---

---

Digital Advertisining In India

---

Editor in chief of METROMIRROR meets Sh. Jagdish Upasane VC of MCNUJC
Bhopal:MMNN: 27 March 2018

Today met Sh. Jagdish Upasane ji who took charge as VC of MCNUJC Bhopal.He is very Intelligent, Practical and believes in Simple living & HighThinking.Discussed about quality of Media Training, importance of Digital Media, and Media principles. He said "sense of responsibility for all and Digital Media would be the focus area" Photo:www.MetroMirror.com

---

Public Relations Council Of India -12th Global Communication Conclave Starts today.
Pune:MMNN: 9 March 2018

Ramesh Gopalkrishnan,Facebook Head ,APAC to inaugurate the coveted Annual event,alongwith PRCI Chief Mentor MB Jayram and National President B.N.Kumar.
Pune: the city is all set to host the 12th Global Communication Conclave .Public Relations Council Of India (PRCI)which has emerged as a premier communication exchange for PR,Media,Advertising,HR Marcom Professionals and Mass Communication students and academicians is holding the conclave focusing on the theme Transform Or Perish.
The venue is :all spice,Shantai hotel,Rasta Peth Road .Apart from the rapid developments in technology,life around us too is changing fast -faster than the speed of thought. What we think today may not be relevant tomorrow.Some of these rapid developments would need a total transformation ,and not a mere change."said Conclave Chairman and PRCI National President B.N.kumar.

We therefore,plan to focus on sub-themes covering a host of subjects such as PR.Corpcom ,Media ,Social Media,Advertising.Crisis,HR,Mentoring ,CSR,Artificial intelligence,Governance ,Film Agriculture,Energy ,Urban infra etc. with the overall theme-TRANSFORM OR PERISH,he said.
PRCI Chairman emeritus and chief mentor M B Jayram said:"we are inviting top notch Speakers ,Corporate Honchos,Change Leaders and above all those intiating Transformation in their chosen field."
PRCI will also present its much sought -after signature awards under the Chankya series and induct achievers into the PR Hall of Fame.and , we will present the popular PRCI Collateral Awards-a talent recognition for communication professionals ,Jayaram said.. IIT Kanpur Alumni Association's Pune chapter will be the Knowledge partner for the tech session covering IoT,Artificial,Intelligence,Big Data and Robotics.

"With the fast changing technology becoming the key enabler in today's world,Communication,Media,Advertisingand HR Professional can ill afford to ignore the rapid developments around them ,"said Shailendra Agarwal.Presidentof IIT Kanpur Alumni Association.Pune chapter,said."We are happy that PRCI has taken up and absolutely fitting theme Transform Or Perish ", he added.
PRCI and its Youth Wing Young Communicators Club (YCC) will hold a separate conclave mainly for communication students at the Symbiosis Vishwabhuvan Auditorium,Senapati Bapat Marg,Pune. in the first half of march 9.

PRCI will also present its signature awards under the Chanakya series.induct communication veterans into one and the only PR Hall of Fame .apart from felicitating achievers with a host of Collateral Awards.The Pune conclave ,thus,promises many takeaways,apart from being a good meeting point to share thoughts and ideas to be able to face lurking future challenges ,said R.T. Kumar, Governing Council Chairman of PRCI.
Top Honours today for Adfactors' Madan Bahal,Chandra Mohan Puppla,Roma Balwani,Devendra Bhujbal,Prakash Dubey -Group Editor,Dainik Bhaskar,Barun Jha of PTI.

PRCI Hall of Fame National Awards for PWC'S Nandini Chatterjee,JP Sharma and MetroMirror.com -BrainPower Media's Editor-in-Chief Shiv Harsh Suhalka.
Dainik Bhaskar ,Indian Oil Corporation and NTPC rocks to grab Corporate Collateral Awards.

12th PRCI Global Communications Conclave,9-10 March 2018 Pune.

