K G Suresh, Rajni Nagpal elected IMC Chairman, Gen Secy

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K G Suresh, Rajni Nagpal elected IMC Chairman, Gen Secy

First State Convention in September 2012

New Delhi, Jul 10: K G Suresh (Zee Group) and Rajni Nagpal (MCU) were unanimously elected Chairman and General Secretary respectively of the Indian Media Centre IMC), Delhi chapter, in the elections held here recently.

K G Suresh is also the National Secretary of the IMC, headed by Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer, Mr Chandan Mitra, besides being the Editor of its quarterly publication-Media Critique.

Sri Krishna (The Statesman), Dr Vineeta Gupta (IMS, Noida) and Mr Joseph Gathia were elected unopposed as Vice-Chairmen.

Mr Surya Prakash (MCU – Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism) is the new Secretary (Organisation) while Dr Anand Pahadiya (IMS) and Mr Amit Kumar Niranjan (Amar Ujala) are the new Secretaries.

Mr Dharamvir (formerly Hindustan Times) was re-elected Treasurer.

Those elected to the 15 member State Executive include Prof. Shivaji Sarkar (IIMC),  Mr. Rakesh Khar (Zee), Mr Sadhuram Sharma (Times of India), Ms Sarjana Sharma (Zee News), Mr. Vikas Kaushik (Aaj Tak), Dr. Atanu Mohapatra (MRIU), Ms Sumedha Mishra and Prasoon Tiwari, according to Returning Officer and IMC Director Mr Shyam Khosla.

Meanwhile, the new General Secretary Ms Rajni Nagpal announced that the IMC would organize its first state convention in September. A national seminar on ‘Media and Rural India’ would be organized on the occasion.

IMC is an independent, non-profit institution, comprising media persons and academia, dedicated to promoting the highest standards in media.

Surya Prakash

Secretary (Organisation)

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