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| Launch of 150th edition of eMagazine PreSense and eDigest PreSense150 |
The
landmark of the 150th edition of PreSense was celebrated in an event
held at Chennai on August 24th 2019. The Chief Guest, Hon’ble
Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shri Ma Foi K.Pandiarajan did the honours of releasing
the eDigest, PreSense150 which is a compilation of select articles from the 150
editions of the eMagazine. Shri M.R. Sivaraman IAS (Retired), Former Revenue Secretary to Government of India and Former Executive
Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the Guest of Honour.
The Hon’ble Minister lauded the performance of the
eMagazine and reminisced about his association with it during his early days as
a corporate CEO. He suggested expanding the reach of the eMagazine as well as
publishing the Tamil version of the eMagazine articles.
Shri
Sivaraman in his message spoke about the role and responsibility of the
journalists in the changing technology and environment of the media. His
message was especially significant since he gave an elaborate presentation
about his experience with the media in the earlier days of his career when
journalists were “clean, matter-of-fact, polite and well-behaved and
responsible” about the truth of the news he reported. In contrast, he found the
journalists of the current trend less accountable.
He gave a detailed and
comparative account of the role of the journalists and the media of the
yesteryears vis-à-vis those of the current changing environment, and enumerated
the key attributes of a good journalist. He concluded by saying, “journalism is
an extremely important wing in the governance of the country.” The public must be
informed and the media is the source of the information. The media as the
fourth estate, is like the fourth leg of a chair which cannot stand on three
legs.
Smt Rehana, Member of City of London Corporation,
shared the experience of her journey from a corporate personality to a
political figure. She appreciated the Next Gen Political Leaders (NGPL)
initiative of PreSense. Shri Ramasubbu,
former Member of Parliament (MP) and five-time Sansad Ratna Awardee also shared
his experience and perspective as an MP and Awardee.
The launch was followed by a talk by renowned
neurologist, Dr A.V. Srinivasan who spoke about ‘Brain Health’, and a panel
discussion on ‘Current Trends in Media’. The expert panellists who participated
were Shri T K Rangarajan MP, Shri Rangaraj Pandey, Founder
and CEO, Chanakyaa and CEO, Vendhar TV channel, and Smt Banu Gomes, Popular
Political Analyst. The discussions were moderated by Prime Point Srinivasan.
The eDigest PreSense150 can be downloaded from the following link.
www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense150
The video recording of the event can be viewed from
the following YouTube links:
Hon'ble
Minister Shri Ma Foi K Pandiarajan, launching the eDigest PreSense150
Address
by Shri K Pandiarajan, Hon'ble Minister
Welcome
address by Prime Point Srinivasan tracing the history of PreSense
Address
by Shri M R Sivaraman IAS (Retired), Former Revenue Secretary to Govt. of India
and Former Executive Director of IMF. (He talks on the current trends of Media
and Journalism)
Address
by Ms Rehana Ameer, Member, City of London Corporation - The first Indian to
become a Member of London Corporation - She talks about the challenges she
faced and how she overpowered them.
Address
by Shri S S Ramasubbu, Former MP and five times Sansad Ratna Awardee in 15th
Lok Sabha. He shared his experience on how
he was able to perform and win the Best Parliamentarian award.
Address
by Dr AV Srinivasan, internationally renowned Neurologist. He talks about Brain Health.
Panel
discussion on "Current Media Trends" (Shri T K Rangarajan MP, Shri
Rangaraj Pandey and Smt. Bhanu Gomes)
by Susan Koshy,
Editor-in-Chief
