सूचना, अधिकार और कलम विष्णु राजगढ़िया -आइ-नेक्स्ट 21 जुलाई 2008 में प्रकािशत सूचना के अधिकार ने खोले नये द्वार विष्णु राजगढ़िया कबीर की वेबसाइट

Public Hearing on RTI

Organized by MICCI on 26th April, 2007 followed by action group meeting at Ranchi in association with Jharkhand RTI Forum and Vikas Bharti. More then 400 people participated in the Public Hearing. Two State Information Commissioners and various Central and State Information Officers were also present in the program. In the photo, Ms. Nandini Sahai, Director MICCI explains the objective of the Public Hearing. others from right to left- Vishnu Rajgadia, Prem Kumar, Ashok Bhagat, Sristidhar Mahto, Gangotri Kujur, Rajeshwar Dayal

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Jharkhand State Information Commissioners visited Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih

South Asia Media Summit

Book on RTI released in South Asia Media Summit

Goa : Former CM of Goa Pratapsingh Rane inaugurated three days South Asia Media Summit at ICG, Goa. He lso released ‘A handbook on RTI” written by Vishnu Rajgadia and Nandini Sahai. The book has been published by MICCI, FES and UNESCO. The summit has been organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES-India), Media Information and Communication Centre of India (MICCI) and The International Centre Goa (ICG) from 16 – 18 November 2007 at the premises of ICG in Dona Paula. The theme of this year’s summit is- MEDIA AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN SOUTH ASIA. This is the third annual summit to be organized in collaboration with the ICG in Goa .

Shri. Bhaskar Ghose, CEO, Lok Sabha TV delivered the Keynote Address to the Summit. Shri. M. Rajaretnam, Director, ICG welcomed the participants. Shri. Rajeshwar Dyal, Senior Media Advisor, FES-India; and Smt. Nandini Sahai, Director, MICCI delivered their lecture regarding the theme of the summit.

Prominent Participants- 35 senior media persons from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India are participating in the summit. Some of them were-

Mishu Rahman, Samia Zaman and Zafar Sobhan (all from Bangladesh), Phuntsho Choden (Bhutan), Pratik Pradhan, Naryan Wagle, Shiva Gaule and Sudhir Sharma (all from Nepal), Rahimullah Yusufzai (Pakistan), Sinha Ratantunga and Nilkanth Kankanange (Srilanka)

From India- Abdur Rahim, Vinod Dua, Ajit Bhttachargea, HK Dua, Ghaskar Ghose, KK Katyal, C.Gouridasan Nair, Vishnu Rajgadia, I. Arul Aram, Ishwar Bhat, Raman Nannda, Snehasis sur,

Asia Media Summit - 2007 Goa

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digambar Kamat will inaugurate the "ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT 2007" organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES-India), Media Information and Communication Centre of India (MICCI) and The International Centre Goa (ICG) from 16 – 18 November 2007 at the premises of ICG in Dona Paula. Read More

Second Anniversary of RTI

Jharkhand RTI Forum Cebrates Second Anniversary of RTI

Ranchi, 12 October : To mark the second anniversary of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 a symposium was organised by the Jharkhand RTI Forum in association with Gram Swaraj Abhiyan at Sandhya Tower, Ranchi. The benefits of the use of RTI including the future course of action were discussed during the symposium. Senior journalist and Resident Editor of Dhanbad and the convener of Jharkhand RTI Forum, Vishnu Rajgadia said, “The RTI Act has done miracle, it has provided benefits to the applicants in all areas.” He stressed the on the need to use RTI and felt that it would definitely provide the result if properly dealt with. The President of Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Arun Kumar Buddhia was present on the occasion that also stressed the need for the consistent use of RTI. Advisor to the Commissioner of the Supreme Court, Balram, said, “ We need think on the positive note about the RTI and its uses.” Senior journalist Sudhir Pal gave the examples of the RTI by Manthan Yuva Sansthan to collect information. Gopi Nath, Mritunjay Sharma, Shakti Pandey , Nilima Upadhya including others were present in the symposium.

South Asia Media

South Asia Media Colloquium-2006
Report of a interactive session on the ''Right to Information: Are the Media playing their role?'' as part of the three-day South Asia Media Colloquium-2006 the International Centre, Goa.
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Manorama Trust Scam How did the huge property of Manorma Trust was converted in private and what was the role of the government. Vishnu Rajgadia as a journalist feels very much excited to have the complete file of the scam through RTI, earlier denied for a single word. Click here to read Union Minister pressurized for illegal transfer A historical victory for the Right to Information Act (RTI). Earlier, it was impossible to check misuse of power by VIPs. But the RTI has made it very simple. You can expose any misuse of power by paying merely ten rupees. Click here to read in cobrapost.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rti4ngo/message/592 ‘Ooof, woh RTI-walleh aa gaye’ By Freny Manecksha An interesting story on the experiment of Prabhat Khabar Institute Click here to read Is Media Playing its role Vishnu Rajgadia Published in the websites of central information commission and also at the official website of Govt. of India. This paper was prepared for and read at South Asia workshop at Goa in oct 2006, organized bu Amic-India, FES-India and UNESCO. click here to read