WJAI Elections: Anand Kaushal re-elected as President 3rd time in a row, Amit Ranjan as General Secretary
News24 Associate Editor Amitabh Ojha was elected as second General Secretary during WJAI's two-day Web Media Summit 2023 cum general body meeting concluded in Patna on Oct 28-29. Dr. Satyajit K Singh was nominated as the patron.
PATNA: Anand Kaushal who has been the President of India’s apex body of web journalists and portals the Web Journalists Association of India since its inception, was reelected as President for the 3rd time during the two-day mega event “Web Media Summit 2023” cum General Body Meeting October 28-29. He is the senior functionary in the Information and Public Relations Department of the Chief Minister of Bihar state.
National General Secretary Dr. Amit Ranjan was also re-elected for his coveted post, while News24 Associate Editor Amitabh Ojha emerged as a new face and was elected to the post of second National General Secretary of WJAI.
Manjesh Kumar the former office secretary was elected to the post of National Treasurer, WJAI. Chandan Kumar, Suraj, and Vivek Kumar were elected to three posts of National Secretaries, Dr. Madho Singh, Sanjeev K Ahuja, and Dr. Leena were elected to three posts of Vice Presidents. Dheeraj Kumar was elected to the post of Office Secretary.
Web Journalists Association of India’s two-day mega event “Web Media Summit 2023” cum General Body Meeting was concluded on Sunday under the stewardship of the Board of Presidents comprising National President Anand Kaushal, National Vice President Dr. Madho Singh and News24 Group Editor Amitabh Ojha to elect new executive body. The WJAI unanimously nominated renowned doctor Dr. Satyajit K Singh of Ruban Memorial Hospital nominated as the Board of Patrons.
The WJAI which represents web journalists from across the country, is a Web Journalists’ Standards Authority (WJSA) of news publishers registered as a Self-Regulatory Body by (SRB) the Union Information & Broadcasting Ministry of India under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Codes) Rules 2021. The WJAI managing committee comprises a High Court Justice (Retd), senior journalists, bureaucrats and educationists.
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Out of five posts of the National Joint Secretary, Mithilesh Mishra, Nalini Bhardwaj, and Shailendra Jha were elected on three posts while two posts were kept vacant. Out of 23 posts of National Executive Member, Gautam Giriyak, Ram Balak Rai, Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Nishant Raj, Chandan Kumar Chanchal, Rajeev Ranjan, Abdul Hakim, Azad Kumar Bharti, Vijay Kumar Sinha and Amit Kumar were elected on 10 posts while 13 posts were left vacant.
The responsibility of Delhi State President was given to Pankaj Prasun, Haryana, and Punjab state President to Sanjeev Ahuja, and Bihar State President to Bal Krishna Kumar. Alok Kumar Singh and Sangeeta Sinha were elected as Vice Presidents, Bihar, Anup Narayan Singh as General Secretary, Aditya Kumar as State Secretary, and Rita Singh was elected as Treasurer.