---

CM Shri Chouhan Expresses Grief over the demise of Shri Pandey
Bhopal:MMNN: 9 March 2018

Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed profound grief over the demise of the Senior Journalist Shri Prakash Pandey. Shri Chouhan has prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.

---

MP leading state in development and public welfare works: CM Shri Chouhan
Bhopal:MMNN: 26 February 2018

Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that in the present political scenario, the new trend of politics of performance has begun. Only those who progress will succeed. Today Madhya Pradesh is a leading state in development and public welfare works. About one and a half decade ago, the state was considered backward and bimaru. He said that Madhya Pradesh is a progressive and fast developing state. It tops in agriculture, Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana, Public Service Guarantee Act, Tourism, Solar Energy, Cleanliness Survey, Social Security schemes, Road, Power, Irrigation, Women Empowerment and Farmer Welfare works in the country. Shri Chouhan said this during an informal chat with journalists of Karnataka state at Vidhan Sabha premises today. On the occasion Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Shri S.K. Mishra and Commissioner Public Relations Shri P. Narhari were also present. CM Shri Chouhan said that the state government has given topmost priority to development and public welfare works, made several innovations and implemented effective schemes. Nearly 50 percent jobs are reserved for women in local self governments and in teachers posts and in all other government jobs except Forest Department 33 percent has been reserved for women empowerment. In year 2006, Ladli Laxmi Yojana was launched in the state to ensure that daughters are not considered burden besides proper arrangement of their education. Today there are 37 lakh Ladli Laxmis in the state. These girls are being provided with more than Rs one lakh for education and on attaining 21 years of age. Good results of these efforts have also started showing. Bhind district was the most backward of all districts in the state in sex ratio but now this ratio has also improved. The bill related to death penalty to rapists has been passed in the Vidhan Sabha and has been sent to the President for his approval. Similarly, farmers being given loan on zero percent. State government extends all possible assistance to farmers at the time of natural calamity. Several effective steps are taken along with relief works like Bhavantar Yojana to compensate for the losses. Loss is estimated at the value of Rs 30 thousand per hectare so that the farmer does not get disappointed even in adverse circumstances. A law has been made in state and the poor person has been made land owners. Mukhya Mantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Chhatravritti Yojana has been started so that poor outstanding students get opportunities for development and shortage of funds does not hamper their growth. In this state government bears the fees of higher education of outstanding children. Shri Chouhan told that Madhya Pradesh is being awarded the Krishi Karman Award for the last five consecutive years. Agriculture Growth Rate is 20 percent on an average. Irrigated area has increased from 7.50 lakh to 40 lakh hectare. Work is on to increase the irrigated area upto 80 lakh.Narmada-Kshipra has been added to the Nadi Jodo Pariyojanas. Narmada-Gambhir work is near completion. Madhya Pradesh is on top in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana. The state has bagged the Best State Award for Tourism. Madhya Pradesh is the first state to form the Public Service Delivery of Guarantee Act. In the Cleanliness Survey last year, 22 cities out of the selected 100 cities were of Madhya Pradesh. MP is leading in the country in environment conservation awareness and realization of duties. The worlds biggest water conservation campaign was initiated in the form of Narmada Seva Yatra. Nearly 6.73 crore saplings were planted on both the banks of the river. In a discussion with journalists Shri Chouhan seconded the idea of conducting elections simultaneously all over the country. Lauding the efforts of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, he said that development is hindered when separate elections are held. Holding elections at the same time is in the interest of the country. Shri Chouhan said that he will hold a discussion in this regard during a meeting of Chief Ministers to be held shortly.

