Radio Duniya 2008 planning meet sets the tone of the conference in February

Yesterday, the advisory committee of the Radio Duniya team met in Intercontinental -The Grand in Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Zohra Chatterjee, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.

It was a fantastic experience to meet a mix of the radio professionals passionately discussing the issues at the policy level, at the implementation level, and most importantly wanting more clarity on measuring what people really want? The measurement of the viewer feedback indicators and what other experiences were there in other countries figured as an important topic to be discussed at the upcoming conference and awards function to be held from February 11-12, 2008.

The overview of the meeting was provided by Ravi Gupta, the editor of the Radio Duniya magazine, and my dear friends Sajan Venniyoor of the Community Radio Forum and Ashish Bhatnagar along with Dr. R Sreedher of CEMCA, Commonwealth of Learning were also present at the meeting.

Kudos to the team members who have done a good job of preparing for this meeting, and also for putting together three issues of the monthly magazine, since it was launched in November 2007.

Another pie in the cake

At CSDMS
we are always bubbling with ideas. The latest in the plate is a project on radios and telecentres. Though both the concepts are not new concepts. But there is a lot of excitement in the team. What is really missing is a development perspective. Hopefully the blend of the development vision with that of providing a space for the entire community to speak, share and build its perspectives will be realised.

Look out for more details on the project.