Mushrooming of Media Schools Cause of Concern – Smt. Soni Minister Confers Seema Nazreth Award for Journalistic Excellence to Ms.Indulekha Arvind of Business Standard

Mushrooming of Media Schools Cause of Concern - Smt. Soni Minister Confers Seema Nazreth Award for Journalistic Excellence to Ms.Indulekha Arvind of Business Standard
Mushrooming of Media Schools Cause of Concern – Smt. Soni Minister Confers Seema Nazreth Award for Journalistic Excellence to Ms.Indulekha Arvind of Business Standard
Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Smt. Ambika Soni today conferred the Seema Nazreth Award for Journalistic Excellence to Ms. Indulekha Arvind of Business Standard. The ‘Seema Nazreth Award’ instituted by Business Standard, Smt. Soni said provided the ideal platform to nurture true talent based on professionalism, skills and aptitude for journalism. The criteria for selecting the winner of the award was quite rigorous based on quality of writing, information gathering, analysis and the impact of the published work on society.

Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Soni said that the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in consultation with the HRD Ministry was in the process of constituting a committee to review the mushrooming of media training institutes across the country. The committee would comprise of key stakeholders associated with the issue. The Government in order to promote the excellence in journalism had initiated measures to establish Regional Centres of IIMC at four Centres viz. Aizawl, Amravati, Kerala and Jammu. The Minister said she was confident that by the end of the year, an Act of Parliament could be enacted whereby IIMC would become an institute of excellence.

Elaborating further, the Minister said that she was confident that the ongoing debate in the country on the issue of regulation and self-regulation in the electronic and print media, would help in bringing about a consensus and a new perspective on issues related to the freedom of press. Lauding the development of the media and entertainment industry in the country, the Minister said the media landscape had placed India in an exciting position globally where growth was robust with over 82000 publications and 800 channels in the broadcast media. While the M & E Sector in India grew at 11.2% in 2010, the developed countries in the same period grew on an average less than 4%. The Minister spoke of the need to focus on celebrating with pride the diversity of India while at the same time appreciating the richness of Indian culture.

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