---

Journalist Union office-bearers meet PR Minister Dr. Mishra.
Bhopal:MMNN: 16 January 2018

Office-bearers of Journalist Union of Madhya Pradesh, Indore branch today paid a courtesy visit to Public Relations, Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra at his residence. Among those who met the minister include Shri Omprakash Pharkia, Shri Champalal Gurjar. Shri Rajendra Purohit, Shri Omprakash Jain,. Shri Om Baba, Shri Santosh Vajpayee, Shri Ghamnshyam Soni and Shri Ashok Badgujar etc

---

Dr. Trikha Prepared a Generation of Value Based Journalists: CM Shri Chouhan.
Bhopal:MMNN: 15 January 2018

Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed profound grief over the demise of Senior Journalist and Media Educationist Dr. Nand Kishore Trikha. Eighty two years old Dr. Trikha left for heavenly abode today at New Delhi. Shri Chouhan said that Dr. Trikha has carried out remarkable works for journalism education and for the welfare of the media personnel. His contribution in preparing value based journalists is incomparable. CM Shri Chouhan prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and to give strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss

---

Media incubation centre to be set up at Makhanlal University.
Bhopal:MMNN: 9 January 2018

A media incubation centre will be established in Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism to promote start-ups in the media sector. NITI Ayog has granted approval for this. The university will conduct detailed study on factors of socio- economic heterogeneity in society and their redressal. These decisions were taken at a meeting of the managment committee and Maharparishad of the university chaired by CM Shri Chouhan today. CM Shri Chouhan said that research and study will also be conducted on Adwait Vedanta at the University. The new posts should be filled under Higher Education and UGC norms. It was told at the meeting that the Language Study Centre an Cultural Study Centre have begun functioning in the University. A foreign media study centre will be set up at the university in which news published in Pakistan, China and Nepal media will be analysed. The University has conducted BCA examination online. As many as 210 new study centres have been recognized in the last one year by the university. The number of students has increased during this period by 12 percent. The University has published the first Sanskrit News Magazine Atulya Bharatam. A social media research centre has been set up in the university. Finance Minister Shri Jayant Malaiya, Public Relations and Water Resources Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra, MP Shri Alok Sanjar, Vice-Chancellor Dr. B.K Kuthiyala besides government and non-government members of the Mahaparishad were present during the meeting.

---

Mr. Suhalka greets Dr Narottam Mishra, PR Minister
Bhopal:MMNN: 2 January 2018

President of the Digital Press Club and Editor in Chief Metromirror.com Sh Shiv Harsh Suhalka greeted Dr Narottam Mishra, Public Relations Minister, at his residence. He wished him Auspicious and fruitful New Year 2018.

---

Digital Press Club Formed: Shiv Harsh Suhalka elected as President, Development of Digital Media and Social Responsibility main Agenda
MMNN:23 November 2017

Senior Journalists of the Digital Media came together to form the first Digital Press Club.They seriously discussed about the Objects of the Club and its future activities. Newly elected President of the Club and Editor in Chief of MetroMirror.com said that the Club is need of to-day's fastest growing Digital Media and its Challenges. Digital Press Club would play an important role to promote and nurture the Media of the Future. In the meeting following office bearers were elected unanimously: President: Shiv Harsh Suhalka Vice-Presidents: KK Agnihotri and Naveen Anand Joshi Secretary : Vinay Dwivedi Jt Secretaries: Ashish Mehrishi and Kailash Gupta Treasurer : Anil Singh

State Funeral For Journalist Gauri Lankesh Amid Outrage Over Her Murder
MMNN:6 September 2017

