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Asam Bani Editor Dileep Chandan received USTM Media
Excellence Award-2018
GUWAHATI, 6 July 2018:
The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya today
honoured media personalities from the region recognising
their contribution in the field of News Media giving
legitimacy to people’s voice and augmenting the role of
media as the “Fourth Estate”. The Awards were conferred
today on the occasion of USTM PR Day-2018 held in a glorious
function presided over by Prof Nirmal Kumar Chaudhury,
former Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University while the Chief
Guest of the event was former Meghalaya Governor Shri R S
Mooshahary. A galaxy of media persons and dignitaries from
the region, including Mr PJ Baruah, Executive Editor, The
Assam Tribune and Dr PK Goswami, Vice Chancellor, USTM has
graced the occasion.
This year’s USTM Media Excellence Award went to four media
stalwarts of the region:
Mr Zarir Hussain, Chief Managing Editor, News Live
Television; Mr Dileep Chandan, Editor, Asom Bani; Mr Samudra
Gupta Kashyap, veteran journalist & author and Ms Maini
Mahanta, Editor, Nandini. The USTM Media Achiever Award-2018
went to eight senior journalists from the region. They are:
Mr Sujit Chakraborty, Special Correspondent, IANS, Tripura;
Mr Satyanarayan Misra, Staff Reporter, Dainik Purvoday; Mr
Imtiaz Ahmed, Senior Reporter, The Telegraph, Guwahati; Ms
Monmoromi Mahanta, Journalist, Prag Channel; Mr Mridul Haloi,
Sub Editor, Dainik Janambhumi; Mr Aafaque Hussain, Staff
Reporter, The Shillong Times; Ms Tinakali Sumi, Senior Sub
Editor, Nagaland Post and Ms Evanjoplin Dkhar, Senior
Reporter, Meghalaya Guardian, Shillong. The awards were
handed over to the recipients by the eminent dignitaries.
Delivering his keynote address on “Role of Universities in
Outreach Activities”, Padma Shri Manas Chaudhuri, Managing
Director, The Shillong Times, said that universities have
immense responsibility in shaping the future of a generation
by community engagement, public service and knowledge
exchange, apart from its main areas of teaching and
research.
Another keynote speaker on the occasion was, Shri Prasanta
Rajguru, Editor, Amar Asom. Delivering a lecture on “Role of
Universities in Socio-Political Awareness”, Shri Rajguru
said that educational institutions are temple of knowledge
and universities being the highest level of educational
institution, have a great deal of responsibility in creating
social and political awareness among the people.
Addressing the gathering, Shri RS Mooshahary, former
Governor of Meghalaya said that there are very few private
universities that have seen such level of growth within few
years of their establishment as USTM has experienced.
Delivering the media awards, Shri Mooshahary said that media
too has its social responsibilities and it can play a
positive or negative role in the society. He urged all media
persons to contribute positively to the society and the
country as a whole.
Shri Mahbubul Hoque, the Chancellor of USTM, stated that it
has been a challenging journey for USTM which began with
only six students in 2011 and now the University takes pride
to have more than 5,000 students. The University has adopted
a holistic approach for social development, besides its
consistent mission towards development of individuals and
the society in the field of education. The University’s
outreach programmes and activities are gradually being
expanded to reach those areas and people requiring support
and assistance. “We are placing the University Progress
Report in front of media and other dignitaries in this USTM
PR Day”, he said.
It must be mentioned here that USTM is the number one
private university in the region – the “people’s university”
as it is known—and has been putting its full efforts to
stand in its true sense. USTM has generously opened the door
for the poor and underprivileged meritorious students of the
society to continue higher studies in this University with
the provision of “Free Education” thus not letting poverty
to be a hindrance in education for the deserving candidates.
The provision is also applicable for the children of the
media fraternity as they hardly receive such support. The
University has adopted a “Pay Back Policy” to encourage the
students to qualify the prestigious competitive
examinations. USTM has also introduced Pay Back Policy to
return entire course fees to students who qualify the NET/SLET
examinations to encourage the students and to create the
competitive mood among the students. |
