Candle Light Condolence Meet for Nirupama Pathak

Candle Light Condolence Meet

Friends and loved ones will all gather at India Gate on Saturday,
May 8 at 6:00 pm to hold a candle light condolence meet for our friend and journalist Late Nirupama Pathak who became the victim of honour killing and lost her life.

Nirupama's friends would gather under the banner of the group 'Justice for Nirupama'.

For further details: please contact Anand Saurabh (9555384473), Ranveer Singh (9990476926) , Himanshu Shekhar (9891323387), Ridhima Malhotra (9891844887)

Background: On March 2, Nirupama received a letter (now available in public domain) from her father Dharmesh Pathak in which he had asked her not to marry Priyabhanshu Ranjan, her batchmate at IIMC.

She should not marry someone who doesn't follow the "Sanatan Dharma", Dharmesh had written, adding such marriage does not last long. Besides, her relation with her parents, relatives and the society will be severed forever. He had advised Nirupama to think twice before marrying a man from different caste.

As per the information available so far the incidence of Nirupama Pathak's death took place on 29th April around 10 am in the morning but the police was informed at least 18 hours later. Nirupama was a 22-year-old journalist with the Business Standard. It has emerged that it is a suspected 'honour killing' by her family. On April 28, Priyabhanshu Ranjan, her batchmate had talked to her on phone. Her tickets back to Delhi were also cancelled by the family.

Nirupama's family is claiming that she was found hanging from the ceiling fan and that she had also left behind a suicide note.

Nirupama was all set to marry Priyabhanshu Ranjan, her batchmate from and a journalist. Both studied in Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Nirupama had decided to secretly marry Priyabhanshu at an Arya Samaj temple because her family members were opposed to the marriage.

Sudha Pathak mother of Nirupama it appears, had called one of her three brothers- a contractor, Bharat Bhushan Pathak. His role in the incident is under probe.

Sequence of events that has emerged as of now points out that Nirupama was smothered and later her body was hanged from the ceiling fan. It appears that at least three persons were involved in the killing.

On 3rd May, the mother of Nirupama was arrested on suspicion of having a hand in the death. She was arrested under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) and 120 b (criminal conspiracy) based on circumstantial evidences after post-mortem on 22-year-old Nirupama, Koderma SP G Kranthi Kumar said. She has been remanded in 15-days judicial custody by the chief judicial magistrate court.

On 4th May, the police in Koderma, Jharkhand have dragged the Medical Board into the case. The SP of Koderma has said that the medical board handed over the body of Nirupam to her parents without their permission.

Nirupama's brothers, Samrendra Pathak and Salil Pathak too seem to have played some role in the incident.

On 4th May, the Jharkhand State police submitted a detailed report regarding Nirupama Pathak to the National Commission for Women (NCW). Director General of Police (DGP) Neyaz Ahmed said that the report consisted facts which suggest that Nirupama did not commit suicide but was murdered in cold blood. The Commission, chaired by Girija Vyas, had sought the report from the State Government on 3rd May.

Earlier, the Commission was approached by friends of Nirupama and concerned individuals from IIMC and senior journalists like Ram Bahadur Rai who had submitted a memorandum to Mrs. Girija Vyas, Chairperson, National Commission for Women.

The Commission has also urged the Government to put the case in a fast track court so that there could be no delay in delivery of justice. He said that more intricate details, which would clear the dust of doubts from the case, would be in the form of the report of the Forensic Science Laboratory team (FSL). “The report of the FSL is expected to arrive within eight to ten days after which things will be almost clear. Meanwhile, the report consisting of details about the incident has been sent to the NCW today,” Ahmed said.

Kodarma SP Kranti Kumar said three police teams have been formed to probe Delhi, Mumbai and Gonda (UP) angles. Nirupama's elder brother works in the Income Tax department in Mumbai while her father is an employee of the Punjab National Bank in Gonda.

Police sources said that the team of doctors at the Sadar Hospital in Kodarma, who had conducted Nirupama's postmortem, did not care to preserve her viscera or the foetus.

“The investigation is running on this angle too. Why didn’t the doctors do that when it was a case of an unnatural death (UD). The suicide note of the girl, which we have recovered, will be sent to a handwriting expert for verification. The investigations are on in full swing," said the police.

