Saturday, 26 July 2014

अनवरत अमृतधारा - पवित्र गंगा

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vius ns”k Hkkjr dh izeq[k unh xaxk] dsoy ,d ty/kkjk ugha] cfYd Hkkjrh; laLd`fr dh izrhd gSA युगों युगों से भारत के आध्यात्म और वैराग्य को सींचने वाली अनवरत अमृतधार है गंगा. हमारी आस्था ,हमारे जीवन ,हमारी उर्जा और उल्लास की नदी है गंगा पवित्रता और निर्मलता की जलधार है गंगा.मानव के पंचकर्मों में एक है गंगा.शिव का रूप है,विष्णु का अंश है , ब्रह्मपोषित है गंगा. गंगा वो नदी है जो मनुष्य ही नहीं बल्कि देवताओं को भी प्रिय है ..महाकाल ,मृत्युंजय ,महासत्य ,महादेव शिव की प्रिय है गंगा.उनके पुत्रों कार्तिकेय और गणेश को अस्तित्व प्रदान करनेवाली गंगा ही है.तभी तो गणेश को गंगे भी कहते हैं. गंगा के किनारे ही महात्मा बुद्ध को बोधिगति प्राप्त होती है , अपने पाँच शिष्य मिलते हैं. रामायण की कथाओं में गंगा कभी प्रभु राम और केवट के मिलन की साक्षी बनती है तो महाभारत  में शांतनु की पत्नी और भीष्मपितामह की माता बनकर सामने आती है ..भगवद गीता में भगवान कृष्ण स्वयं कहते हैं ‘ मैं नदियों में गंगा हूँ. गंगावतरण से जुडी कई बड़ी रोचक कहानियां हैं.शिवपुराण के अनुसार गंगा हिमालय की पुत्री  और पार्वती की बड़ी बहन हैं .. जब भगवान शिव अपनी पहली पत्नी सती के बलिदान के बाद मानसिक संताप से गुजर रहे थे तब सृष्टिकर्ता ब्रह्मा ने शिव का पुनर्विवाह गंगा से करा दिया.

       मान्यता है कि गंगा ब्रह्मलोक से शिव की जटा में आईं परंतु शिव ने उन्हें अपनी जटाओं में रोक लिया। राजा भगीरथ के अनुरोध पर उन्होंने अपनी जटाएं निचोड़ कर छोड़ी जिससे अनेक धाराएं निकली। इनमें तीन प्रमुख हैं, अलकनंदा मंदाकिनी और भागीरथी। शिव ने अपनी जटा से एक धारा पृथ्वी पर उतारा जिसे मंदाकिनी नदी मानते हैं । दूसरी धारा स्वर्ग चली गई, जिसका नाम अलकनंदा हुआ। यही धारा स्वर्ग से उतरकर बद्रिकाश्रम से प्रवाहित होती है। तीसरी धारा भगीरथ के रथ के पीछे चलकर देवप्रयाग आई और भागीरथी कहलाई।

      HkkxhjFkh uke dh bl ty/kkjk dk laxe nsoiz;kx ds ikl vyduank ls gksrk gS& fQj vkxs c<+rh] ;g lfjrk rhFkZ :nziz;kx esa eankfduh dks lekfgr djrh gSA ;gha ls bl fueZy ty/kkjk dk uke xaxk gksrk gSA

      हिन्दू पंचांग के अनुसार ज्येष्ठ मास की दसमी को पृथ्वी पर गंगा का अवतरण हुआ है.ये दिन गंगा दशहरा के रूप में मनाया जाता है.ऐसी मान्यता है कि इस दिन गंगा में लगाई एक डूबकी पापों से मुक्ति दिला देती है..    
       
