has passed away. RIP

— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) November 25, 2016

My first editor Dileep Padgaonkar, a man of culture and intellect, someone who encouraged young talent, has passed away. RIP

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) November 25, 2016

Very saddened by passing away of dear friend, veteran journalist #Dileep Padgaonkar Condolences to the https://t.co/l5ITu7AR0F @dpadgaonkar

— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) November 25, 2016

Just heard that my friend and former editor, Dileep Padgaonkar, passed away in Pune. Terrible loss, feel gutted.

— Siddharth (@svaradarajan) November 25, 2016