The police first doubted the mother of the deceased when she had changed her statement twice. On one occasion she said that Nirupama died due to electrocution. Next, she said that she had died after hanging herself. Police said that when she was found hanging, only the mother was present in the house.

“But our sources tell us that her brother and father had taken leave form their respective offices the day she died. It is very different and almost impossible for a 52-year-old woman to strangulate someone who is as young as 23. The teams which we are sending will clear the doubts. This question needs to be answered as to who else were present along with her mother the day she died,” police sources said.

Meanwhile Priyabanshu said that Nirupama had told her elder brother about their relationship in February, 2010 after which her family was consistently pressurising and torturing her mentally.

Ranjan said that she had got a call from her brother who asked her to come down immediately as her mother had broken her backbone in an accident. “She told me that she knew they were lying. But then she went as she was a dutiful daughter," Ranjan said.

“They never called me up but used to call her constantly asking and threatening her to leave me as I am from a different caste. She had said that her family was very orthodox and so she broke the news of our relationship to her elder brother. But even he did not support her."

On May 5, the case took a fresh twist after it was found that the medical board that carried out the postmortem, did not preserve Nirupama's viscera samples.

The Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) on May 5, described the "honour killing" of a Delhi-based journalist as a "dastardly act" which was "shocking and reprehensible".rs

"The IWPC has taken serious note of the killing of its fellow journalist and would like to initiate a debate to prevent occurrences of such dastardly acts which are reflective of a deep-rooted social malaise," it said in statement.

On May 6, the police said, inept handling of the case by the medical board that conducted the autopsy was a setback to the probe. Investigating officials said medical officers showed unnecessary haste in disposing of the body. “As there is no physical evidence of the body, we are left to rely on circumstantial evidence to crack the case,” said Superintendent of Police, Koderma, G. Kranthi Kumar. “We received the post-mortem report on May 2, two days after the body was handed over to the family.”

On May 6, Bharat Bhusan Pathak, maternal uncle of Niurpama was interrogated.

Latest report suggests, Priyabhanshu Ranjan's mobile has been seized by the police. "The family members of Nirupama had given her mobile phone without the SIM card. The card can play an important role in solving the mystery as we can access to her call details and the messages she would have sent the day before her death. That is the reason we have seized Priyabhanshu's phone in order to know their conversation on the day the girl was killed. The last message was sent around 5.39 am by Nirupama," said a Jharkhand police officer.

Visuals accessed by Headlines Today showed injuries on the forehead of Niurpama.

Manjari, a fellow journalist asks, "what was so wrong with the decision that this journalist took? Okay, she was not an “ideal Indian middle class daughter” as she went away for studies and had a boyfriend, but did she deserve to be killed? That girl was financially independent and the man she was in love with was also independent. They both were adults and could have easily married at court, but still they were looking for their parents’ agreement and the boy is surely thinking now that they should have better tied the knot without even informing her parents."

She adds, "What’s the lesson that middle class working daughters or any girl learns from this incident? That elope with your boyfriend, parents would never understand that we are living in 21st century now and it’s high time that we should shun this caste bias They would never understand that “love marriage” is not a bad idea, it is any day better than arranged marriage with a huge dowry. It is love and understanding that matters at the end of the day!"

IIMC Dhenkanal

IIMC Dhenkanal, was set up in August 1993 as the first branch of IIMC New Delhi, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ,Govt. of India.It imparts education and training in journalism and also undertakes media studies and research. Located at a hill side overlooking a picturesque valley on a 7 acre campus, the institute, presently runs two regular P.G.Diploma Courses in English and Oriya Journalism . It has undertaken various training and Research programmes including CNA( Communication Need Assessment) Study for State AIDs Cell and Assessment Study of NGOs working for tribal comunity for Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.O

Contact Address:

Indian Institute of Mass Communication(IIMC)

Sanchar Marg,Dhenkanal.Orissa.759001.