       
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     हे eka xaxk] gs ;equk gs] ljLorh
     gs ueZnk vkSj fla/kq dkosjh] lHkh d`ik djks--- vkSj izdV gks bl ty esa] ftlls eSa viuh “kqf) dj ldwaA

      गंगा अवतरण की कथा का आधार भागीरथ ऋषि द्वारा अपने पूर्वज रघुकुल राजा सगर के पुत्रों को मुक्ति दिलाना है जो कपिल मुनि के शाप से भस्म हुए थे  । सगर के पुत्र जहां ऋषि के शाप से भष्म हुए थे वह स्थान पश्चिम बंगाल में स्थित गंगासागर नामक स्थान है जहां गंगा सागर की गोद में समा जाती है।

                गंगा देश की प्राकृतिक संपदा ही नहीं, जन जन की भावनात्मक आस्था का आधार भी है। गंगा नदी नहीं बल्कि एक संस्कृति है। पुराणों में पावन, पतितपावनीपापतारिणी गंगा को मां का स्थान  दिया गया है. गंगा हमारी भारतीय सभ्यता रूप है ।

      mRrj Hkkjr esa fgeeafMr fgeky; ds xkseq[k नामक स्थान सेfudy dj djhc 2510 fd-eh- rd nf{k.k&iwjc fnशा esa izokfgr gksdj xaxk lkxj ds ikl caxky dh [kkM+h esa foyhu gksrh gS xaxk!

      उत्तराखंड ls लेकर बंगाल की खाड़ी के सुंदरवन तक विशाल भू भाग को सींचती है गंगा और अपने सहायक नदियों के साथ दस लाख वर्ग किलोमीटर क्षेत्रफल के अति विशाल उपजाऊ मैदान की रचना करती है।

        fgeky; dh igkM+h <kyksa ls uhps mrjdj ikou rhFkZ uxjh gfj}kj ls eSnkuh Hkkx esa izos”k djrh gS xaxkA gfj}kj esa xaxk ?kkV&xaxk Luku ds fy, rhFkZ;kf=;ksa dh HkhM+ yxh jgrh gS&
       vkfndky ls gh xaxk] Hkkjr dh vkLFkk J)k vkSj iwtk dh izrhd jgh gSA gfj}kj ls vkxs mRrj izns”k ds eSnkuh Hkkxksa esa xaxk dh /kkjk dk Lo:Ik cnyus yxrk gS...viuh dbZ lgk;d नदियों dh tyjkf”k izkIr dj ysus ls blds ty izokg esa fo”kkyrk vkrh gSA

    x<+eqDrs”oj ls nक्षिण पूर्व dh fn”kk esa xfreku gksrh xaxk dh /kkjk laxe uxjh iz;kx igqaprh gS& tgka xaxk] ;equk और  var%lyhyk ljLorh dk laxe LFky gS f=os.khA

      f=os.kh ls viuh lgHkkfxuh ;equk dh fo”kky ty jkf”k vius esa lesV dj xaxk iwjc dh fn”kk esa cgrh gqbZ] Hkkjr dh xkSjoe; laLd`fr dh izrhd ds :Ik esa izfl) dk”kh uxjh igqaprh gSA dk”kh] ftldk vk/kqfud :Ik esa izpfyr uke cukjl ;k okjk.klh gS] lalkj ds izkphure ltho uxjksa esa ls ,d gS&vkSj xaxk rV ij cus अनगिनत ?kkVksa ds fy, lkjh nqfu;k esa e”kgwj gSA&

      माना जाता है कि काशी नगरी भगवान शिव के त्रिशूल पर टिकी है इसलिए इस शिवप्रिया नगरी में गंगा का भव्य स्वागत होता है

              eafnj efLTkn] iaMs&iqtkfj;ksa ds bl “kgj esa fofHkUu laLd`fr;ksa ds vusd :Ik ns[kus dks feyrs gaSA ,d vksj dk”kh fo”oukFk vkSj ladV ekspu dk fnO; LFkku gS rks nwljh vksj dchj pkSjk vkSj lar rqylh nkl dk rqylh ?kkVA u`R; fo”kkjn fcjtw egkjkt gks ;k “kgukbZ oknd fclfeYYkkg [kka] egku lkfgR;dkj HkkjrsUnq vkSj egkdfo t;”kadj izlkn blh uxj ds fuf/k jgs gSa&
      egkeuk enu eksgu ekyoh; dh nsu cukjl fgUnq fo”ofo|ky; Hkh ;gha xaxk rV ij fLFkr gS&
      भारतरत्न उस्ताद बिस्मिल्लाह खान रोज सुबह अपनी शहनाई गंगा जल से धोते थे  ..उन्हें गंगा बहुत प्रिय थी ..जब भी बनारस में होते थे तो गंगा को अपनी शहनाई सुनाना नहीं भूलते थे
      भारतीय साहित्य भी गंगा के स्तुतिगान से अछूता नहीं रहा है .. कई रचनाएँ गंगा को ही समर्पित की गयी है ..पंडित जगन्नाथ की गंगालहरी उनमे से एक है

