Agenda

Jashn-e-Sahafat
14 AUGUST, 2024 | IIC, NEW DELHI
08:30 AM REGISTRATION
10:00 AM INAUGURAL KEYNOTE DR ANNURAG BATRA
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld and exchange4media
10:30 AM KEYNOTE
The Role of Urdu Journalism in Preserving Cultural Heritage and Language
Dr Harish Bhalla
Culture Czar & Social Crusader
11:00 AM Keynote Dr S.Y Quraishi
Former Chief Election Commissioner, Govt of India

11:30 AM Panel
What Can Urdu Journalism Do Better?
Ambreen Khan
Media & Marketing Expert

Ayesha Dahra
Sr Brand Consultant , Brand Talk

Sudhir Mishra
Managing Director, Trust Legal

Farhat Basir Khan
Professor of Media, Jamia Hamdard

Moderator: Dr Khalid Raza Khan
Editor, Bharat Express Urdu
12:00 PM Keynote & Fireside Chat
Gender Dynamics in Urdu Media: A Changing Landscape
Dr Rakshanda Jalil,
Writer, Translator, Literary Historian

Moderator: Ruhail Amin
Sr Editor, exchange4media Group
01:00 PM LUNCH
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Panel
Is Urdu media also susceptible to bias, favoring certain political ideologies and presenting a skewed perspective?
Tehseen Munawwar
Sr Journalist

Abdul Majid Nizami
Group Editor, Roznama Rashtriya Sahara(Urdu)

Arifa Khanum Sherwani
The Wire, Delhi

Moderator: Khursheed Rabbani
Editor, Munsif TV

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Keynote & Fireside
Wadood Sajid
Editor, The Inquilab (Urdu, Jagran Group)

Moderator: Dr Khalid Raza Khan
Editor, Bharat Express Urdu

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM PANEL
Does Urdu media struggle to compete with media in other languages?
Tariq Faridi
Editor, Salaam TV (Zee Media)

Dr Yameen Ansari
Resident Editor, Inquilab Urdu daily

Dr Shafi Ayyub
Academician cum Journalist

Moderator: Dr Nisar Ahmad
Bharat Express Urdu

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Keynote addresses

Padam Shri Prof Akhtarul Wasey
Scholar and Academician, President Maulana Azad university, Jodhpur

Prof Anwar Pasha
Academician JNU and Politician.


4:45 PM TEA BREAK
5:00 PM Keynote Address

Salman Khurshid
Former Minister of External Affairs, Sr Advocate Supreme Court of India
6:00 PM Chief Guest Address

Shri. S.P.Singh Baghel
Minister of State- in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries & Animal Husbandry, MP- Lok Sabha