All India Radio wins 1st Prize in the CSA category of ABU Prizes 2016, today

All Radio Radio’s entry- 'Diary of a Tiger' (एक बाघ की डायरी), produced  by Shri Abhinay Srivastava, Programme Executive, AIR Allahabad , has won 1st prize in the  'Community Service Announcement' category of the ABU Prizes 2016.

Jury declared result this evening at the Gala Award Presentation ceremony of ABU Prizes held on the sidelines of ABU General Assembly & Associated Meetings at Bali, Indonesia.

ABU Prizes 2016 (Radio)  included six categories 1. Drama  2. Documentary, 3. News Reporting,  4. Community Service Announcement (CSA), 5.  Interactive Programmes and  6. Innovative Programmes. AIR had submitted four entries - in Drama, Documentary, CSA and innovative categories. AIR has submitted its entries in all the four categories and won First Prize for CSA.
The selected programme is an 89 second spot in Hindi language on  the dwindling forests and  gradually decreasing habitat of tigers,  reflecting through the notes inscribed by the successive generations of tigers in a diary format on their  gradual decreasing numbers due to apathetic behaviour of human beings .

The award includes a trophy, certificate and cash prize.  Shri Abhinay Srivastava received his award at the glittering award ceremony organised  by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union(ABU) in association with RRI (Radio Republic Indonesia) & MMIT (Ministry of Communication and Informatics), Indonesia

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