        rhFkZ uxjh dk”kh ds euksje ?kkVksa ls vkxs izokfgr gksrh gqbZ&xaxk /kkjk ekyoh; iqy ls vkxs मुगलसराय gksrh gqbZ] fcgkj izns”k esa cDlj igqaprh gSA मान्यता है कि भगवान Jhjke us अपनेxq:nso ds lkFk tudiqj Lo;aoj esa tkus ds fy, ;gha ls xaxk dks ikj fd;k Fkk] जो अब jke?kkV के नाम से प्रसिद्द gS&

      बक्सर से आगे चलकर गंगा पहुँचती है पटना यानि बिहार की राजधानी पाटलिपुत्र .. ean&ean xfr ls iwjc dh vkSj izokfgr gksrh xaxk dh /kkjk jkt/kkuh uxj iVuk igqapus ds igys lj;w rFkk lksu unh dh ty/kkjkvksa dks Hkh vius esa lesV ysrh gSA

      दीपावली के ६ दिन बाद जब छठ पूजा मनाई जाती है तो यहाँ गंगा के घाटों पर आस्था और विश्वास की एक अद्भुत छटा देखने को मिलती  है ...
     

      आगे चलकर गंगा कई हिस्सों में बंटती हुई धरतीलोक पर अपनी यात्रा के अंतिम पड़ाव ‘गंगा सागर’ पहुँचती है .. मान्यता है कि यही वो स्थान है जहाँ माँ गंगा ने भागीरथ के पूर्वजों का उद्धार किया था

      .. इस स्थान का बहुत सांस्कृतिक और आध्यात्मिक महत्व है ... मकर संक्रांति के दिन यहाँ लाखों लोग स्नान करने आते हैं ..तभी तो कहा जाता है कि ‘सभी तीर्थ बार बार ,गंगासागर एक बार “

      स्वर्ग से धरती पर उतारकर सभी को अपने आँचल में समेटती , दोषमुक्त करती , अभयदान देती गंगा, सागर से मिलकर पाताललोक चली जाती है और त्रिलोकगामिनी बन जाती है  
  
      गाम पृथ्वी गच्छति इति गंगाम
गाम अवयवं गम्यते , इति गंगा

      जो मानव कल्याण के लिए धरती पर उतरती है वो गंगा है ..जो मानव को स्वर्ग तक ले जाती है , वो गंगा है  


      सदियों से भारत की धरती पर बहती हुई गंगा इस देश की पहचान बनी हुई हैं पर अफ़सोस की बात ये है कि वही गंगा अब अपनी पहचान खोती जा रही है।

      गंगा थक रही है ..मर रही है ... अपनी अज्ञानता, लालच और स्वार्थ से हमने इसे इस हद तक प्रदूषित कर दिया है कि आज मोक्षदायिनी गंगा अपने मोक्ष के लिए हमसे मदद मांग रही है..
      भारत में अनादिकाल से ही गंगा जीवनदायिनी और मोक्ष दायिनी रही है, भारतीय संस्कृति, सभ्यता और अस्मिता की प्रतिक रही हैं। उसकी अविरल और निर्मल सतत् धारा के बिना भारतीय अस्तित्व और संस्कृति की कल्पना नहीं की जा सकती।

            समय आ गया है कि हम सब उस संकल्प का साथ दें जो गंगा को फिर एक बार अनवरत अमृतधार बनाने के लिए की गयी है ..

