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Snehasis Sur, Sr. TV Journalist, Doordarshan - National Media Conclave 2017 - Speech
Snehasis Sur is an Indian senior TV journalist, working in Kolkata (Calcutta) station of ‘Doordarshan’, Indian Public Service TV broadcaster since 1988. Before that he worked in a Bengali Newspaper. He also has experience of Radio Journalism in All India Radio.
He is a Hon. Fellow of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and Hon. Secretary of the Centre for Media Research & Development Studies, an organization devoted to development of media and society. He is currently the Hon. Secretary of the St. Xavier's College (Calcutta) Alumni Association. He is the Regional Coordinator for West Bengal of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the Chapter Head of MICCI (Media Information and Communication Centre of India).
He did his M.A. in Journalism from Calcutta University and did his postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations. He also obtained professional training from the Thomson Foundation.
He is a media educator and associated with Calcutta, Jadavpur, Burdwan, Viswa Bharati Universities and Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Orissa, and Bharatya Vidya Bhavan, Kolkata, as visiting lecturer. He is also a professional media trainer.
He is associated with a number of professional bodies like Press Accreditation Committee, Government of West Bengal, Mass Media Centre. Govt. of West Bengal, ‘Roopkala Kendro’, an Indo Italian Training cum Production Centre on Social Communication under Govt. of West Bengal. He is also in the Executive Council of the Educational Media Research Centre, Kolkata under the University Grants Commission and School of Media Culture and Communication, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Member of the Board Of Studies in Journalism & Mass Communication in Netaji Subhas Open University, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal University of Technology and St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) Kolkata.
Sur is the former Secretary of the Press Club, Kolkata. He received the Ram Mohun Award along with two sheriffs of Kolkata and also the Award for Journalistic Excellence from the Freelance Press Club, Kolkata.
He has covered a number of assignments in India and abroad including all the North Eastern States, Jammu Kashmir and Gujarat and SAARC Summit in Dhaka and Colombo, CHOGM in Uganda. He has also traveled with the Prime Minister of India on several occasions.
He has traveled Europe in a Journalist Exchange Programme and the United States in another Mid Career Skill Development Programme. He has presented papers in several national and international seminars and workshops and contributed articles on media related issues in several journals. He has been the co-editor of a number of publications.