Vinod K. Jose, or Vinod Kizhakkeparambil Joseph, (born 1980) is a journalist, editor, and magazine founder from India. In 2009, Jose was hired by Delhi Press to re-launch the company's 70-year-old title The Caravan, which was discontinued in 1988. He is currently the executive editor of The Caravan, which calls itself "India's only narrative journalism magazine" and is published in the English-language in New Delhi. Earlier, he was the founding editor of the Malayalam-language publication Free Press. Jose's contributions to Indian journalism are in the area of narrative or literary journalism, similar to the style of Granta, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Mother Jones. He has won awards for his work.

Education

In 2008, he graduated with an MA from Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University, New York, where he was a Bollinger Presidential Fellow. He was awarded his PhD in Sociology in 2012 from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, India.

Career

Vinod K. Jose started as a city reporter with the Indian Express in New Delhi in 2001. He has worked as a foreign correspondent in South Asia for the American public radio network, Pacifica Radio, from 2002 to 2007. Jose was also the founding editor of Free Press, a long-form investigative magazine published between 2003 and 2006 in the Malayalam language. At 23, Jose became one of the youngest editors-in-chief of any current affairs registered magazine in India when he started Free Press (Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India). In 2009, Jose was hired by Delhi Press to re-launch the company's 70-year-old title The Caravan, which had been discontinued in 1988.

Chemban Vinod Jose is an Indian film actor, best known for his work in Malayalam films. He made his debut with the crime film Nayakan (2010). He's best known for his performances in Amen (2013), Tamaar Padaar (2014), Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), and Kohinoor (2015). He's a physiotherapist by profession.

Personal life

Chemban Vinod Jose was born to Maliackal Chemban Jose (Sam) and Annise on 13 September 1976, in Angamaly as their eldest son. He has a younger sister Deepa and a younger brother Ullas, who are residing in Australia. He did his schooling in Angamaly and subsequently did his Pre-degree from St.Paul's College, Kalamasserry. He graduated with a degree in physiotherapy from Kempegowda Institute of Physiotherapy, Bangalore. He is married to Sunitha, also a physiotherapist who works at New York City. They have a son, John Chris Chemban.

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