Friday, 25 July 2014

AIR at Commonwealth Games,Glasgow


Living up to its tradition and commitment to listeners all over the country, All India has made elaborate arrangements for providing the exclusive and extensive Radio coverage to the ongoing 20th Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland. The Games were inaugurated on 23.07.2014 and AIR broadcast marathon live commentary on the colourful Opening Ceremony for three hours and forty minutes.
Also, the arrangements have been made for providing exclusive live radio commentary on all the India specific matches, semi finals and final matches on the Hockey event in both the men and women’s category. Besides, AIR would also have plans to provide exclusive live radio commentary on the identified Badminton matches, sprint finals in Athletics and Closing Ceremony of these Games.
To update the listeners of India’s performances in these Games on regular basis, periodic live updates during each day of competition are being broadcast on FM Rainbow. In addition to this whenever India gets a medal, instant broadcast is made in form of breaking News on AIR FM Rainbow and FM Gold channels.
 Apart from the live coverage, updates and flashing news of India’s medal winners, AIR is broadcasting India centric daily highlight capsules which contain reports, spot commentaries and interviews etc. to benefit those listeners who prefers to keep themselves updated in one shot. 
An innovative programme “Postcard from Glasgow” is also being broadcast, which primarily consists of side-stories, soft stories and other interesting trivia and happenings and anecdotes related to the city of Glasgow and the 20th Commonwealth Games.
Regional version of the both the programmes ‘Daily Highlights capsule” and Post Card from Glasgow” are also being broadcast on the same day by All India Radio.
AIR is also making its presence felt in a big way on the various platforms of ‘Social Media’ as far as these Games are concerned.
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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

DD National tops in ‘time spent in viewing’ numbers

DD National is the number one channel among all GEC’s in terms of time spent by viewers and the TAM data for week 26 from 22-28 July 2014 indicates that it topped with 92 minutes TSV as compared to 90 minutes as recorded for Sony.

The higher numbers indicate that after switching to the channel, viewers have preferred to continuously watch the channel rather than frequently switching to other channels.

DD National is also reported to be ranked three in terms of overall average viewership in early morning time band of 6 am to 8 am. The viewership of DD National channel is rising rapidly during mid prime time band from 12 pm to 3 pm as it has slotted six new family based fresh serials during this band and renamed this band as DD Dopahar.

However, an analysis done by Doordarshan itself indicates that the viewership of the channel can be higher if multi-system operators fully comply with the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 as many are still not complying with the ‘Must Carry’ clause and the carriage of the national channel is still badly affected in analogue cable networks.

Thus, DD National channel is regaining its lost ground as it has also seen rapid growth in overall viewership numbers in prime time and morning prime time of Sunday.

Its environment based programme Earth Matters directed by the renowned Mike Pandey is becoming popular among all sections of society, indicating that the channel is liked by viewers for wholesome entertainment and information based programmes and for lot of fresh programming dished out to viewers unlike other channels who are most dependent on repeat programmes and are run on six to eight hours cycle.

http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/terrestrial/dd-national-tops-in-time-spent-in-viewing-numbers-140707

Monday, 7 July 2014

AIR Tiruchi celebrates platinum jubilee

Vishaka Hari performing at the platinum jubilee celebrations of All India Radio Tiruchi on Wednesday.— PHOTO: G. GNANAVELMURUGAN


Vishaka Hari performing at the platinum jubilee celebrations of All India Radio Tiruchi on Wednesday.— PHOTO: G. GNANAVELMURUGAN



The year-long platinum jubilee celebrations of All India Radio Tiruchirappalli concluded yesterday with an evening of cultural performances and speeches by the public broadcaster’s senior executives recounting the glories of the station.

Held in the front section of the station’s sprawling premises on Bharathidasan Salai, the evening’s proceedings were also broadcast live on radio from 4.30 p.m. Entry to the event was free to the public, and a sizeable crowd braved the sunshine to fill up the seating area.

The special programme started, as do all broadcasts of the station, with ‘Mangala Isai’ (auspicious music), with an instrumental recital by Chinnamannur A. Vijay Karthikeyan on the nadaswaram and Mannargudi R. Chinnaraja on the tavil.

Among the AIR executives who addressed the gathering were M. Vasuki, Deputy Director-General (Engineering), AIR Tiruchi, P.K. Subhash, Additional Director-General (Programming), AIR South Zone, N. Thyagarajan, Additional Director-General (Engineering, South Zone), and V. Charavarthy, Assistant Director/Programme Head, AIR Chennai. Dr. So. Sathyaseelan, Tamil litterateur and former AIR staffer, was the chief guest.

