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Senior broadcaster Pradeep Sharma gives hands-on voice training to students

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For its mentoring workshop held on October 20, 2022, Department of Media and Communication Studies, JEMTEC invited Mr Pradeep Sharma, Voice Trainer, Senior RJ, News Reader and Commentator to train and elucidate students about the importance of voice in media industry. Initiating the session, Mr Sharma talked about Voice Personality and Presentation techniques. He went on to explain vocabulary mistakes in day-to-day conversation.  He further explained different levels of pitch, how it sounds and how one can change the tone according to the particular character. Mr Sharma even gave examples of numerous famous anchors and talked about their way of communication. During the workshop, Prof. (Dr) Ajitab, HoD, Media and Communication Studies, JEMTEC also stressed on refining diction. He said, one must read a lot to improve diction.  In the final phase of the workshop, Mr Pradeep Sharma took the Students to Radio Lab and made them read the news one by one. He very politely told studen...

Memorable Day for National Sports

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On the occasion of ninth #NationalSportsDay, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced a massive hike in the prize money in four categories of the National Sports Awards on August 29, 2020. List of increased price money for different categories Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: 7.5L to 25L Arjuna Award: 5L to 15L Dronacharya Award(Lifetime): 5L to 15L Dhyanchandra Award: 5L to 10L Pic credit: thebridge.in #NationalSportsDay #SportsMinistry #NationalSportsAwards

Who did Palghar Lynching?

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When Palghar Lynching  took place, one of my known, under some influence or from WhatsApp University took inputs and posted a status (Asking Hindus to rise and defend themselves and questioned why Hindus are still waiting? for people to come at their doorsteps and kill them). That was pretty simple to comprehend that he was fed with fake-information about Muslims’ involvement in Palghar lynching. When I asked him about the people who did Palghar lynching as per his status, he forwarded me a list of around 5-6 incidents where Muslims have allegedly done some or the other crimes (Which cannot be justified on any grounds) asserting that he was talking about these people in the status. I was astonished to see, when the police and other agencies have not even unveiled anything except the detention of some 100 people (at that time), how confidently he was targeting a community and blaming them for the incident and most importantly, inciting the sentiments of the people of his communi...

Prem Das Rai- A silent warrior

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When a large chunk of young voters is disappointed with the political leadership and the performance of their local MPs, it is so refreshing to read about Sikkim’s lone Member of Parliament, Prem Das Rai who despite having lucrative jobs and secured future decided to serve people through politics. For those who say there is no place for gentlemen in Indian politics and only a Mafias or Gundas can survive, Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) MP, Rai has the distinction of being the first and only members of Parliament with degrees from both IIT and IIM after being elected to the Lok Sabha from the Sikkim constituency in 2009. He did his chemical engineering from IIT, Kanpur in 1976 and his Post-Graduation in Management (MBA), in 1978, from IIM, Ahmedabad. Prem Das Rai (Pic Credit: Wiki)  Rai is popular among his people and working hard to bring development in the state of Sikkim. For the same reason, he was re-elected as MP in 2014 and experts believe that he would again register an...

An Armless Cricketer: Amir Hussain Lone

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This man Amir Hussain Lone  is an inspiration to millions of people. Due to his extraordinary bowling and batting skills, he was appointed  the captain of Jammu and Kashmir's para-cricket team in 2016. Despite losing both his arms, Amir is one of the finest bowlers and batsman of shoulder and bowls by holding the ball in his toes his category. He has a unique style of holding the bat between his neck and shoulder and bowls by holding the ball in his toes. Meeting him at #DelhiMetropolitanEducation during the ongoing Cineaste International Film Festival- #CIFFI2019 , was a great honour. Amir Hussain Lone is also a part of the team going for the first 2019 Physical Disability World Cricket Series. This tournament is being organised by the England and the Wales Cricket Board and will be held at Worcestershire from August 3 to 13. I wish Amir Hussain Lone Good Luck for the upcoming tournament. Mohd Kamil (L) with Amir Hussain Lone (R)