Tel:06762-2344112,236196,236197(Fax)

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Staff crunch plagues IIMC

Moderator's Note: Betraying total ignorance about the history of IIMC and itsestablishment as a model centre of Mass Communication education for Non-Alignedcountries, the Information & Broadcasting Ministry official has admitted thatIIMC has adopted some "American model" that permits exploitation of contractteachers. She says, IIMC does not need faculty with PhD qualifications.She should enlighten the media and the IIMC students about some of theJournalism & Mass Communication Schools in the United States of America whichhas inspired her where PhD faculty is deemed a liability. or is she referring tosome Latin American model?.If IIMC is going to have university status in some remote future, it is bound tohave UGC norms for recruitment in keeping with the "Vision" of Information &Broadcasting Ministry officials like Kacker.The issue is what are the current norms that are being followed if any.Is she implying that in her "American Model" there is no space for Ph.D.program. Isn't PhD designed to provide a strong foundation for a career inteaching and research?. Is she aware that the Ph.D. programs are inherently andrigorously interdisciplinary?Isn't a research oriented approach required in the face of manifest shallownessin the current state of affairs?Is normlessness, chaos and a state of decay an "American model"?Moderator
Staff crunch plagues IIMC: The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is facing a majorstaff crunch and has been functioning without a director for nearly three yearsnow।In an extremely stretched stop-gap arrangement, the Information andBroadcasting Ministry has got one of its Joint Secretaries to holdadditional charge as IIMC Director and the institute has hired a teamof mostly ex-students as Academic Assistants and Coordinators to helpshare the burden of an understaffed and overworked faculty.Under the I&B Ministry, the institute has managed to fill 10 of the 24faculty positions with a core staff of just five professors. While theministry has only recently kick-started the process of recruiting anew director, it seems to be in no hurry to fill up vacant facultyslots। IIMC is conducting interviews for only two or three positionsand it is learnt that the response to the interview calls scheduledfor this week has not been good। The IIMC Director's post has earlierbeen held by the likes of Media Advisor to Indira Gandhi ShardaPrasad, former Chairman of Editor's Guild M V Desai, UNESCOcommunication expert Lakshman Rao and others.Joint Secretary in the I&B Ministry Stuti Kacker—who is also holdingcharge as Director IIMC—said the process to fill vacant positions ison but the ministry wants a "lean" faculty on the lines of theAmerican model."A search cum selection committee is already on the job looking for aDirector and we are in the process of filling up other positions aswell. We are looking at the US model which has a lean core staff and agood back-up of visiting/guest faculty," said Kacker.IIMC with a list of some 150 on its guest faculty list hardly managesto get 15-20 of them regularly for its Delhi centre. The DhenkanalIIMC centre in Orissa has just one Assistant Professor in charge andis bereft even of the privilege of a regular guest faculty."The autonomy of IIMC has eroded over the years. As many as sixfaculty members put in their papers last year because they were oncontract and were not being regularized. Frustrated, they took uphigher and better paying positions elsewhere. The ministry alsoinsists that UGC norms be followed for recruitment but we don't feelthe need for a PhD for faculty members. The lean staff now left holdsregular classes besides 35-40 short-term courses and practicallylittle or no leave. Naturally, teaching quality is also affected insuch a situation," said a faculty member on condition of anonymity.meanwhile, the Research department, Content Creation Project andIndian Information Service department are as good as defunct while thepost of Professor, Hindi Journalism, has been discontinued.Students in the latest batch, just a month into the session, arealready worried."I have enrolled for Hindi journalism and it seems no one is veryinterested in the course. We just have a single faculty member. Let'shope things will get better in the coming months," said a student.IIMC, meanwhile, nurses ambitious plans for the 11th Five year planenvisaging a university status offering undergraduate courses,restructured courses and a faculty of 64.