Recalling his days at the station, when worked as a part-time drama artiste while still a student at the National College in 1952, Dr. Sathyaseelan commended the broadcaster for keeping up with the times in terms of content and technology. “In 1958, I was working as a teacher in Lebbaikudikadu when I was invited to speak on a programme for youth. I was sent off to the studio with much fanfare by my students, and my speech was aired live. People in the village tuned in to the radio powered by a car battery,” he said. “Look where we have reached now.” He also recounted the sometimes comic battles with event-timing, weather and technology in the early years of live broadcasting.

The biggest service that AIR had rendered in the State was to have made the people self-reliant, he said, adding that its programmes had spread ideas with the speed of wind. “All India Radio is the mother that nurtured my talent, and I hope its centenary will equally remarkable,” he concluded.
The vote of thanks was delivered by Mrs. Jothimani Ilangovan, Assistant Director/Programme Head, AIR Tiruchi.

After a brief interval to honour the speakers with commemorative shawls and mementos, eight staff artistes of the station presented Vadhya Virundhu (Feast of Instrumental Music). This was followed by Natyanjali, a classical dance item performed by students of Bala Kala Vidhanam, Tiruchi. A vocal recital by Vishakha Hari rounded off the evening’s cultural performances. Comic interludes were provided by the stand-up artiste Thanjavur Rama Gurunathan.

All India Radio Tiruchi, often referred to as a ‘model station’, was one of six pioneering stations in pre-independent India, and the second in the erstwhile Madras State after Chennai. It was established on May 16, 1939, and in its present form caters to the districts of Tiruchi, Peramabalur, Ariyalur, Karur, Salem, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Pudukottai.

AIR TRICHY PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS


The year long platinum jubilee celebrations of AIR Trichy concluded on 25.06.2014.with an evening of cultural performances and speeches by eminent persons recounting the glories of the station.

The function held inside the premises of the station itself the evenings proceedings were also broadcast live on FM Channel. The special program started with mangala Iasi with an instrumental recital by chinnamanur A.Vijaykarthikeyan on the nagaswaram and manargudi R.chinnaraja on the thavil.

Among the AIR Executives who addressed the gathering were Smt. M.Vasuki DDG(E) AIR,Trichy ,Shri.P.K.Subhash ADG(P) SZ, Shri. N.Thiagarajan,ADG(E) SZ and Shri.V.Chakravarthy,AD(P) AIR,Chennai ,Dr.SO.Sathyaseelan renowned Tamil litterateur was the Chief guest.

All the speakers recalled the yeoman service rendered by the AIR Trichy station which was one of six pioneering stations in pre-Independent India.

Shri.N.Thiagarajan ADG(E)SZ informed that he was the one of the ardent listener of this station in his younger age ,also briefed about the upcoming project and Technical developments at AIR Trichy. The vote of thanks was delivered by Mrs .Jothimani Elangovan AD(P),AIR,Trichy.

Contributed by :- A.CHITRA,DDE,DMC, TRICHY chitramuthu10@gmail.com

Thursday, 3 July 2014

New developments in the pipeline at All India Radio

  1. All India Radio has a plan to simulcast primary channel signal on FM transmitters to cover the shadow areas and provide the signal that is crystal clear.
  2.  Prasar Bharati has also recruited quite a good number of Programme Planners, Producers and Transmission Executives who are likely to start conceiving planning and producing innovative programmes of public service significance across the network.
  3.  In a situation when the organisation had been facing difficulties on account of over two-decade long recruitment holiday especially in respect of the professional man-power, stalemate has now broken to reinvigorate the services.
  4.  AIR also has a plan to install necessary infrastructure for cross-border communication on India’s borders which will further establish All India Radio’s phenomenal reach domestically and in the immediate neighbourhood.
  5.  The cluster of channels of AIR’s External Services Division is being live-streamed which will enable Indian diaspora across the world, foreigners with Indian origin and also non-Indians interested in Indian affairs to access AIR’s External Broadcast Channels through our website and mobile phones. 
  • Sunday, 29 June 2014

    Tuning into immunization with 'radiowali didi'

