NAVRATNA AWARDS FUNCTION
Sept 4th, 2010 DDK Mumbai Telecast SAHYDRI CHITRAPAT PURUSKAR.
I was happy to see that in 10 years some thing new was produced by the kendra.
However DD being a public service broadcaster, could have thought of awarding the teachers (to begin with primary & secondary school) in Maharashtra.
A ''Sahydri Shikshan/shikshak'' award would go a long way in recognizing the good work the teachers are doing in shaping our future generation . I hope DD Sahyadri will think about it.
The present programming of the channel continues to be the same , what was envisaged by me nearly 10 years ago.
That reminds me, how in 2002 I had planned the Sahydri Navratna Awards.
Nine years of Navratna Awards......
To judge a person's success , dont just look at where they are now. But how they got there. How many obstacles they had to surmount, how many sacrifices they had to make. How many upheavels they had to overcome.It is the journey that tests the mettle of the traveller. For people like these the journey never ends.
These people strive on with their task, too immersed in their work to bother about applause and accolades. That was the reason I wanted to tell these people through Sahyadri, we want to recognise your work, we want to acknowledge your contribution. With no Strings attached, its our way of humbly saying "Thank you" .
Selected by an independent jury, these awards were conceptulised in the year 2002. Since then they have become a synonym to Excellence in Maharashtra.
The first ever Sahyadri Navratna Puruskar were given on 27th April 2002 at Juhu Centaur , Mumbai.
During my posting at DDK Mumbai (which incidentally has been the longest tenure served by any Director at DDK, all over India), I had a chance to honour 45 personalities of Maharashtra in a span of five years viz. Sachin Tendulkar, Baba Amte, AmolPalekar, Ajit gulabchand (HCC), