To observe 30th anniversary of Madhav Rao Sapre Newspaper Museum and Research Institute, renowned journalists will be awarded for their contribution in the journalism field.
Notably, an award ceremony to be held on June 19 renowned journalists Om Thanvi and Rajendra Thodapkar along with a noted writer Suresh Salil will be honoured with National Journalism Award.
During the programme Om Thanvi will throw light on the personality and works of Sacchidand Hiranand Vatsayayan ‘Ageya’. On the other hand, Rajendra Thodapkar will throw light on ‘Culture of Journalism’ and Suresh Salil will throw light on Makhanlal Chaturvedi’s personality and Chadurvedi’s ‘Prabha’.
Director of Madhav Rao Sapre Samachar Patra Sangrahalaya Evam Shodh Sansthan, Mangala Anuja while informing about the programme said that Minister for Higher Education Umashankar Gupta will be present as the chief guest of the programme. Renowned artist and writer Amritlal Wegad will conduct the programme. The programme would be held at the museum’s premises.
While informing further, she said that the editor of ‘Jansatta’ Om Thanvi will be honoured with ‘Madhav Rao Sapre National Journalism Award’. Moreover, the editor of ‘Hindustan’ Rajendra Thodapkar will be honoured with ‘lal Baldev Singh National Journalism Award’ and a noted writer Suresh Salil will be honoured with ‘Mahesh Gupta Memorial Srijan Award’.
Notably, the Institute every year honours renowned journalists and writers for their outstanding contribution. In the same series Harivansh, Jagdish Upasne, Ram Bahadur Rai, Rahul dev, Prakash Dubey and Vishwanath Sachdev have been already honoured with Madav Rao Sapre Award. Ganesh Sakle, Vivek Chaurasia, Vijay Manohar Tiwariand Bhuvanesh Jain has been honoured with ‘lal Baldev Singh National Journalism Award’ and Radheshyam Shukla and Sant Sameer has been honoured with ‘Mahesh Gupta Memorial Srijan Award’, she further informed.