    Sarojini Devi earns herself and her family two meals a day by selling magazines to people who stop their cars at traffic intersection in 's capital city. When she and her three-year-old daughter, who does impromptu acrobatic shows at the same place for a pittance, return to their shanty in south, she switches on the radio to listen to  songs. That is all her family can afford for entertainment after a day's hard work.
    One evening, when Sarojini tuned in to one of her favourite programmes, she heard a 'radiowali didi' - the radio jockey - speaking to an expert on 'tika lagana' (immunization) and how vaccines could save lives of children.
    She felt a tug at her heartstrings. Some time ago, Sarojini had lost her two-year-old son to measles, a disease that could have been prevented through vaccination.
    "Until I heard it on radio, I never thought it was important to queue up for the child's vaccination, missing a day at work," she says remorsefully.
    The burden of poverty forces families like that of Sarojini to make some harsh choices-to go for their daily wages, neglecting their own health and that of their children too.
    Though India has one of the world's largest immunization programmes in terms of number of beneficiaries and geographical coverage, nearly 4,000 children die every day in the country largely due to vaccine-preventable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhoea and measles.
    A major chunk of these children are from the marginalized sections living in hard-to-reach areas that lack access to proper roads and essential services.
    In order to reach out to these children, Unicef India has launched an initiative to promote immunization on radio in partnership with the Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI).
    "As radio's reach is unmatched by any other media in India, we decided to use the platform of radio to disseminate messages about vaccines and the immunization schedules through news, talk shows, advertisements, quiz shows and other programmes," said Unicef's communication specialist Geetanjali Master.
    A workshop for radio professionals was organised earlier this month to sensitise them about the importance of immunization and equip them with relevant information for programme innovations.
    Over 40 radio jockeys and national programming heads of private FM radio stations took part in the workshop.
    Radio Mirchi's RJ Naved, whose pranks on Mirchi Murga are hugely popular among listeners, said FM radio was not just about music and entertainment.
    "Apart from playing Honey Singh's raps, RJs too can act responsibly and use the platform that radio gives them to take up social causes," he said.
    Speaking on the initiative, AROI secretary general Uday Chawla said the power of radio as a huge influencer has remained unchallenged even with the advent of television.
    "Radio is extremely popular and accessible. It can play a significant role in promoting important social issues weaving them in regular programming."
    Currently FM radio operates in 91 cities across the country, besides the public service broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR) that serves 99.18 percent of the population.
    To start with, this project would be focussing on nine states - Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha - that have rates of full immunization below the national average of 61 percent.
    Dwelling on the reasons for low immunization rates, Raveesha R. Mugali, immunization consultant with Unicef India, said: "When parents were asked about the reasons for not getting their children vaccinated, more than half of them said either they were not aware of the vaccines or did not feel the need to go for immunization."
    Emphasizing that no matter how busy a person was, he or she should not neglect their child's vaccination schedules, he said vaccines are the most cost effective way of protecting children's lives and can avert 1.4 million child deaths in India every year.

    Saturday, 28 June 2014

    Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati will be participating in Global Media Forum 2014-Bonn-a media summit on “The Future of Journalism and the Role of International Broadcasters”



    Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster is hosting Global Media Forum 2014, a three-day international media congress, and Prasar Bharati is proud to be invited to participate in this august gathering of the best minds from reputed broadcasting organisations from across the globe. In fact, Prasar Bharati is only one of the two broadcasters from the developing world to what is effectively a ‘First-World event’ (the other being Al Jazeera).

    Global Media Forum 2014 will be held in Bonn, Germany from 30th June to 2nd July 2014, and the theme year is: ”From Information to Participation: Challenges for  the Media”. Prominent guest speakers, including Google critic Jeff Jarvis, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will debate and discuss how media is participating in the global trend towards greater active participation, community involvement and interest in political processes and decision-making. The discussions at GMF 2014 is bound to have far-reaching points of relevance for macro-visioning and formulation of media policy across the globe (for further details on the participants, speakers and themes at GMF 2014, please visit http://www.dw.de/global-media-forum/home/s-30956)

    Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati will be participating in a media summit on “The Future of Journalism and the Role of International Broadcasters”. The discussion will be moderated by former BBC newscaster Tim Sebastian. The Summit will debate whether conventional media will be able to retain its position in this converged digital world where the lines between commentary and traditional journalistic reporting have been blurred., how international broadcasters can contribute to global diversity, how information services are likely to look like in the future, etc.