Anubhuti Vishnoi

September 07, 2007
Indian Express

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070906/48/6kfho.html

IIMC on the Brink

Interview for the post of Director, IIMC was conducted onAugust 24. IIMC had directors like Sharda Parsad, Media advisor to Mrs. Gandhi for a longtime, M V Desai, a known editor and chairman of Editors Guild for sometime, N LChawla, a close associate of Mrs. Gandhi. Lakshman Rao a renowned communicationexpert of UNESCO and others.Now IIMC is sliding so low under present political dispensation that theselection will be made by two bureaucrats i.e. Chairman of IIMC who happens tobe Secretary, Information & Broadcasting Ministry and Joint Secretary in thesame Ministry who is also Director of IIMC.The bureaucracy has destroyed the autonomy of IIMC to such an extent that nowall files related to IIMC are routed through various levels of the Ministry atlow level bureaucrats - not even officer of Joint Secretary rank. Earlier itused to be IIMC officials and Registrar who used to move the files for decisionmaking and it used to be decided by the Director, IIMC. now it is routedthrough various Information & Broadcasting Ministry channels making IIMC, agovernment department of insignificance.Take the case of Dr Anand Pradhan. I have seen some mails in this regard and theloss IIMC suffered because of his exit.We must look into to reasons for the same. Reasons are outrageous.Can you believe this? Dr Pradhan was being paid a consolidated salary of Rs15,000 for four years and not a single penny was increased despite the fact thatall other factually members were getting hike in DA etc. from time to time.Can you believe that Dr Sunetra Narayan is getting only Ss 22,000 for last fiveyears?Trainee journalists at Aaj Tak at entry point are offered a salary of over Rs18000 and with annual hike.Contract given to faculty members by IIMC does not have any provision of leave,Provident Fund, Gratuity and despite the fact that there is clause 0 under whichthe contract can be revised but petty bureaucrats in the Ministry refuse to dothat. This is despite the fact that Registrar, IIMC recommended revision of paypackage number of times.Who in the Ministry has power not to accept recommendations of IIMC if it hasany semblance of autonomy?Under what clause file notings are being made by some bureaucrats in theMinistry when they do no hold any position in the IIMC except for the fact thatthe Joint Secretary, Information & Broadcasting Ministry is Director. Otherbureaucrats do not have any locus standi in IIMC affairs.IAS Officers of the Information & Broadcasting Ministry have created such asituation that in the last couple of years several outstanding faculty memberslike Prof. Subhash Dhuliya, Dr Anand Pradhan, Ms Shaheena khan, Ms VartikaNanda, Dr Chandra Kant Singh, Dr Abhilasha Kumari and Ms Anubhuti Yadav had toresign especially because of outrageously exploitative contract offered to them.Can you believe that Prof. Dhuliya and Mr Swapan Brahmachari were drawing lesssalary at senior positions which they held on permanent basis as compared towhat they would have been drawing at junior positions on contract?Can you believe that Mr Bharhmachari resigned from post to Associate Professorand again became Assistant Professor because at higher position he was gettingless salary?.Some other faculty members have retired.Despite massive paucity of teaching staff, it is inexplicable as to whyinterviews are being conducted for only two faculty positions in the next week.why only two? Why all vacant positions are not being filled?Hindi Journalism department is without any faculty member and professor (HindiJournalism) post has been abolished.Indian Information Service Department has been virtually destroyed.English Journalism Department is being run by only one faculty member becauseanother faculty member has been asked to look after Hindi journalism course.Broadcast journalism course is also being run by only one faculty membersDevelopment journalism course is being run by only one faculty member who infact is Associate Professor (New Media).Publications Department is without any faculty and editor.Advertising and Public Relations department is being run by only one facultymember.Research department is without any faculty member.Evaluation Department has been abolished.Centre of New Media is only on paper.Content Creation Project has been discontinued.This year funds have been provided only to meet establishment expenses andsalary. No non-plan funds have been provided and as a result IIMC cannotorganise any other academic and professional activity.The myth of "International University" has been created despite the fact thatnowhere in the world any such status exists and IIMC is already an internationalinstitution having trained journalists from over 100 countries.All efforts to convert IIMC into a deemed university or affiliate it with JNU orany other university has bee scuttled by bureaucracy as they want to keep itunder their control to use it as their play ground.IIMC does not have status to award degrees while every other journalism shop inevery second street can award BJ and MJ degrees.Will the Secretary, Information & Broadcasting Ministry and Chairman, IIMC explain as to why these incomprehensible steps are being taken? swati

