India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is delighted and honoured to be hosting the 2022 ABU annual meetings, its CEO, Gaurav Dwivedi, told the opening of the General Assembly.
ABU members have passed the test of the COVID pandemic with flying colours by sticking to the core values of public service media, the Secretary-General, Dr Javad Mottaghi, has told the General Assembly.
Maintaining public trust should be the highest guiding principle for responsible media organisations, India’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, has said.
The General Assembly hosts, Prasar Bharati, arranged an excursion on 28 November to the city of Agra, south of New Delhi, to see India’s most renowned landmark, the Taj Mahal.
A practical workshop on the challenges facing public service broadcasters in times of crisis and how to meet them was a highlight of a daylong Quality Management Workshop on 27 November.
Public service broadcasters have a responsibility to empower women on a day-to-day basis, the Director General of India’s Doordarshan, Mayank Kumar Agrawal, has said.