With the initiative of Information & Cultural affairs department, a 6-day skill development workshop for media personnel is about to start in three phases at SIPARD, Agartala this month. The workshop for print media personnel will be conducted on July 4 and 5. Whereas, the workshop for electronic media personnel will be conducted on July 11 and 12 and the workshop for web media personnel will be conducted on July 14 and 15, informed Director of Information & Cultural affairs department Ratan Biswas in a press meet at the Directorate office today. He informed that there have been a lot of changes in the national and international level of delivering news. In this regard, it is relevant to increase the capability of the print, electronic and web media personnel of the state.

This is the need of the hour Considering this, the state government has taken the initiative to conduct such workshop He said, such workshops are being conducted from time to time through the ICA department. This time, the workshop will be held with about 250 media personnel. This workshop will be a bit different from other workshop. The workshop is being conducted in three different phases separately for the print, electronic and web media personnel for the very first time

The Director of ICA department also informed that well-known national and state level resource persons will be taking part in this workshop. The team of resource persons include Vice-Chancellor of Kushabhao Thakre Journalism University, Raipur Baldev Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal K. G. Suresh, Chief Editor of Lok Sabha TV Ashish Joshi, Chief Executive Officer of Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services Pvt Ltd, New Delhi Rahul Roshan and Editor of OpIndia, New Delhi Niruya Mehta. Apart from that, senior journalists of the state Shekhar Dutta, Sanjib Deb, Manas Pal, Pranab Sarkar and Syed Sajjad Ali will be taking part in the workshop.

The Director of ICA department informed that the department will be organising two programmes at Rabindra Bhawan on July 6. The first programme will be held at Hall no.2 at 11 AM on the occasion of 122nd birth anniversary of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee celebration Chief Minister Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha will be gracing the programme as the Chief Guest Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma and other dignitaries will also be gracing the programme.

A special cultural evening will be organised at Hall no. I at 6 PM where well-known artistes from Kolkata Srikant Acharya, well-known artistes from Bangladesh Kairul Anam and Sarmin Sathi will be participating Well-known artistes of the state will be taking part as well in the cultural evening The programme will be open to all Others present during the press meet were Joint Director of ICA department Sanjib Chakma and Deputy Director Debashish Nath