    You can follow GMF14 live on twitter (@DW_GMF)

    Tuesday, 24 June 2014

    Super Achiever Joins AIR as ADG (P)




    Sh.Amitabh Shukla, IRS holding the rank of Commissioner of Income Tax, has joined Prasar Bharati as Addtitional Director General (P) ,on deputation , wef 21.5.2014. He is leading the Commercial  and the External Services Division under  DG AIR.

    Sh. Amitabh Shukla’s success story reads like a fairy tale. After completing  his Bachelor of Arts, he enrolled for Master of Arts (History). Meanwhile he got  a job as a Medical Representative in a reputed pharmaceutical company of UP. He did not have any experience or qualifications for being a MR, but in two years rose to become Area Sales Manager of Uttar Pardesh, overseeing  one third of UP, which incidentally is equivalent  to Brazil, fifth most populous country in the world. In his hallmark humility he credits his success not to his brilliance but to effective communication skills and networking. To cap it all he completed his MA  with flying colours while still on the job.

    All achievers have one thing in common and that is they never rest on their laurels. Sh.Shukla is no exception, not content with his superlative success, he decided to reinvent himself and appeared for Indian Civil Services Examination, the dream destination  of all meritorious indian students. He qualified for the elite Indian Revenue Service  of which he was Income Tax Commissioner till he joined AIR on deputation.

    His success story did not end here and he continued his studies and did MBA from United Kingdom, two more M.As and is currently finishing his LLB. He replicated the earlier success in the private sector in his government service too.

    He has more than 23 years of exposure to the working of Income Tax Department at Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh and Ahmedabad in varied intricacies of Direct Tax  Administration comprising Audit and monitoring of Tax Revenue collections from Corporates, Individuals and other categories of tax payers. In addition, has been involved with  a variety of extremely sensitive Search and Seizure actions including those against Socially and Politically important personalities of the country. The assignments with  the search and seizure wing gave him an opportunity not only to understand and apply provisions of the Direct Taxes Act so as to unearth undisclosed income and assets, but was also an experience of working in synergy with other national premium investigation agencies like Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, Narcotics Central Bureau, Criminal Investigation Department of Delhi etc.He is extremely  computer savvy and is a master and user  of all the latest computing programmes, softwares and other cutting edge technologies.

     Among the innumerable, enviable accomplishments of his service career the following ones stand out :

    i)                      Apart from routine Income Tax work, he possesses wide experience of functioning of General Administration (pertaining to Human Resource Development, Financial Administration and Establishment matters) prevalent in Government Departments as per Government Rules and Regulations since he has managed  entire administrative functions on behalf of  Commissioner, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax and Director General of Income Tax, on several occasions.
     
    ii)                    He was posted with Director General of Income Tax (Vigilance) Delhi handling Vigilance matters at All India level of officers/officials of Income Tax Department.  The work involved providing all assistance to Director General of Income Tax (Vigilance) Delhi in attending to all the facets of departmental disciplinary proceedings from the stage of receipt of complaints upto levy of penalties,  if any.    The work also involved time bound coordination with multiple government agencies including constitutional bodies like Union Public Service Commission, Central Vigilance Commission, Appellate Authorities etc. 

    iii)                   He was entrusted  with the responsibility of managing a Regional Training Institute of the Income Tax Department at Chandigarh, catering to in service training needs, of jurisdictional trainee population located at Delhi and North West Region of India.  The experience had been most enriching as while conducting his business of designing and mounting training courses, not only has he learnt hither to unknown facts of the Indian Income Tax act but has also acquired valuable knowledge of other departments and agencies working under Government of India for containment of tax evasion and frauds like Central Bureau of Investigation, Securities Exchange Board of India, Reserve Bank of India, Commodities and Derivatives exchanges, Central Information Commission, Central Vigilance Commission  etc. Thus during the 3 years in RTI he has  inter alia learnt the benefits of inter departmental corporation and coordination for achievement of stated goals.

    iv)                He has also worked as Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India where he was primarily performing the responsibility as an adjudicator on the assessment orders passed by field formations under his jurisdiction.  The work involved comprehensive understanding of not only the Direct Tax statute but also all accompanying statutes and legislations which have a bearing upon the Indian Income-tax Act.  The work also involved understanding and applying the issues in the light of decisions given by superior judicial authorities viz. the Supreme Court of India, several High Courts of the state as well as Income-tax Appellate Tribunals located in the country.    The challenge was to pass a judicious order after interpreting, understanding and applying the correct provisions of law as contemporaneously available.

