Chhattisgarh Governor and Chancellor Anandiben Patel said publication of positive works and its publicity motivates people for social work.
Both print and electronic media can further strengthen social relationship by providing better content.
She was addressing the 4th convocation of Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication at Pt Deendayal Upadhayay Auditorium, Science College, premises on Monday.
“Chhattisgarh is the pious land of journalism. In the year 1900 from Pendra Road Pt Madhavrao Sapre commenced it, later Pt Ravishankar Shukla, Pt Sunderlal, Swaraj Prasad Trivedi and Keshav Prasad among others nurtured it. The students should uphold the tradition of the land of journalism and take it ahead to scale new heights,” she said.
“There are many challenges before media as technology is changing faster, the social media is also picking up faster than the traditional print and electronic media. Many subjects are wrongly presented or made provocative, which can create tension in the society. So, each one should ascertain source to know the truth,” Governor pointed out.
Renowned journalist and chief guest Om Thanvi raised concern over the present role of media, changes of formats and fake news. He also laid emphasis on social responsibility rather on totally relying on market forces.
University awarded 4 Ph.D, 74 Post Graduate and 121 graduation degrees for the year 2018. The merit holders were given gold medals. KTU News was released on the occasion.
Higher education minister Umesh Patel and, Raipur Mayor Pramod Dubey were present as special guests.