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Dilip Padgaonkar passed away on 25 November 2016.He is related to which fied
A
Scientist
B
Teacher
C
Economist
D
Journalist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dilip Padgaonkar next asked him for a job, and got it. He was the Paris correspondent at the The Times of India for the next five years, and then elevated to assistant editor. In 1978, he left The Times of India to join UNESCO. In 1986, he was done with this stint.

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