IVSK Felicitates Journalists on the occasion of Narad Jayanti
New Delhi 20
May, 2016- Indraprastha Samvad Kendra today organised Narad Samman 2016 to mark
Devrishi Narad Jayanti at Speaker’s Hall, Constitution Club in New Delhi to felicitated
vetran and budding journalists from various fields.
Information
& Broadcasting Minister Shri Arun Jaitley and North Region SanghChalak Dr.
Barjrang Lal Gupt honoured eight journalists for excellence in journalism for
the year 2015-16. Among those were senior journalist Shri Shyam Khosla was
honoured with Lifetime Achievement Narad Samman, Shri Manmohan Sharma (Utkrisht
Patrkaar Narad Samman{All Over Excellence Narad Samman}) and Dr. Shanker Sharan
(Utkrisht Stambhkar Narad Samman{ Best Columnist Narad Samman}).
Addressing a
gathering of eminent personalities including editors and journalists from
various news organisations Shri Arun Jaitley expressed concern that these days some
state governments are using public funds for personal promotion which is affecting
neutrality of journalism.
Shri Jaitley
said that social media today has democratized media so much that is not
possible to control it now. He added that it is now incumbent on journalists
and society at large to use it responsibly.
Praising the
contribution of Shri Shyam Khosla, recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award,
Shri Jaitley prayed for his long life. He also praised Shri Manmohan Sharma (Utkrisht
Patrkaar Narad Samman{All Over Excellence Narad Samman}) and Dr. Shanker Sharan
(Utkrisht Stambhkar Narad Samman{ Best Columnist Narad Samman}) for the work
done in the field of journalism. Shri congratulated other awardees for their
positive contribution in their respective fields.
Dr. Bajranglal
Gupt expressed regret over the way Narad Ji has been portrayed in general. He
said it is time that the real picture of Narad is brought to fore today. He
said that Narad should become a source of inspiration for journalists today.
Dr. Gupt said that Narad worked consistently to keep all three worlds in a constant
state of communication by way of sharing information of one place with another.
He said Narad did not share news with any personal agenda or interest. His
action was always neutral.
Dr. Gupta also
said that it is the duty of a journalist to push people towards purity.
Journalists have an important role to play in success of any democracy. It is
imperative that journalists be factual and neutral in safeguarding a democratic
society. There is urgent need for issue based reporting to take the nation further.
He noted that journalism today is under immense economic pressure and
journalist can withstand such pressure by following in the footstep of Devrishi
Narad only then will journalism serve its true purpose.
Shri Shyam
Khosla was felicitated with shawl, memento and honorarium of rupees One
Lakh. Shri Manmohan Sharma (Utkrisht
Patrkaar Narad Samman{All Over Excellence Narad Samman}) was honoured with
shawl, memento and honorarium of rupees fifty one thousand. Other awardees were
given shawl, memento and honorarium of rupees eleven thousand each.
Best
photographer honour was bestowed upon Ravi Kanojia (posthumously). Indraprastha
Vishwa Samvad Kendra President Shri Ashok Sachdeva also gave 21 thousand
honorarium for Ravi.
Along with these
Shri Ashish Kumar Anshu (Rural Reporting Narad Samman), Shri Syed Suhail
(Newsroom Support Narad Samman), Shri Praful Kumar Singh (Digital Media Narad
Samman), and Shri Abhiranjan Kumar (Social Media Narad Samman) were also
felicitated.
The programme
concluded with Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra Secretary Shri Vagish Issar
giving a note of thanks for making making the programme a success.
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