The Second Prof M.G. K. Menon Memorial Lecture 2018
August 28,2018 at 06:30 PMVedanta Today Speaker: Dr. Karan Singh
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Date: March 20,2013
Time: 06:00 pm
Venue: C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Title: Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2012-13
Description:
Presentation of awards to Outstanding Woman Mediaperson
Followed by a panel discussion on
Freedom of Expression: Can We Get it Right?
Panelists: Shri Fali S. Nariman; Shri Shashi Tharoor; and Prof. Nivedita Menon
Moderator: Smt Sevanti Ninan
(Organised by The Media Foundatio -
Date: January 15,2013
Time: 06:30pm
Venue: Seminar Halls I,II & III
Title: Is Freedom of Expression under Threat in the Digital Age?
Description:
Panelists: Ms Kirsty Hughes, CEO, Index on Censorship; Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder and CEO, Rediff.com; Shri Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru; Prof Timothy Garton Ash, Director of Free Speech Debate project, Oxford University; and Mr Ramanjit Singh Chima, Senior Policy Analyst, Google India
Chair: Shri T.N. Ninan, President, Editors Guild of India
Introduction: Shri Vijay Naik, General Secretary, Editors Guild of India
Who, if anyone, can or should police the Web? How do we protect freedom of expression online in the face of demands to respect religious, political or cultural sensitivities? How do we stop new technology from turning the Web into a snooper’s paradise for police or governments?
(Collaboration: Editors Guild of India, Index on Censorship and Sage) -
Date: July 6,2012
Time: 10:00 am
Venue: Multipurpose Hall
Title: Challenges Facing the Media
Description:
Editors’ Panel
Shri N. Ravi, International Press Institute, and former Editor, The Hindu; Shri Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, Indian Express; Shri Raghav Bahl, Founder and Editor, Network-18; and Shri Ajay Upadhyay, Consulting Editor, Amar Ujala
Political Panel
Mr Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law and Justice; Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, M.P., and former Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Shri Sitaram Yechury, M.P., C.P.I. (M)
Moderator: Shri T.N. Ninan, President, Editors’ Guild of India, and Chairman, Business Standard
Valedictory Address
Dr S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India
(Collaboration: Editors’ Guild of India and the International Press Institute)