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Dr Harjinderpal Singh Walia, a notable multimedia journalist of Punjab, was born on July 27, 1957 to sardarni Manjit Kaur and S Harjit Singh Walia (an employee of Punjab Police) in district Ludhiana.

Dr Walia remained excellent in studies, sports and extra curricular activities throughout his academic career. But more importantly, it was his journalistic abilities, marked by the gift of gab and oratory skills that brought out the best in him during his graduation at Govt college Malerkotla. Even while studying in the Mahatma Gandhi senior secondary school, Ahmedgarh, his literary activities like writing articles,participation in debates and holding of posts like secretary of school Sahitya Sabha were all indicative of his brilliant future in the field of journalism. His editing of college magazine ‘Satluj’ and then a bi-monthly ‘Parinda’ were facilitating steps on his march towards his goal.
While pursuing his Masters in journalism from PAU Ludhiana, Dr Walia was editing one monthly magazine ‘Munch’ and was working as a correspondent for the Tribune group. He completed his PhD from Guru Nanak Dev University and started his teaching career as a lecturer in Journalism at Punjabi University Patiala in the year 1989. He rose to the post of the head of the department of journalism and mass communications in 2005. Looking at his passion for teaching, he was appointed director of the university‘s IAS training centre which delivered excellent results under his visionary guidance. He has contributed a large number of articles for Indian and foreign media, given programs on Indian and foreign electronics media and has written a good number of books. His column ‘Hashiye de aar paar’ has been published for more than twelve years in ‘Ajit weekly’ which is very popular in the USA and Canada.