Makhanlal Chaturvedi Memorial lecture and Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award Ceremony conducted by Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal would be organised on Tuesday.
The keynote speaker of the lecture would be the founder of Vedic Mission Trust, Rajkot, Gujarat, Swami Dharmbandhu. The prestigious Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for 2012 and 2013 would also be given away during this function. The award for 2012 would be conferred upon senior journalist and editor, Madanmohan Joshi while for 2013, it would be conferred upon young journalist Shyamlal Yadav. The prize distribution ceremony for cultural and sports annual programme, Pratibha-2015 would also be conducted on the occasion.
The memorial lecture and the award ceremony would be organised at Samanvay Bhawan at New Market on Tuesday. The address of Swami Dharmbandhu would be organised at 3 pm under the memorial lecture while at 4 pm, the prizes would be distributed to the students of different academic departments of the university for Pratibha-2015 while Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Awards would be conferred upon at 6 pm.
It may be noted that the prestigious Ganesh Sankhar Vidyarthi Awards were constituted by Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication for creative contribution in establishment and publicity of values, searching for truth, working for people, social uplift and independent conscience through language journalism.
This award is given away not for one story or achievement, but for sustained dedication and achievement. The previous recipients of the award are Alok Mehta, Rajendra Sharma, Nandkishore Trikha, Rambahadur Rai and Ramesh Nayyar. The award covers an amount of Rs2,00,000 cash and a citation. Madanmohan Joshi, who has been conferred with Ganesh Shankar Award for 2012, has been associated with prestigious newspapers like Navbharat, Chronicle and Naidunia.
Shyamlal Yadav, who has been conferred with the award for 2013, has done journalism in both Hindi and English language and has been continuously engaged with writing works. He studied from Makhanlal Chaturvedi University in 1992-93.