Text Box: Journey to the Digital Land:
Addressing Diverse Radio Audiences and Markets

22-24 February 2010 | The Lalit, New Delhi, INDIA
Text Box: POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Title / Theme:	Rise of Community Radio and Convergent Media in Asia
Date:		25th February 2010 | Thursday
Venue:		Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
Timings:	0930hrs - 1700hrs
Text Box: Inaugural Session					|	09:30 - 10:00

Welcome by          

        R Sreedher, Director

        Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

 

        Sundeep Muppidi, Secretary-General

        Asian Media Information and Communications Centre,

        Singapore

 

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Text Box: Session 1:	Rise of Community Radio in Asia	|	10:00 - 12:00

Chair: R. Sreedher, CEMCA

 

                 Why Tambuli Has Been A Role Model for Asia - Louie Tabing, Founder                  Tambuli Community Radio, Philippines

 

                 The Budhakote Experience in Educating Women via Community Radio -                  Archana Ramachandran, C R Myrada, Bangalore

 

                 Asia’s Community Radio Scenario - Its Successes and Failures - Kalinga                  Seneviratne, Head of Research, AMIC, Singapore

                

                 How Community Radio has become the Mainstream in Nepal - Ghamaraj                  Luintel, Station Manager, Radio Sagarmatha, Nepal

 

Q&A Round            : 45 minutes

Rapporteur             : Shirly Deepak, Holy Cross, Community Radio, Trichi

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Text Box: Session 2:	Showcasing Community Radio	|	13:00 - 14:30

Chair: Sajan Venniyoor, Eminent Broadcaster

                

                 Baramati Agri Radio - Amol Goje: Baramati Community Radio, Maharashtra

                

                 Blending the Tri-Community: Genpeace Community Radio - Video    

                 presentation of Radio DXUP in Mindanao, Philippines followed by comments                  from Evelyn Agato, Myrna Lim and Louie Tabing

                

                 University Radio With The Community - Ina Shastri, Banasthali Community                  Radio, Rajasthan

                

                 Doko Radio: Mobile Community Raido in Nepal - Video presentation  

                 followed by comments from Ghamaraj Luintel

                

                 Community Radio’s Role in Supporting Social Services - Shirley Deepak,                  Holy Cross College Community Radio, INDIA

 

Q&A Round            : 15 minutes

 

Text Box: Session 3:	Convergent Media			|	14:30 - 16:00

Chair:

                

                 Etuk tuk Community Broadcasting: Kothmale Model – video presentation

                 followed by comments from P Pavitheran, Kothmale, Community Radio, Sri

                 Lanka     

                

                 Community Radio: Bangladesh Experience - Representative from Rupantar,

                 Khulna, Bangaldesh

                

                 Radio in Small Islands: Maldives Experience - Educational Development

                 Centre, Ministry of Education, Maldives

                

                 UN Radio - A Model for Networking Community Radio - Kalinga

                 Seneviratne, AMIC

                

Q&A Round            : 15 minutes

Rapporteur             :

Text Box: Session 4:	Interactive Round-Table Style Discussion	16:30 - 17:30

Chair:/Moderator: Sundeep R. Muppidi, Secretary-General

                                  Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Singapore

                

Panel:

                 - Zohra Chatterjee, IAS, Js (Broadcasting), Ministry of Information &

                 Broadcasting, India                               

                

                 - Iskra Panevska, UNESCO

                

                 - Louie Tabing, Tambuli Community Radio

                

                 - R. Sreedher, CEMCAQ&A Round   : 15 minutes

 

The audience to interact with the panelist in discussing useful community radio models which are economically viable and socially progressive.