GBM of IIMCAA 21st January, 2007

After all the heat and dust, it was good that the light came from 21st JanuaryGBM that resolved the matter regarding IIMCAA Election...Mukesh Kaushik deserves all praise for his impartial role in conducting the GBMand dissolving the 2005 team to hand over the baton to the a 2007 team।the role of the 2005 team as that of foundation stone in setting up of theIIMCAA was also mentioned।We all felt that ideally all students should be part of IIMCAA, the GBM hasrightly endorsed the same.amrit narayan wrote:IIMC Alumni Meet 2007ANNUAL MEET 2007, the alumni meet of the Indian Institute of Mass Communicationwas organised by ex-IIMCians on Sunday, January 21, 2007, in the IIMC campus.Many distinguished media personalities including Mr OP Kejariwal (one of theseniormost IIMCian and Chief Information Commissioner of Central InformationCommission), Mr Qamar Wahid Naqvi (News Head, Aaj Tak), Mr Deepak Chaurasia(ex-IIMCian and Political Editor, Aaj Tak), Ms Vartika Nanda (ExecutiveProducer, Lok Sabha TV) and Mr Verghese K George (The Indian Express) werepresent on this occasion.With a feeling of nostalgia, Mr Kejariwal inaugurated the meet that was followedby a session of speeches. Mr Anand Pradhan (Associate Professor, Department ofHindi Journalism) was present on behalf of the institutes faculty.In the Felicitation Ceremony, alumni of the institute felicitated Mr Kejariwalfor his lifetime achievement and to glitter the institute�s name all overthe world. He is among the earliest batches of Indian Institute of MassCommunication. On this occasion, he recalled his days in IIMC and shared hisinvaluable experiences.In the Souvenir Release, Mr Kejariwal released Bridges which includes articlesby well known media professionals of their respective fields. Target readers ofthis souvenir are budding media professionals.The Felicitation Ceremony and Souvenir Release were followed by Panel Discussionbased on Opportunities and Challenges for the Media Professionals. Panellistslike Mr Naqvi, Vartika Nanda and Verghese K George (The Indian Express) sharedtheir views on the topic.Mr Naqvi emphasised on the need for a better home work for the aspiringjournalists before entering into news media. He said, In this commercialera, media sector is flourishing but there is always a dearth of knowledgeablepeople. If you come into in this field without having sufficient knowledge ofyour beat then gradually you will loose your authenticity.Vartika Nanda also emphas ised on the necessity of become a qualitativejournalist rather than a quantitative journalist।An informal get together among alumni held in the post-lunch session. Alumnilike Deepak Chaurasia, Mukesh Kaushik (Senior Political Correspondent, UNIVarta), Jaimini Kumar Shrivastava (Asstt. News Editor, AIR), Umesh Chaturvedi(Producer, ZEE News), Kalyan Ranjan (Senior Manager, Public Affairs &Communication, Coca-Cola India Inc.), Manoj Malyani (Senior Producer, STARNews), Anuranjan Jha (Executive Editor, Cobrapost) and other senior alumni tookthe dice.Better networking among IIMCians and other issues related to alumni associationwere discussed in this session. During the meeting, it was decided that anAction Committee will be formed, which will work for the development of theassociation.Chairing the General Body Meeting (GBM) of the Indian Institute of MassCommunication Alumni Association (IIMCAA) at the meeting on January 21, 2007 atthe IIMC campus, Mukesh Kaushik announced the dissolution of the old team ofIIMCAA office-bearers which was formed by the GBM of 23rd April, 2005 at thesame venue.Kaushik called for a new and liberal constitution which allows everybody whohave passed out from IIMC to be automatically be deemed members of IIMCAA. Heridiculed the old norms of membership which was conditional-it made payment ofcertain fees mandatory to be considred alumni. He wondered what will happen if acertain fees will have to be paid by Indians to be citizens of India. IIMCiansare IIMCians, why should fees etc come in the way. This drew resounding approvalfrom the members present at the GBM . This proposal was accepted unanimously.Therefore, with effect from 21st January, 2007 every individual who has paasedout of IIMC are members of IIMCAA irrespective of whether or not membership feeshas been paid.Kaushik annoucned the name of Coordination Commitee and a Core Group asreplacement of the previous arrangement to make IIMCAA a vibrant body. The newteam has been given three months to do so.After this discussion, moderator Mukesh Kaushik announced the Closing Ceremonyand promised to meet again.