Hundreds lined up at Bengaluru's Ravindra Kalakshetra cultural centre to pay their respects to senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, who was buried this evening with full state honours at a cemetery in Chamarajpet. Gauri Lankesh, 55, was shot dead at point-blank range at her doorstep last evening. There is outrage across the country and editors and others have condemned the murder and expressed concern over what they described as a growing intolerance to dissent. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has called the murder an "assassination on democracy," was among politicians, activists, journalists and other citizens who paid homage to Ms Lankesh at the Kalakshetra, where her body was kept for a few hours this afternoon. The police have reportedly spotted one of three Mr Lankesh's killers on CCTVs that were installed at her house in the western part of the IT hub. The suspect is seen wearing a helmet, said police sources, adding that three teams have been formed to identify and track down the killers, who were likely paid assassins. Journalists from across the country as well as prominent residents of Bengaluru were worried that Ms Lankesh's shooting at point-blank range was in retaliation to her anti-establishment voice, her criticism of those in power ignoring those on the margins. "This shows dissent will not be tolerated," said BT Venkatesh, a lawyer who represented Ms Lankesh in a defamation case brought against her a few years ago by a BJP parliamentarian. At a condolence meeting held in the heart of Bengaluru, some attendees carried posters saying, "Namma Gauri" (I Am Gauri). They denounced intolerance and any threat to free speech. Ms Lankesh ran a weekly Kannada paper in which she often wrote in support of the rehabilitation of Naxals and against divisive politics. Frequently, she contested right-wing ideology. Journalists in different cities have organised meetings today and protest marches against her murder. "Gauri Lankesh's murder drills a hole in the heart of the journalist community. Are we sliding into the heart of darkness?" said editor Nalini Singh. Ms Lankesh, whose father P Lankesh was one of Karnataka's best known journalists lived alone. Last night, as she returned from work and headed to her house after parking her car, seven shots were fired at her by men on a motorcycle. Three bullets hit her, including one on the head. A total of seven bullets were fired out of which four missed the target and hit the wall of the house. Three bullets had hit her -- two in her chest area and one in the forehead," Bengaluru Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar said. Karnataka Law Minister TB Jayachandra said there could be links between the murder of Ms Lankesh and that of rationalist and scholar MM Kalburgi who was killed in 2015 at his home in Dharwad, around 400 km from Bengaluru. When the 77-year-old Sahitya Akademi award winner opened his door, the attackers shot him twice at point-blank range. His case has yet to be solved.

Google search sammelan held
MMNN:10 July 2017

Google search sammelen for the online publishers was held at Hotel Noorus Sabha.Google team members enlightened the delegates about the Google search engine working and discussed Various useful points for the publishers Ms. Snigdha Bhardwaj welcomed the delegates and said that the number of internet users in india would rise to 65 crore by 2021.The number of indian language users have already overtaken the English users, she said.

Mr.Syed Malik and Abhash Tripathi explained to the delegates how to keep the web safe.They said we provide tools to help webmasters make the webpages mobile friendly. Google provide many tools for the web masters.They also advised webmasters to access g.co/Search console that would provide all vital information about the website. While exclusively talking to Metromirror.com Mr.Abhash Tripathi told "demand for the local language content is growing and online News is the top search category"

Ms.Sinha said by the year 2020 Adspend on the local language Ads would cross 9700 crore. She also elaborated about the Google's Adsense program and how publishers are generating significant revenue allover the world.

Ambreesh Suresh Chouksey weds Rounak.

Digital Press Club pays Tributes to respected Sh Ramesh Chandra Agrawal Ji, He was down to earth Humble person.

10th Global Communication Conclave held at Kolkata: Dainik Bhaskar won 11 Awards including the prestigious Chanakya Award for Social Excellence

BHOPAL: MMNN: 4 Feb. 2016

The two-day 10th Global Communication Conclave hosted by Kolkata, the City of Joy, was indeed a joyous experience. Held on January 22 -23, 2016, the Conclave had a large number of PR, media, HR, Advertising professionals, mass communication academicians and students attending.
West Bengal Minister for Women Welfare and Child Development Ms Sashi Panja was the chief guest who along other dignitaries such as Swami Jitatmananda Maharaj, Vice President, Ramkrishna Math, lighted the traditional lamp to mark opening of the Conclave.

