World Radio Day observed in New Delhi

World Radio Day observed in New Delhi

New Delhi; 13/02/2015: The New Delhi cluster office of UNESCO and CEMCA observed the World Radio Day with an inaugural session and a moderated panel discussion at UN Conference Hall, New Delhi on February 13, 2015. The opening remarks were delivered by Mr Shigeru Aoyagi, Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka and Dr Ramesh Sharma, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA). In the session, the South Asia Network on Community Media was formally launched. A study on ‘Innovation in the Community Radio’, a CEMCA initiative and ‘Internal Migration: A Manual for Community Radios’, a UNESCO initiative were released. Mr Jawhar Sircar, Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharati, public service broadcasting of India delivered the keynote address at the inaugural session.

Mr Pete Tridish, Community Radio Activist and Founder, Prometheus Radio Project, USA delivered the opening remarks at the panel discussion on ‘Community Radio and Social Inclusion.’ Mr. Indrajeet Grewal, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India; Ms Archana Kapoor, Secretary General, Community Radio Association; Mr N Ramakrishnan, Executive Director, Ideosync Media Combine; Ms Marina Faetanini, Programme Specialist (SHS), UNESCO New Delhi, and Prof. Biswajit Das, Founding Director, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia shared their views in the panel, which was moderated by Prof. Vinod Pavarala, Chairholder,

UNESCO Chair on Community Media at University of Hyderabad. The event was coordinated by Dr Ankuran Dutta of CEMCA and Mr. Anirban Sarma of UNESCO.