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MANUU to host international meeton Muslims, Democracy and Media
Lord Meghand Jagdishchandra Desai, British economist, eminent journalists from Pakistan Najam Sethi, Imtiaz Alam, Arif Nizami and Mehmal Sarfaraz and distinguished scribes from within the country such as N Ram, Shekhar Gupta and Rajdeep Sardesai will attend an international conference on ‘Muslims, Media and Democracy’ which will be held at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here on March 17 and 18.
British economist Lord Meghand Jagdishchandra Desai and eminent journalists to take part
Hyderabad: Lord Meghand Jagdishchandra Desai, British economist, eminent journalists from Pakistan Najam Sethi, Imtiaz Alam, Arif Nizami and Mehmal Sarfaraz and distinguished scribes from within the country such as N Ram, Shekhar Gupta and Rajdeep Sardesai will attend an international conference on ‘Muslims, Media and Democracy’ which will be held at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here on March 17 and 18.
According to Prof Ehtesham Ahmed Khan, Dean, School of Mass Communication and Journalism at MANUU, and convener of the conference, the inaugural session on 17th March at 10:30 a.m. will feature keynote address by Shekhar Gupta. N Ram will be the chief guest of the session whereas, Andrew McAlistar, Deputy High Commissioner of Britain, Rajdeep Sardesai, Najam Sethi and Imtiaz Alam will be the guests of honour. Prof. Mohammed Miyan, Vice-Chancellor, will preside over the function. Zafar Sareshwala, Chancellor of MANUU, will also attend the function.
There will be two plenary sessions on the first day and three on the second day on subjects such as Muslims and International Media, Muslims, Communalism and India Media, Urdu and Hindi Media working at cross purposes etc. The first day of the conference will also witness programmes ‘Conclave on Minorities’ and the ‘Media at the Crossroad’ which will be moderated by Sardesai and Kamal Khan.
The second and final day of the conference will feature four technical parallel sessions on a variety of subjects. Eminent persons from print and electronic media will participate in the sessions. The valedictory session will be presided over by Lord Meghnad Desai. Jagdish Chandra, head of ETV, will be the guest of honour. On the evening of March 17, noted singer Smita Bellur will sing ghazals.
