Media Federation of India goes global, inks pact with Russian media house Sputnik
MFI has ambitious plans to set up its foreign chapters globally in all major continents including Europe, the USA, the Middle East, and Asia.
NEW DELHI: India’s apex media representative body Media Federation of India (MFI) has joined hands with Russia’s leading news agency Sputnik News to promote cross-border exchange and cooperation in the media and news sphere. An agreement (MoU) to this effect was signed between the two sides during the 17th Media Excellence Awards & International Seminar recently at Pyarelal Auditorium in New Delhi. Arun Sharma, National President, MFI, and Ms. Olga Doycheva, Chief Representative in India signed the understanding on the behalf of their respective organisations.
Arun Sharma, National President of MFI that represents over 15,000 journalists across India in 24 states, said that the MFI has ambitious plans to set up its foreign chapters globally in all major continents including Europe, the USA, the Middle East, and Asia. It is also working to bridge the gap between the media industry and academia besides providing benefits and support to the journalist community and raise the level of their exposure from local to global level.
“By working closely with foreign journalists from all over the world, we have also extended engagements with foreign professionals to do notable work in providing skill development to journalists and exposure of best global practices for adaptation. Under this new operations Federation is coming up with international conferences – awards – programs and foreign exchange program for journalists as well as media academicians,” said Arun Sharma, National President, MFI.
Present on this occasion were personalities of national and global repute including Dr. Sandeep Marwah, Chairman, AAFT, Sanjay Singh, Spl. Police Commissioner, Munish Gupta, President, Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia (FCC), New Delhi, Prof. B.K. Kuthiala, Chairperson Haryana State Higher Education Council, Pro (Dr) Sachin Batra, Advisor, Media Federation of India, Ashish K Singh, Sr. Executive Producer, Aajtak, TV Today Group, MFI’s National Secretary Amita Sharma, Rahul Mahajan, Head of Content Operations at Prasar Bharati, Arun Bhagat, Member, Bihar Public Service Commission, Euy Don Park, President, United Korean Community Association, and VP, Korean Chamber of Commerce in India (KOCHAM), Peters L Y Chen, Director, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, and Asst Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC) in India, Sanjeev K Ahuja, Editor-in-Chief, Asian Community News (ACN) Network, and Vice President, Asia Chapter, MFI.
Previously, the ACN Network and MFI entered into an agreement to work together to expand MFI’s footprint in Asian nations by collaborating with media organisations and associations of these countries.
Euy Don Park, President, United Korean Community Association, said that South Korea and India were celebrating the ongoing year 2023 as the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations, and a series of events were planned during this year further strengthen ties between the two sides.
Peters L Y Chen, Director, Ministry of Education, Taiwan disclosed that Taiwan offered ample higher education opportunities to the Indian youth for advanced studies and also offered scholarships.
During the 17th Media Excellence Awards & International Seminar, India’s top personalities drawn from various fields including media educators, Public Sector Units (PSUs), academia, students, etc. were honoured.
The jury included Dr. Sandeep Marvah, Chairman, AAFT, Arun Sharma, National President, MFI, Prof (Dr) Sachin Batra, Advisor, Media Federation of India, Dr. Ruhi Lal, HOD, Amity University, Arvind Kumar Singh, National Head Rajyasabha TV, Om Prakash, former, GM (PR), Power Finance Corporation, Ashish K Singh, Sr. Executive Producer, Aajtak, TV Today Group, Dharmveer Anand, GS, MFI, and Shiv Bhattia, former Media Advisor, Haryana Govt.
PSUs Awards included Best National Star Communicator of the year Mr. S.S.Rao, CGM, PFC, Best Star PR-CC Communicator of the year Mr. Manoj Lal, CGM,NSIC, National Star Women Achievers Award Ms. Usha Singh, Director, PR/CC MOIL, Best Star Communicator of the year Mr. Rohit Inder Singh, GM-PR, BHEL, Best PR Person of the year Mr. Vijay Bajpai, Balco, Best PR Professional Award of the year Ms. Ujwala Abhyankar, Chief Manager, MOIL, Best Rising Star Award Ms. Rakhee, AGM, SIDHCUL, Best Corporate Communicator of the year Mr. Samir Kapoor, Best Star Woman Communicator of the year Ms. Kalika Jain, NBCC, Best Rising Communicator Award Mr. Nikhil Swami, NBCC, Lifetime Media achievement of the year Mrs. Neelam Mahajan Singh, Lifetime Achievement Award Prof. B.K. Kuthiala, Chairperson Haryana State Higher Education Council, International Award for Media Relations & Promoting Journalism Mr. Vasily Pushkov, Director-International Co-operation- Sputnik Russia, Best Media Guru of the year Mr. Supriya Prasad, News Director, AAJTAK, and Special Award for Media Support Mr. ANN Murthy, Vice Chairman, NAVARATNALU, Andhra Pradesh.
The Educator awards category included the Best Media Educator Dr. Anil Nigam Best Media Educator in TV Production Dr. Harish Kumar, Best Media Educator in Film Appreciation Dr. Juhi P Pathak, Best Media Educator in Media Research Dr. Amit Verma, Best Media Educator in TV Journalism Mr. Adarsh Kumar, Best Media Educator in Community Radio DR. Rajesh Agarwal, Best Media Educator in Communication Research Dr. Kriti Singh, Best Media Educator in Radio Production Dr. Sanjai Kumar Srivastav, Best Media Educator Radio Jockey Dr. Taranjeet Kaur Chawla, and Best Media Educator in Young Media Education Mr. Chandan Saxena.