    Details of work as a Guest Faculty in Training Sector

    He has been keenly involved in not only acquisition of knowledge but also in its dissemination since he believes that learning is a continuous process.  Thus, he has  been taking lectures/sessions since 2004. Most of the time he has attended to topics on legal/Technical issues pertaining to Direct Tax Administration in the country. He has, however, also taken sessions on a subject very close to his heart that is Management and administration. His main areas of deliberations have been Communication, leadership, team building, motivation and Marketing. Marketing inspires him more as he has handled Pharmaceutical marketing prior to joining IT Department.    Some of the Institutes where he has regularly delivered lectures are  :-

    a) National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur- Lectures to Probationary officers as well as senior officers of Sri Lanka Revenue Service .
    b) Administrative Staff College of India , Hyderabad ( Delhi Branch)-  Lectures to Senior Officers from Central Govt. Department, Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalized & Private sector Banks, etc.
    c) M/s RMA Associates- Training et al ,  Mumbai Lectures to Senior Officers from Central Govt. Department, Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalized & Private sector Banks, etc.
    d) Direct Taxes Regional Training Institutes at Mumbai, Lucknow, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Chandigarh – Lectures to middle and senior level In  service officers of IT Department.

    He is a man of multi-facetted personality and has keen  interest in Sports and Games like badminton, Cricket, Lawn Tennis  etc.  He also indulges in  his favourite hobbies of listening to songs and music.



    RELEASE OF CDs OF Dr.Gangubai Hangal and Pt.Basavaraj Rajguru

    It was an unique moment for Akashvani, and Cultural City of Dharwad when 6 CDs of Dr.Gangubai Hangal and Pt.Basavaraj Rajguru (3 each) brought out by Central Archive, All India Radio, New Delhi were released on 21.06.2014. Alongwith CD release function, a special musical programme featauring Violin recital by Dr.N.Rajam and Classical Vocal by Pt.Kaivallyakuamr Gurav, was arranged at Srujana Auditorium, Dharwad. Both the Artists performed very well. For this unique function arranged by Director General, AIR, New Delhi, there was a tremendous response from Public and press. The hall with a capacity of 800 was full with enthusiastic audience. Every thing went on as planned. The entire programme was received very well. Another interesting feature was that it was arranged on International Music Day. It was really a fitting contribution by AIR for the music world by releasing 6 very special CDs of two Great Musicians of India. The CDs were released by Padmabhushan, Dr.N.Rajam, a renowned Violinst. The function was presided by Sri.P.K.Subhas, Additonal Director General, AIR, Southern Region. Dr.K.Vageesh, Consultant and Smt.Shalini Mittal, from the Directorate also participated in the function. They guided and cooperated with us in making this function a grand success. 

    The CDs which were released were sold like hot cakes. 435 CDs worth Rs.70,194 were sold out within 3 hours. National, Regional and Local News papers and T.V. Channels gave very good publicity and wide coverage and review for this event. Please find few such press cuttings. 

    I request you kindly go through the press cuttings pertaining to CD release function and Music Concert. 

    With regards, 

    (C.U.BELLAKKI)

    Station Director,AIR Dharwad

    Redoubtable Dr.K.Vageesh added:
    The CD release function ( of Dr Gangubai Hangal & Pt Basavaraj Rajguru ) held at Dharwad on the World Music Day was a grand show with a packed audience in the auditorium.

    The two sons of Dr Gangubai , wife and son of Pt Rajguru Were present there and there was all round appreciation for the role of AIR in propagating Clas Music thru these releases.

    There was a tremendous response for the release and the CD sales collection was around Rs 70,000/within few hours of the release.

    The concert that followed the release function - violin recital by Dr.N.Rajam and vocal recital by Pt Kaivalya kr Garav kept the audience spell bound.

    The Hindu carried a write up one day before the release function and the whole event got xlent coverage in all the Newspapers