Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award For Media Person Is A good Step- Sandeep Marwah

Sandeep Marwah at Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award to Rahul Dev

New Delhi: “Not many exclusive awards are there for dedicated and sincere media persons in India. Pt. Haridutt Sharma award for media person is a wonderful initiative by Pt. Haridutt Sharma Anniversary Award Committee said Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chancellor AAFT University present on the occasion.

This time the award was handed over to renowned print and electronics journalist Rahul Dev who has been in journalism for more than 40 years and proved himself to be the most honest, sincere, dedicated, hardworking, authentic and professional in his trade.

The award was jointly presented to Rahul Dev by union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, Government of India Dr.Harshvardhan, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Government of India Gen. V.K.Singh, Chief Scout of India & AAFT Chancellor Dr. Sandeep Marwah, Veteran Leader of Congress Party Janardan Dwivedi, Vice Chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana Deemed University Dr. H.R. Nagendra, Consulting Editor Amar Ujala Vinod Agnihotri and organizer Raj Kumar Sharma.

Later all the dignities spoke on the subject. Renowned poet Ashok Chakardhar conducted the program. People from all strata of life attended the event at Teen Murti Bhawan Auditorium.

AAFT Join Hands With First Pravasi Film Festival

The capital is set to host Pravasi Film Festival 2010 Jan 3-6 next year. Films made by Indians living abroad or made outside the country will be showcased at the fest in its first edition. President of Mauritius Sir Anerood Jugnauth unveiled the awards that will be given away at the festival. “I am proud to be associated with this event” said the President of the Republic of Mauritius.
It is being organised by the international bi-lingual monthly Pravasi Today in collaboration with the India Habitat Centre (IHC) with the support of the Mauritius High Commission in India and Asian Academy Of Film and Television (AAFT). Around 20 films will be screened at the gala including ‘Monsoon Wedding’, ‘New York’, ‘99′, ‘The President Is Coming’ and ‘Inner World of Shah Rukh Khan’.
“Films made by Yash Chopra and Sippy Productions will also be screened during the festival .Cinema personalities like Sharmila Tagore, Adhoor Gopalakrishan, Sohal Ali Khan, Amrita Rao, Prakash Jha, Karan Razdan, and Satish Kaushik are expected to attend the four-day event” informed Sandeep Marwah, the president of Asian Academy of Film And Television. “We will give complete media and technical support to the festival” Marwah added.
The first ever Pravasi Film Festival will honour veteran actor Saeed Jaffrey with the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to cinema, said Anil Joshi, the Festival Director.
We are working mainly on the identity issues of the diaspora this year. The idea is to create a single window system for filmmakers of Indian origin who want to connect to the Indian audiences through their work," said Dubey the Dy Director of the Festival Others who spoke on the occasion were Rajeev Shukla, Manoj Bajpai, Aruna Vasudev, Ashok Chakardhar, Minister of Sstate, Labour and Employement Harish Rawart..[ANA]