TORONTO (TIP): Senior journalist and sports editor Prabhjot Singh will head to Paris to cover the 2024 Olympic Games. He will be in Paris from July 23 till August 13. Besides covering all important events, he will also focus on the Indian Diaspora, hockey, boxing, wrestling, tennis, table tennis, athletics, badminton and other Games featuring players of Indian origin besides doing stories of human interest and general interest.

Prabhjot Paul Singh, better known as Prabhjot Singh, is a veteran all round journalist with over 40 years of experience of working with print and electronic media, including 37 years with The Tribune – the oldest and largest circulated English daily of North India. He had also worked as Executive Editor, PTC News, the world’s largest Punjabi TV network, for more than 8 years.

He did his M.Sc. in Journalism from PAU, Ludhiana, MA (Eng) and BSc (Medical) from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and Bachelor of Journalism from Punjabi University, Patiala.

The man with solid ethical core, integrity, strong communication skills with knowledge of English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, German, French as well as courageous attitude and analytic mind had won KK Birla Foundation Fellowship on Media and Terrorism and also KC Kulish (Rajasthan) award for Excellence in International Journalism.

In fact, he had been a pioneer in introducing the concept sports page in Jalandhar (vernacular) newspapers in February, 1975, months before he was offered a job as a Sports Reporter by The Tribune group of newspapers.

In 2012, Vienna based International Press Institute (IPI) has recognized his commitment to promote free exchange of accurate, balanced news among nations and for Excellence in Journalism, for publishing an investigative series into the loot of the public transport system in Punjab by Punjab politicians, he was awarded IPI-India award.

The Sunday magazine section of The Tribune from Chandigarh dated 25 November 1984, carried an article titled “Profile of an assassin”, is his most recognized work.

Though he has many feathers in his cap yet efforts to make IXC (Chd airport) active will be remembered always as a blessing for Punjabi Diaspora. His tireless pen had made Chandigarh airport as Chandigarh International Airport. He had raised issues related to IXC at various platforms.

His love for sports can be witnessed from his travels to six summer Olympic games, one winter Olympic games, seven World Cups in Hockey, FIFA World Cup in 2006, besides three World Cups in Cricket, and two editions of Pan Am Games (Toronto and Lima). He has also covered Asian Games (New Delhi and Jakarta) and Commonwealth games in Melbourne and New Delhi. Also he has been to many other important international events and did spectacular stories of human interest.

Prabhjot has been contributing to The Indian Panorama for many years now.