Proposal for IIMC Alumni Association

Moderator's Note: We have so far existed as an old students association in aninformal way and we will continue to do so but now that Prof Subhash Dhuliyawho is the Course Director of Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism (Hindi)at IIMCproposed to formalise the association in consultation with the students, wewelcome it (please read the mesage below)। As a journalist Prof. Dhuliya hasbeen Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times of India and the Navbharat Times. Hehas been Editor of the journals;‘Communicator’ and the ‘Sanchar Madhyam’ inEnglish and Hindi respectively.We do feel that Prof. Dhuliya and Dr Anand Pradhan has the vision to guide IIMCovercome the present identity crisis in liason with the ex-students, redrawingthe interlinkages and making the context manifest. Dr Pradhan is AssistantProfessor of Hindi/Indian Languages, he has worked in News Services Division ofALL INDIA RADIO as Asstt. News Editor.A meeting is proposed on 23rd April, 2005 at 11 O' clock at IIMC. Pleaseconfirm your participation to facilitate the arrangements. A General Body (GB)meeting would surely be convened in due to course for a democratic process.

ModeratorIIMCOSAGopal KrishnaPhone: 24328006, 24320711Fax: 24321747E-mail:mediavigil@yahoo.co.inMb:9818089660

"sdhuliya23" wrote:I have been interacting with large number of former IIMC students andall of them express strong desire to have some kind of IIMC AlumniAssociation। The question has been debated for a long time butnothing concrete has taken shape.

This kind of association is run bya core group who will have to devote sometime to organisation and ininitial phase it will demand a bit more time from core group but oncethe association is in place it can become a vibrant organisation.I would suggest a meeting in April and it can be held atIIMC and I can take care of it. There is no need for any outsidefinancial support although it can be arranged easily but it would bebetter if we organise our first meeting without any sponsorship andthrough individual contribution of participants for some kind ofworking lunch or dinner
.I would suggest that we identify one IIMC alumni in every mediaorganisation who will be responsible to inform all in his/ herorganisation.Akhilesh Sharma for NDTV (akhilesh@ndtv।com)Rajnish and Siddhinath for Sahara Samay (siddhinath@indiatimes.com),Prashant Kumar and Nishi Jain (nidhi.jain@aajtak.com)Jemini Kumar (mihirjkumar@yahoo.com) for Prasar Bharti,Mihir Gautam and Pravanjan Verma for Jagran TV (pravanjanverma@rediffmail.com)Mehraj Dube for Star News (mehrajd@starnews.co.in)Y P Rajesh for Reuters (yp.rajesh@reuters.com)V.Ramakrishnan for Dow Jones (ve.ramakrishnan@dowjones.com)Devlin Roy for The Times of India (devlin.roy@timesgroup.com)Unnikrishnan and Ashok Bagariya for Indian Express (urshanker@yahoo.com),(ashok_bags@yahoo.co.in)Kushal Yadav for Down To Earth (kushal@cseindia.org)Rakhi Bakshi for India TV (rakhi_bakshi2002@yahoo.co.in)Rajesh K Singh for Businessworld (rajeshk1976@rediffmail.com)Sushil Jha for BBC (sushiljha76@indiatimes.com)Seema Sangra for Oneworld (seema_sangra@hotmail.com)Alimma Tigga for The Financial Express (alimatigga@yahoo.com)Sachin Budhauliya for UNI (sacbud@hotmail.com)Dinesh Gautam for Zee News (dinna_gautam@rediffmail.com)and so onDr Anand Pradhan and I can also do some coordination, as workload inApril will not be much। Our role will be of coordination andobjectives and agenda has to be set by former and present students।Faculty can only join the gathering as guests on invitaion and forlunch/dinner
।Faculty members present in deliberations of setting agenda has to be avoided atthis stage. A postive and constructive approach is required- but you have to beconstructively critical without being hostile. It is through this kind ofdialogue negative influeces can be minimized. This kind of intervention is callof hour if you want IIMC to stay as premier public and national institutionin the field of journalsim and communication education, training andreserch.IIMC is difinitely in some kind of identity crisis and if right kind ofintervention is not made by those who care for it, they would have a lot of regrets later. I think if you can make contribution for development and growthof IIMC and prevent it from becoming a kind of picinic spot then you should nothesitate to make the contribution.Think about it and we can deliberate further.In the proposed April meeting we must appoint a organising committee of some tenmembers who will also get it registered as office bearers without a GB meetingto begin with and once we have full membership in place we can hold formalelections of office bearers and launch Chapter for each centers/ city wheremedia has greater concentration.With best wishes,Subhash DhuliyaProfessorIIMC