The Conclave paid glowing tributes to late PRCI Governing Council Chairman N D Rajpal who passed away recently. His daughter Shweta fondly recalled his memories and said he was a great family man while he was always busy with his professional commitments. The delegates observed silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
Conclave vice chairman and PRCI East Zone Chairman B K Sahu and organising committee chairman Ravi Mahapatra, who also heads Kolkata chapter of PRCI, welcomed the guests. Ms Sashi Panja, West Bengal Women welfare and child development minister, who inaugurated the two-day conclave, focused on the communicators’ role in ensuring the safety of women and children.

In this context, she appreciated PRCI for complying with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act makes it mandatory for all organizations to have Internal Compliance Committees.
PRCI Chairman Emeritus and M B Jayaram referred to the Conclave theme - Digital Now-What Next - and stressed the need for all PR professionals to be abreast with the fast developing technology to be able to meet ever increasing communication challenges.

PRCI Governing Council chairman R T Kumar said the organization is spreading its pan-India network and at the time spreading wings globally. ORCI recently formed its UAE chapter and will soon set up units in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Germany and the US.
PRCI National Executive president B N Kumar disclosed that the Guest Faculty Pool set up by the Council is becoming popular among institutions teaching mass communication. PRCI will focus on skill development among upcoming communication professionals and periodic knowledge forums.
YCC Chairperson Geetha Shankar said the organization has launched a special drive to involve the student community and planned youth summits in Mumbai, Bangalore and Mysore.

60th Birthday of Mr. Suhalka, Editor-in-Chief of MetroMirror celebrated

BHOPAL: MMNN: 29 Dec. 2015

Mr. Shiv Harsh Suhalka, Editor-in-Chief of MetroMirror and Director of Public Relation Council of India turned 60 on Dec. 28, 2015.
The day was celebrated at Fusion Spice Banquet Hall with the who's who of the city present, noted among them Sh. Atmadeep, Information commisioner, Sh. Ganesh Sakalle, President Central Press Club, Sh Deepesh Joshi, leading Advocate, Sh. Shailendra Bagre, leading Architect, Sh. AC Chandra, Ex Chief Income-tax Commisioner and Past convenor citizens Forum, Sh. Ajay Dubey, RTI Activist and Representative Transparency International, Sh. Vijay Bandriya , Chief Editor Krishak Jagat, Sh. Girish Upadhyay, State Editor, Subah Savere, Senior Journalist Sh. Rajesh Sirothia, Sh Ajay Bokil, Sh. Samdatt Shastri, Sh. Sanjay Dwivedi, and Abhijit Chandra, Prof. Pavitra Shrivastava, Prof. Pushpendra Pal Singh, Dr. HD Verma, Sh. Shekhar Maheshwari, Sh. Vivek Verma, Sh. Pankaj Malik, Dr. M.S. Raghuwanshi, Sh. Vikas Bandriya, convenor BJP State IT cell.