Media Awards were announced as follows: Best Male Anchor of the year for program News Ki Pathshala Mr. Sushant Sinha, Times Now Navbharat, Best Female Anchor of the year Mrs. Meenakshi Joshi, INDIA TV, Best Editor of the year Mr. Ramesh Chandra, Editor, Zee News Best Producer of the year Mr. Hemant Upadhyay, TV 9 Bharatvarsh Best Cameraman of the year Mr. Rakesh Negi, Network 18 Best Crime Correspondent of the year Mr. Mohit Om, Times Now Nav Bharat, Best Regional Editor of the year Mr. Pradeep Dabas, MH-1 News Best You tube New Channel of the year NMF News, Mr. Parmanand Khetan, Best Regional News Channel of the year Zee New, UP- UK, Best Social Correspondent of the year Mr. Pratap Singh, Republic Bharat, Best Regional Anchor of the year Ms. Akansha Rajpoot, Zee News UP-UK, Best Journalist of Rajasthan Mr. Rajkumar Sharma, Best Regional Journalist of the year Mr. Rajeev Bhanot, Best PR Officer of the year Mr. Kanchan Azad, OSD to CEO, Delhi, Most Popular Media Person Mr. Shailesh Tiwari, Best Journalist of Himachal Pradesh Mr. Umesh K Sharma Best Regional Newspaper of the year Dainik Aditya Express, Morena, MP, Best Advertising Agency of the year Expression 360 Services India, Mr. Mohit Gupta, MD, Best Rural Journalist of the year Ms. Ravina Sharma, Best Journalist of Tamilnadu Mr. N. Subhash, Most Popular Journalist in Tamilnadu Mr.S. Sakthipriyan, Best Journalist in South India Mr. K. Elumalai, Best Media Personality of Tamilnadu Mr. R. Prasath Best Global Anchor of the year Mrs. Urvashi Gaur, Dr. Sachin Batra Convener International Seminar Media Federation of India, Dr. Ruhi Lal Co- Convener International Seminar Media Federation of India, Best Paper Presentation Author-Aarzoo, Co- Author Dr. Ruhi Lal, Amity University Author-Isha Vaish Co- Author Dr. Zakia Tasmin Rahman, Amity University Author- Rishika Sinha Co- Author Dr. Zakia Tasmin Rahman, Amity University Author- Sharmin Aery Co-Author Dr. Ruhi Lal, Amity University Author – Yasir Arfat Co- Author Dr. Amrendra, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharmshala
In the Winner Students in competition: 1 st Prize Best Creative Designer Pragya Jain, 2 nd Prize Best Creative Designer Ria Sharma, 1 st Prize Best Interview Aarzoo Sharma, 1 st Prize Best Video Clip Pradeeksha, 2 nd Prize Best Video Clip Abner Tony Martin, 1 st Prize Best Content Writing Vanshika Kohli, 2 nd Prize Best Content Writing Shravani Ramireddy, 3 rd Prize Best Content Writing Parul Bangra, 1 st Prize Best News Writer Shreya Gupta, 2 nd Prize Best News Writer Mayank Mudgal, 1 st Prize Best Newspaper Making Anand Raj, 1 st Prize Best Photography Shahid Mushtaq Shah, 2 nd Prize Best Photography Palak Jain, 3 rd Prize Best Photography Akaamsh Simon, 1 st Prize Best Short Film Team- Vibhav Mishra, Saransh Jain,Shivam Bhutani,Suyash Vatts, Shubh Sood, Saar Anand, 1 st Prize Best Visual Advertisement Muskaan Gurgani, 2 nd Prize Best Visual Advertisement Rohan Singh, and 3 rd Prize Best Visual Uruba Husnain Ansari.
Previous Sponsors & Finance Supporters of the evnt included State Bank of India, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, GAIL, Oil India Ltd. Indian Oil, BPCL, Hindustan Petroleum, MOIL, BEL, BEML, BALCO Power Finance Corporation, National Thermal Power Corporation Power Grid Corporation, Hindustan Aeronautical Limited National Fertilizer Limited, NSIC, J & K Bank, SIDCUL (Uttarakhand) NBCC, IFFCO, HPEB, SJVN, Swaraj Tractor, Haryana Government, Himachal Govt., Jammu & Kashmir Govt. Himachal Tourism , Uttarakhand Tourism, Rajasthan Govt. Saras Dairy (Rajasthan Govt.), Madhya Pradesh Govt., Chhattisgarh Govt. Omax, Vardhan Lakhani, Marksans, Shree Builders, GP Developers, Punjab Sindh Food, Moobu TV, M3M Builder, Bright Media, Shree TMT, Pehchan Advertising, Rolex, IVY Hospitals, Manohar Infratech, Chandigarh University, and Six Sigma Health Care.
About MFI:
Since 2007, the MFI has been actively organizing media-related events and activities across the country, and is widely known for its flagship annual event ‘Media Excellence Awards’, which is the most appreciated and reputed event. It witnesses a large number of congregation of media professionals from the country and the participation of foreign practitioners.
