This is to clarify that, according to the FMP website<http://www.fmp.org.in/index.php/events/eventDetail/88>, the Panel Discussion on *Liberating Radio News from Government *is being held on *14 December (Saturday) *at IIC.
Sajan On 6 December 2013 00:17, sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> wrote: > Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP) in partnership with Friedrich > Ebert Stiftung (FES) invite you to > > A Panel Discussion on *Liberating Radio News from Government* > > Thursday, 14 December 2013 > India International Centre – Annexe > Lecture Room No. 2 (Basement) > > 10 am to 1 pm, followed by Lunch > > *PANELISTS* > > 1. Ashish Sen > 2. Arti Jaiman > 3. Vinod Pavarala > 4. N. Ramakrishnan > 5. Prashant Bhushan > > Moderator: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta > > India is perhaps the only democracy in the world where news on radio is still > monopolized by the government. A PIL to free radio news from government > control has been admitted by the Supreme Court. > > *Panelists: * > > *Ashish Sen* is the Vice President of AMARC, an International Network of Radio > Broadcasters. A former Director at *VOICES*, a Bangalore-based development > communications NGO, Ashish is actively working on taking messages across > and strengthening accountability linkages between government and > citizenry. > > *Arti Jaiman*, Station Director, Gurgaon Ki Awaaj , a community Radio Station > that Broadcast in Hindi and Haryani. Arti is an active participant in > the advocacy movement for community media in India through > the Community Radio Forum of India, as well as AMARC, the world > association of community radio broadcasters. She is a former editor and > arts journalist at The Economic Times, as well as co-founder and director > of Pitara, a media company for children. > > *Kamal Kant Jaswal* ( Rtd IAS) is the Director of Common Cause, an > organization > dedicated to redress the common problems of the people. Kamal Jaiswal > served in the UP cadre of the IAS for over 36 years. During his > career in the IAS, Kamal Jaiswal held a number of important positions in the > field as well as the State and Central secretariat. During his long public > career, Kamal Jaiswal specialized in rural development, industrial > planning & promotion , public enterprise policy and privatization. > > *N. Ramakrishnan* is the General Secretary, Community Radio Forum India > and the Founder/Director of Ideosync Media Combine, a communication for > social change organization. Mr.Ramakrishnan has worked on a number of > behaviour change communication tools, including the National Award > winning film *Nirankush* (1997), on female infanticide in the Indian > state of Rajasthan; and the acclaimed *Growing Up/Badhte Hum/Time of Our > Lives* (1998-2007) video module series on reproductive and sexual health > for young people. In 2008, he authored a UNESCO commissioned manual on > community radio technology, entitled *CR: A User's Guide to the > Technology*. > > *Prof. Vinod Pavarala* teaches development communication, cultural > studies, and research methodology at the Department of Communication, > University of Hyderabad. Earlier Prof. Pavarala taught at the University > of Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech ( Blacksburg , USA ), and IIT-Bombay. He is > the author of *Interpreting Corruption: Elite Perspectives in India* > (Sage, 1997) and co Author *Other Voices: the struggle for community > radio in India* <http://www.sagepub.in/browse/book.asp?bookid=1166>(Sage > in 2007) . Prof Pavarala is the Founder-President of the Community Radio > Forum—India and is the UNESCO Chair on Community Media, the only one of > its kind in the world. > > *Adv Prashant Bhushan* is a senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and > the counsel for the PIL field by an NGO Common Cause, seeking permission > for private FM and community radio stations to air news. Prashant is well > known figure in India for filling Public Interest Litigation< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Interest_Litigation> for social > awareness and exposing corruption cases. > > *Paranjoy Guha Thakurta *is member of the Governing council of the Foundation > for Media Professionals and is an independent journalist and an educator. > His work experience spanning nearly 35 years, cuts across > different media: print, radio, television and documentary cinema. He is a > writer, > speaker, anchor, interviewer and a commentator. >
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