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  • Over 500 Professors, Research Scholars Join #Academics4NaMo Campaign |

    NEW DELHI: As the general elections are approaching, political activities have increased exponentially in diverse spheres. Different groups are gearing up to enter the election mode. Keeping this in view, Academics4Nation, a group working among professors and researchers, has launched a campaign called #Academics4NaMo. More than five hundred professors and research scholars have joined this novel initiative. Its first meeting was held at the South Campus of Delhi University, which was attended by academics from prestigious Universities including JNU, Delhi University, IIT, Ambedkar University, IIMC, and many other educational institutions.

    The central aim of #Academics4NaMo is to apprise the intellectual world of the work done by the Modi government in the last ten years. In the coming days, several such meetings will be organized in different educational institutions and research institutes of the country, highlighting the achievements of the Modi government through discussion.

    In the meeting held in Delhi, the Director of Delhi University South Campus and member of the Advisory Council of Academics4Nation, Prof. Shri Prakash Singh asserted that the time is right for Bhārat to regain its glory through the development journey envisioned by the Honorable Prime Minister. 

    It is imperative to take this message to the thinkers, writers, and researchers of the country. All this is possible only when Narendra Modi is re-elected as the  Prime Minister in 2024.

    Dr Devi Dayal Gautam, Convenor of Academics4Nation, stated that the objective of this initiative is to ensure the return of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the third consecutive time by creating a pragmatic narrative and right discourse through scholarly enterprise.

    Dr Swadesh Singh, founder and former Convenor of Academics4Nation, informed that a similar effort was also made in the 2019 general elections, which was highly appreciated. 

    He affirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the battle of numbers, and now it is time to advance the accurate narrative. Dr Singh highlighted the role of mainstream media and social media in communicating facts and eliminating disinformation. Other faculty members contributed enthusiastically through their suggestions to run this campaign effectively.

    The meeting concluded with a firm resolve that this campaign will contribute intellectually in favour of PM Modi in the upcoming 2024 elections through brainstorming, dialogue, and action. The new website of Academics4NaMo www.academics4namo.com was also presented at the meeting.

  • Understanding of Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Javadekar- Avoid sensation and TRP-centric journalism

    Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar advised the students of journalism to avoid unnecessary sensation and TRP-centric journalism and said that whatever has been good in the society should also be conveyed to the people.

    On Monday, Union Minister Javadekar inaugurated the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) academic session 2020-21, saying that as a journalist, you should listen to all the pros and cons, but to take the society in good direction Only our journalism should work.

    He said that keeping the TRP rating in mind, the journalism that is happening is not the right way. The meter installed in 50 thousand houses cannot be the opinion of 22 crore viewers. We will increase its scope, so that it can be known that what people see and what they want to see in the true sense. Javadekar said that journalism is a responsibility, not a means of misuse. If your story has power, then it does not require any drama or sensation. There is so much good news in society, but unfortunately no one shows them. The contribution of journalism in the direction of advancing the society is the religion of journalism.

    Javadekar said that the first mantra of journalism is that all the events affecting the lives of people in all walks of life are news, which have to be properly communicated to the people. Media freedom is an important dimension of democracy. Have to take care of it. But this freedom comes with responsibility. So we all have to be responsible as well.

    On this occasion, the Director General of IIMC Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi said that it is not our goal to produce only journalists, we want to create global leaders, who will become the biggest and global names in the world of journalism and mass media in the coming ten years.

    Additional Director General K.K. Satish Namboodiripad gave the students detailed information about IIMC.

    After this, all the faculty members were introduced to the students. In the last session, Dr. Anurag Batra, founder of Exchange 4 Media and Business World, taught the students the tricks of healthy journalism.

    On Tuesday, the second day of the program, renowned filmmaker Subhash Ghai, senior journalist Umesh Upadhyay, Hindustan Times editor Sukumar Ranganathan, Organizer editor Prafulla Ketkar, Gautam Buddha University Vice Chancellor Prof. Bhagwati Prakash Sharma and Director of the Center for Policy Studies, Chennai, Dr. J.K. Bajaj will meet the students.