Vartha Soudha to host Press Day celebration in Bengaluru on July 1
The Karnataka Media Academy, the Department of Information and Public Relations, and the Karnataka Working Journalists' Association will jointly celebrate the Press Day on Tuesday at the Sulochana Auditorium, located on the third floor of the Department of Information and Public Relations, Vartha Soudha, on Infantry Road, Bengaluru.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the programme, while Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will attend as the Guest of Honour and will release the Annual Report of the Karnataka Media Academy.
Renowned journalist and founder-editor of the People's Archive of Rural India, P. Sainath, will deliver the keynote address on 'The Battle for Factual Reporting.' Acclaimed writer and cultural thinker Rahmat Tarikere will also speak on themes related to the struggle for truthful journalism.
Rizwan Arshad, MLA for Shivajinagar constituency, will preside over the event. Other guests include P.C. Mohan, MP of Bengaluru Central, and K.V. Prabhakar, Media Advisor to the Chief Minister.
Ayesha Khanum, president of the Karnataka Media Academy, will deliver the welcome address. The event will also be attended by B.B. Kaveri, Secretary to the Chief Minister and the Department of Information and Public Relations; Hemanth M. Nimbalkar, Commissioner of the Department; Nagendra Prasad, director of the Department of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation; Shivananda Tagadur, State president of the Karnataka Working Journalists' Association; R. Sridhar, president of the Bangalore Press Club; and Padma, president of the Karnataka Women Journalists' Association, Shivamogga.
Members of the Karnataka Media Academy, office bearers of the Working Journalists' Association and Bangalore Press Club, senior officials from the Department of Information and Public Relations, and M. Sahana, secretary of the Karnataka Media Academy, will participate.
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