Career
Duggal started his professional career with All India Radio (AIR). He worked there from 1942–66 in various jobs including Station Director. For the AIR, he wrote and produced programmes in Punjabi and other languages. In addition, he authored a large number of plays and dramas. He was the Secretary/Director, National Book Trust, India from 1966–73. From 1973 to 1976, he served as an Information Advisor at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Planning Commission).
He has founded many institutions, including:
- Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation
- Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
- Zakir Husain Educational Foundation
Duggal had been a member of many literary and cultural centres including being the President of Punjabi Sahitya Sabha (Punjabi Literary Society), Delhi. He was nominated Fellow of the Punjabi University in 1984. He was also honoured with nomination to the Rajya Sabha (Indian Parliament Upper House) in August, 1997.
He died on 26 January 2012 after a brief illness.
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