Silver Jubilee National PR Day - 21st April 2011
With an unprecedented gathering comprised of Public Relations practitioners, Students, Media and the recipients of Awards with their associates, the 21st April 2011 witnessed many a thing at Federation House, celebrating the Silver Jubilee National Public Relations Day on a theme - “Ethics in Governance and Business: Public Relations Perspective”. This is the 5th consecutive National PR day jointly organised by PRSI & GFPR.
In his presidential address, the legendary, Dr. CV Narasimha Reddi stressed upon the need for value education in Public Relations. The Chief Guest, Hon'ble Minister for I & PR, Smt. DK Aruna observed that all developmental works of the Govt. are made visible and audible to the public by the PR set up in the State. The Guest of Honor, Sis Radhika, Chief of BK’s Nagarjuna Management Centre said that business and honesty do not go together, but ethical business is always possible. National President of GFPR, Sis BK Sarala redefined a Shakespearean quote saying “some are born great, some achieve greatness and several engage PR men to do certain great jobs”. Chapter Chairman of PRSI, Sri NL Narasimha Rao announced the launch of Women’s Wing of his Chapter. Sri Krishna Baji, past National Vice President (South), administered a pledge of rededication to the profession by the members of PRSI
The “Best PR Manager of the year” instituted by Dr CV Narasimha Reddi was presented to G Aneeja, Technical Officer, National Academy of Agriculture Research Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad. She is the 15th (and the 1st woman) recipient of this award. [See below for the winners of this award]
Sl No.
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Year
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Name
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Designation
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Organization
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1
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1997
|
PSN Murthy
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Ch Manager, PR
|
Vysya Bank
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2
|
1998
|
P Krishnaiah
|
Chief PRO
|
South Central Railways
|
3
|
1999
|
C Elbert
|
Manager, PR
|
NTPC Ltd
|
4
|
2000
|
Krishna Baji
|
Manager,PR
|
HUDA
|
5
|
2001
|
M Krishnanand
|
Chief PRO
|
MCH
|
6
|
2002
|
Dr J Chennaiah
|
PRO
|
Telugu University
|
7
|
2003
|
A Vishveswar Reddy
|
PRO
|
Dr BR Ambedkar Open University
|
8
|
2004
|
S Chandra sekhar
|
Chief PRO
|
Singareni Collieries Ltd
|
9
|
2005
|
Mohana Murthy
|
PRO
|
APSRTC
|
10
|
2006
|
D Virinchi
|
AGM, PR
|
State Bank of Hyderabad
|
11
|
2007
|
FR Michael
|
Sr Manager, PR
|
South Central Railways
|
12
|
2008
|
Y Babji
|
PRO
|
AP Khadi & VI Board
|
13
|
2009
|
K Manohar Achary
|
Commn. Officer
|
Dept of Rural Development
|
14
|
2010
|
S Krishnan
|
Manager, PR
|
Indian Airlines
|
15
|
2011
|
G Aneeja
|
Tech Officer, PR
|
NAARM
|
The prestigious “Golden Triangle” award of Global Forum for Public Relations was conferred on Prof Ujjwal K Choudhury, Executive Director for Media Studies, International School of Business & Media across all the four campuses at Pune, Kolkata, Noida & Bangalore. He is the 5th recipients of this award since it was instituted.
Sl No.
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Year
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Name
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Designation
|
Organization
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1
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2007
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K Srinivasan
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CEO
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Primepoint Foundation, Chennai
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2
|
2008
|
Yogesh Joshi
|
President
|
Association of Business Communicators of India, Mumbai
|
3
|
2009
|
MB Jayaram
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Chairman, GC
|
Public Relations Council of India, Bangalore
|
4
|
2010
|
CJ Singh
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Managing Director
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Core PR, Chandigarh
|
5
|
2011
|
Prof Ujjwal K Choudhury
|
Executive Director
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ISB&M, Pune
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An autobiography in Telugu, titled “Nannu Nenu Diddikuntu”, literally meaning ‘correcting myself’ was released and the author KMK Rao was felicitated. A souvenir commemorating the XI APPR conference held on 13th Feb 2011 was also released at the function. Students who won places in the patriotic songs competition were given away with certificates by the Chief Guest & other guests. The memento of ‘best chapter’ award won by Hyderabad Chapter for the year 2009-10 was presented to KRK Chary, Past Chairman. The memento that could not be received in Kolkata conference was brought over here.