Public Service Broadcasting Day – 2017 (Jan Prasaran Divas)

12 November – the day Gandhiji made his first and only live broadcast on All India Radio is commemorated as Public Service Broadcasting Day. On this day in 1947 Gandhiji addressed more than 2 lakh refugees at the Kurukshetra Camp from Broadcasting House, New Delhi. Gandhiji held no public office or position in Government and it was truly a public service broadcast

Gandhi - King Memorial Plaza & CD Deshmukh Auditorium

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

Commemoration Choirs from Schools of Delhi NCR

Followed by discussion from 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at CD Deshmukh Auditorium

Usha Mehta's tryst with freedom: Reliving the moments with Rita Mukerjee, former Chief Producer, All India Radio

Usha Mehta was arrested on 12 November 1942 and the Underground Radio Transmitter confiscated in Bombay

Discussion on Public Service Broadcasting and Voices of the Powerless

Lead Presentation: Suhas Borker

(Collaboration: Jan Prasar and Gandhi Yuva Biradari)

Event starts on Monday, 12 November 2018 at 05:30 hrs

Type

Cultural

Dates

12 Nov 2018, 05:30 AM

Venue

Public Service Broadcasting Day – 2017 (Jan Prasaran Divas)