Journalism of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Department: Journalism and Mass Communication
Year/Semester:
Open to all (Academicians, students, research scholars)
Activity: Webinar on Journalism of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Date and Duration: 25 March 2022, Timing 11 to 12 PM
Title: Journalism of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Resource person/ agency and affiliation:
Dr. Lokeshwar Singh Jodhana, Dean of Arts, Mandsaur University
Dr. Tarakeswara Rao Ippili, HOD, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Mr. Arun Kumar Jaiswal, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication
Brief description / remarks:
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Mandsaur University, has organized a webinar on the occasion of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi’s sacrifice day. During this, the speakers called him a “soldier of the pen”. The program was started by Govind Patidar, a second year Bachelor student of the department. He introduced the audience to the biography of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi. After that Mr. Arun Kumar Jaiswal, Assistant Professor of the department spoke about the contribution of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi in Indian journalism. He got introduced to the journalistic aspect and thoughts of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi. He said “Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was such a great pioneer of journalism, whose writings used to scare the British government. For his revolutionary writings, he was sentenced to five times rigorous imprisonment and fined by the British government. There was such a power in his pen which made the British rule sleepless. When his pen was used, the roots of the British rule were shaken. Due to his unmatched journalism, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi and his newspaper ‘Pratap’ are considered ideal for the journalism world even in today’s era.” After this, Dr. Lokeshwar Singh Jodhana, who was present as the chief guest of the program, addressed the students and talked about implementing the ideas of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi. He said that we all should remember the contribution of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi in Indian journalism and his sacrifice. We should know more about these kinds of unexplored personalities. At the end of the program Dr. Tarakeswara Rao Ippili, HOD, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication addressed the students and gave vote of thanks to speakers and audiences.
Outcome:
The Main outcome of conducting this program is to know more about the personalities who had contributed in Indian Journalism. To know about the contribution of Journalism in independence war and sacrifices of journalist for truth.
Report Prepared by:
Ms. Shanu Jha (Assistant professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication)
Verified and Submitted by:
Dr. Tarakeswara Rao Ippili (HOD& Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication)
