IAMCR Selects Prof. Surbhi Dahiya as an Ambassador
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has selected Prof. Surbhi Dahiya as the ambassador for a period of three years.
Prof Dahiya is presently Course Director, English Journalism at the Indian institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). IAMCR is a worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research. With her selection, IAMCR, now officially, has three ambassadors which besides Prof. Dahiya include, Dr. Uma Shankar Pandey and Dr. Padmakumar K.
As an ambassador, she opines that Indian scholarship should be promoted internationally. She will organise various events with university departments, local and regional media, communication research bodies and think tanks, and NGOs involved in media advocacy and research and encourage Indian scholars to have visibility in International conferences.
Internationally, Prof. Dahiya has represented India at many platforms.
Shivani Becomes 1st Woman Excavation Engineer
Breaking the glass ceiling, Shivani Meena, an IIT Jodhpur alumna, has become the first woman excavation engineer to work in an open cast mine at Coal India arm CCL.
She will be posted at CCL's Rajrappa project, one of the important enterprises of the coal mining behemoth. Until now the position belonged to men.
The feat follows another milestone when Akanksha Kumari became Coal India's first woman mining engineer to work in an underground mine at CCL's Churi facility in North Karanpura area in Jharkhand.
Ex-Ivory Coast PM Dies
Charles Konan Banny, who served as Ivory Coast's Prime Minister from 2005 to 2007, died in Paris.
President Alassane Ouattara paid tribute to Konan Banny, who was 78. Konan had made an important contribution to national reconciliation.
As well as serving as Prime Minister, Konan Banny also headed the Commission for Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation that was set up after the violence that followed the disputed 2010 election.
Sep 11, 2021
Tata AIA Ropes in Neeraj Chopra as its Brand Ambassador
TATA AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has entered into a multi-year brand partnership with Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, as its brand ambassador. Post-Olympic win, this is his first brand partnership. As part of the partnership, Chopra will support Tata AIA's efforts in offering life protection and health and wellness solutions to its consumers over the next few years.
Sep 10, 2021
Noted Women's Rights Activist Sonal Shukla Dies
Noted women's rights activist Sonal Shukla died after cardiac arrest in Mumbai. She was 80.
Shukla was the founder and managing trustee of the Vacha Charitable Trust and worked with adolescent girls and women for four decades.
Popularly known as Sonal Ben, Shukla was the co-founder of the group 'Forum Against Rape', now known as the 'Forum Against Oppression of Women'.
Sep 08, 2021
Equitas Bank Appoints Rani Rampal and Smriti Mandhana as Brand Ambassadors
Equitas Small Finance Bank announced women hockey player, Rani Rampal and cricketer Smriti Mandhana as the company's brand ambassadors.
This announcement came when the bank celebrated its 5th year anniversary in September 2021.
As an entity empowering women across the length and breadth of the country, through its various banking and non-banking initiatives, the announcement reflects the bank's ethos of adding value to the lives of countless customers by choosing the right representation to inspire women to chase their dreams.
Sep 06, 2021
Keshav Desiraju, Former Union Health Secretary, Passes Away
Keshav Desiraju, former Union Health Secretary and grandson of former President S. Radhakrishnan passed away. He was 66.
Desiraju was an IAS officer from the 1978 batch of Uttarakhand cadre. He had a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a Masters degree in Public Administration from the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
He has held many positions with the governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India and retired as the Union Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs. After he retired, he was appointed as the chairperson of the governing board of the Population Foundation of India.
Tamil Nadu chief minister M. K. Stalin expressed grief over Desiraju's death.
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