'Community Radio Awareness Workshop' organised at Konark

'Community Radio Awareness Workshop' organised at Konark from 22nd to 24th Dec 2010. 82 Representatives from civil society organisation, University & Educational Institutes attended from several states i.e. Odisha, Bihar, MP,Chhatisgarh,Jharkhand etc. Dr R Sreedher,Director- CEMCA, Mr Inderjeet Grewal from Ministry of I & B,Mr R.K. Suman,Director, Home Ministry, Mr V.N. Balan from Ministry of Telecommunication& IT,Mr Sajan Venniyoor, General Secretary, Community Radio Forum of India, Veteran Community Broadcaster Vipin Sharma, Amit Chakraborty , Mr N.A.Shah Ansari, Chairperson, Radio Namaskar & others were present. This workshop was organised by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, CEMCA-New Delhi & Radio Namaskar, the only community radio of Odisha. The focus of this workshop was on creating greater awareness regarding application process for community radio & different aspects on the potential of community radio as a tool for interactive development and through information dissemination. The Community Radio Policy of the Government of India had recently expanded to include a wide section of organizations and accordingly educational institutions, NGOs and Krishi Vigyan Kendras based in Odisha, Bihar,Chhatisgarh,Jharkhand and West Bengal were taken up as the target institutions for this workshop.