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Vice President confers National Awards for Excellence in Journalism
Naidu, Irani hail JK media students at PCI’s golden jubilee event

New Delhi, November 16, (Scoop News)-The Vice President of India, M.Venkaiah Naidu, today attended the function organized by the Press Council of India on the occasion of National Press Day. The occasion marked the Valedictory of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Press Council of India.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice President said that although the contours of journalism had changed over the years, it still continue to cast a huge influence in moulding public opinion and decision making by the government.

Vice President expressed concern over some of the dangerous trends that had crept into the newsrooms of both print and electronic media. They needed to be curbed in order to ensure that the pristine role played by the press earlier stood restored.
Earlier speaking at the function, Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Textiles, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani said that voices of media shouldn’t be suppressed and constitutionally it was our responsibility to ensure that media had the freedom to speak. She further added that today we have citizens who are becoming journalists through the social media network and they are playing an important role to remind the media of their responsibility as the fourth pillar of democracy.



Eminent Journalists Shri. Sam Rajappa and Shri Sarat Mishra were jointly awarded ‘Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award’ for their outstanding contributions towards journalism. While Ms. Shalini Nair, The Indian Express, received the “Rural Journalism & Developmental Reporting‟ award, Shri K. Sujith of Mangalam Daily and Ms Chitrangada Choudhury, Freelancer from Odisha, bagged awards for ‘Investigative Journalism’. Photo Journalism awards were given to Shri C.K. Thanseer, Chandrika DailyShri Vijay Verma, Press Trust of India and Shri J.Suresh of Malayala Manorama. Shri Gireesh Kumar, Times of India, received the award for Best Newspapers Art.






Meanwhile Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani today lauded media students from Jammu and Kashmir who were present at the Golden Jubilee function of the Press Council of India (PCI) coinciding with the National Press Day.

The Vice-President inaugurated the valedictory event while the function was presided over by PCI chairman, Justice Chandramauli Kumar.

The vice-president in his speech said that there was a credibility crisis as far as the media of current times are concerned.

“If media is credible, then all the challenges will fall in line,” he said. He also welcomed the media students from Jammu and Kashmir for their participation in the National Press Day event.

Pointing toward media students from Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani in her speech said that they (students) are the future of mass communication and journalism.

“I wholeheartedly welcome the media students from Jammu and Kashmir who have made to this event for gaining professional exposure. They should spend time with the journalists and world body of journalists here to hear about the stories which never made to the print.

The deliberations at the event this year were centered around the theme ‘Challenges before the Media’. The National Awards for Excellence in Journalism were also conferred at the event.

The function was also attended by Director, Department of Information and Public Relations, Jammu and Kashmir Government, Muneer-ul-Islam and other officials of Information Department.

Pertinently, a group of around 40 media students from Jammu and Kashmir attended the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Press Council of India on Thursday. They are accompanied by the faculty members of the respective media institutions.

The tour is being organised by the Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR) to provide a platform to the media students from the state to interact with participants from across the world including World Association of Press Councils, Press Associations, Media Councils and the Media Professionals during their visit to Delhi.

Earlier, during the day Minister for Works, Mr Naeem Akhtar, who was on an official visit to Delhi, interacted with the media students from J&K over breakfast at Vishwa Yuva Kendra. He was inspired by the enthusiasm of the media students, who expressed their desire to explore latest professional avenues in the field of media.

Of late, DIPR has initiated various measures to create professional avenues for J&K’s media students, both within and outside the State, and also help sharpen their core skills for the emerging job market.
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