He was called upon by news anchors as a senior journalist and was sought after for his analysis of major issues and scenarios. He remained editor-in-chief of Outlook till February 2012. He was president of the Editors Guild of India and was, briefly, the writer and presenter of "Letter from India" on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4. On 9 February 2015 he was awarded the Yash Bharti Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for his work in the field of journalism. Lawsuit In 2012 the Indian Express attempted to sue Mehta for defamation after he had hinted that a story it had run was planted. Praise In her column in The Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, who worked under Mehta for many years, said Major works Bombay: A Private View (1971) Meena Kumari (1972) [Re-launched in May 2013], Mr Editor, how close are you to the PM? (1999), Lucknow Boy: A Memoir (2010), The Sanjay Story (2012), Editor Unplugged (2014) References External links A review of Lucknow Boy A review of Editor Unplugged Transcripts : The Radia Tapes contains all the leaked audio transcripts between Nira Radia and other high-profile people Arnab Goswami's Tribute to Mr Mehta - The Editor I never had 1942 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Indian journalists Indian newspaper editors Indian magazine editors Writers from Lucknow Indian male journalists La Martinière College, Lucknow alumni University of Lucknow alumni 20th-century Indian biographers Deaths from multiple organ failure Journalists from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian male writers Punjabi people Male biographers