SILCHAR, Jan 3: The prestigious Amit Kumar Nag Memorial Achiever
Award was given away to two brilliant students, Zahir Alam Zakaria and
Sayan Dey, for bagging the first position in the Master of Mass
Communication examinations under Assam University for 2011 and 2012
respectively, here at a function last evening.
The Award was instituted by the family in the name of the noted journalist of the region, Amit Kumar Nag, who passed away in 2007. The prize, which carries a citation and a cash amount of Rs 5,000, goes to the topper of the department of Mass Communication of the Assam University every year. Last year, the award ceremony had to be put on hold due to some unavoidable reasons.
Addressing the assembly, the noted academician and journalist, Joydeep Biswas, explained the significance of the event. Biswas who also compared the well-knit event, observed that some of the write-ups of the veteran journalist ‘hold a special significance especially in the contemporary context.’ He also added that the process of compilation of some of the scribe’s work for publication is underway. He hoped that such a publication would help in spreading the principles championed by late Amit Kumar Nag.
Speaking on the occasion to mark the 80th birth anniversary of the scribe, Badal Dey, the president of the District Sports Association, referred to the distinct brand of journalism late Nag had championed. He sounded a note of caution to the young awardees about the menace of ‘yellow journalism’ plaguing the mainstream media in the Valley in their promising professional career ahead, and advised them to follow the footsteps of Nag who, he said, ‘had never compromised despite all odds during his long and chequered career as a journalist’. Professor Shubhra Nag from the Department of Philosophy of Assam University lamented the fact that the local print media had lost its credibility before the readers. And in the same vein, she wished Zahir and Sayan to pick a lesson out of the life of Nag who, in her opinion, had been a hallmark of committed journalism in the North-East. Roma Purkayastha and Shamita Nag Dhar, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Earlier in the evening Tagore’s song by Debashis Das produced a serene opening to the simple ceremony organized in the residence of the Nag family. Apratim Nag, the only son of the late journalist, read out the citation. In their acceptance speech both Zahir and Sayan offered their gratitude to the Nag family and expressed the ‘feeling of excitement being associated with the name of a great scribe’. Zahir recalled how the saga of Amit Nag had, ‘in fact drew me to the career of journalism.’
Source The sentinel
The Award was instituted by the family in the name of the noted journalist of the region, Amit Kumar Nag, who passed away in 2007. The prize, which carries a citation and a cash amount of Rs 5,000, goes to the topper of the department of Mass Communication of the Assam University every year. Last year, the award ceremony had to be put on hold due to some unavoidable reasons.
Addressing the assembly, the noted academician and journalist, Joydeep Biswas, explained the significance of the event. Biswas who also compared the well-knit event, observed that some of the write-ups of the veteran journalist ‘hold a special significance especially in the contemporary context.’ He also added that the process of compilation of some of the scribe’s work for publication is underway. He hoped that such a publication would help in spreading the principles championed by late Amit Kumar Nag.
Speaking on the occasion to mark the 80th birth anniversary of the scribe, Badal Dey, the president of the District Sports Association, referred to the distinct brand of journalism late Nag had championed. He sounded a note of caution to the young awardees about the menace of ‘yellow journalism’ plaguing the mainstream media in the Valley in their promising professional career ahead, and advised them to follow the footsteps of Nag who, he said, ‘had never compromised despite all odds during his long and chequered career as a journalist’. Professor Shubhra Nag from the Department of Philosophy of Assam University lamented the fact that the local print media had lost its credibility before the readers. And in the same vein, she wished Zahir and Sayan to pick a lesson out of the life of Nag who, in her opinion, had been a hallmark of committed journalism in the North-East. Roma Purkayastha and Shamita Nag Dhar, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Earlier in the evening Tagore’s song by Debashis Das produced a serene opening to the simple ceremony organized in the residence of the Nag family. Apratim Nag, the only son of the late journalist, read out the citation. In their acceptance speech both Zahir and Sayan offered their gratitude to the Nag family and expressed the ‘feeling of excitement being associated with the name of a great scribe’. Zahir recalled how the saga of Amit Nag had, ‘in fact drew me to the career of journalism.’
Source The sentinel
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