Rajendra Jawaharlal Darda is the Editor-in-Chief of Lokmat Media Group, a well-known author and social worker.

[1] After graduating from Nagpur University, Darda received his diploma from the Government Institute of Printing Technology, Mumbai.

Darda also attended a two-year advanced course in Graphic Arts from the London College of Printing.

Rajendra Darda published his first Marathi book "Zumbar", a travelogue narrating his experiences as a student in Europe and America in the 1970s.

[4] He received the Acharya Atre award of Sawaj Vyaspeeth from noted cartoonist late R K Laxman on February 15, 2000 for excellence in the field of journalism.