....More Photos

KKR to invest $300m in Media

MUMBAI: MMNN: 16 Nov. 2015
Global investment firm KKR will commit up to $300 million to create a pan-Asian media and entertainment investment platform along with California-based media holding company, Chernin Group, in a long-term bet on Asia's fast growing digital media and technology space, including in India.
The new platform, Emerald Media, which will see KKR hold a majority stake, will primarily focus on providing capital to media, entertainment and digital media companies across Asia. Chernin Group will join as a minority co-investor in the platform. Emerald will look to acquire control or significant minority positions in growing public and private media companies.
The platform will look to invest approximately $15million-$ 75million in any investment. A substantial portion of the investments will come into India, where KKR is building a series of investment platforms. The US buyout fund has a non-banking finance company, a real estate investment platform and distressed assets platform, besides its core private equity business.
As part of the transaction, KKR will also acquire a significant minority stake in CA Media, the existing Asian media portfolio of Chernin Group.
The platform will be headed by Rajesh Kamat, who was former COO of Viacom18 Group and CEO of COLORS in India, and Paul Aiello, the current group CEO of CA Media. Aiello was the former CEO of News Corp's Star TV Asia.
The transaction, which is aimed at creating one of the largest media investment platforms in the region, is expected to get announced later this week. "The media, entertainment and digital media segment across Asia, especially in India, enjoys attractive macro fundamentals, mirroring the trajectory of the region's consumer sector," Sanjay Nayar, Member of KKR and CEO of KKR India, said.
The Chernin Group's Asia investment platform CA Media focuses on a broad range of opportunities in content creation, television networks, sports, education, advertising, and digital media.
The creation of the platform comes as Indian media and entertainment sectors are poised for a strong growth. The sectors are expected to grow at 13.9% CAGR, to touch.`19,6400 crore by 2019, KPMG said in arecent report. The growth rate is almost double that of the global media and entertainment industry, KPMG said. In India, CA Media has been building a strong portfolio that includes television and film production, live music events, youth media, digital content, intellectual property and graphic novels. Its investments in the country include stakes in content company Endemol India, music and live events company Only Much Louder, and entertainment company-Graphic India.
Deal activity in India's media and entertainment sector rose in 2014 with 61 transactions as against 26 transactions a year prior. Total size of the transactions increased to $2.4 billion from $224 million, KPMG's report said. Digitalisation, Phase III licensing of radio and 4G rollout will provide the required impetus to the industry, KPMG added.

"101 Hindi Media ke Diggaj" book presented

Our Correspondent, 01 Sep. 2015
Sh. Sanjay Dwivedi, Head, Deptt. of Mass Communication, Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Senior Journalist presented a Book written by him on
"101 Hindi Media Ke Diggaj" to Sh. Shiv Harsh Suhalka, Editor in chief of MetroMirror.Com and Secretary General of Forward India Forum - a Think-tank.
He praised the objectives of Forward India Forum and shown his interest to join the forum.

Media and Public Relations Are Complementary To Each Other -Naidu

Our Correspondent, 31 Aug. 2015
Media and Public Relations are complementary to each other and enjoy a symbiotic relationship. The two crafts should harmonise with each other instead of working at cross-purposes.
This was the sum and substance of a thought-provoking presentation by Chandrakant Naidu, a senior journalist, at a panel discussion organized by Bhopal Chapters of Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD) and Public Relations Council of India (PRCI).
Responding to the theme of the discussion, C.K. Sardana, a senior PR practitioner, said PR people formed a useful 'source' for media persons. Through their understanding of various facets of their own organizations and associated areas, they were able to provide in-depth information - what the media persons really needed - which help prepare good stories for print and electronic media. It was a sort of 'mutual help and gain' for both, he added.
Rashmi Bhargava, Chairperson, ISTD, Bhopal Chapter and C K Sardana, Chairman, PRCI Bhopal Chapter were present. J.N. Chawdhary, a veteran marketing man, was the patron at the panel discussion. Mahendra Joshi, Secretary, PRCI proposed a vote of thanks.
In his opening observations, former Regional Editor of Hindustan Times, Chandrakant Naidu said the PR specialists excel at bringing forth the strong points of any institution to be highlighted through media. The news media cannot afford to ignore the weak points as their audience would expect them to put things in perspective.
At times the news media's job begins where the PR specialists' ends. In the current media scenario the lines between PR and news presentations are blurring due to commercial considerations of the media ownership.
Large number of persons from different walks of life participated in the inter-active panel discussions. Notable among them were Salil Chatterjee, Sanat Gangwal, R.N. Soni, O.P. Soni, C K Hayaran, Harsh Suhalka and Pradeep Bhargava.

Mr. B N Kumar , Executive Director of concept PR, Mumbai has been elected as the National President of PRCI, leading organisation of PR, Media, Advertising and communication professionals with 25 chapters spread throughout India.

Mrs. Bharti Singh , Chief of SA - MUDRA , Bangalore is an entrepreneur . She had been the Secretary General of PRCI earlier also.

---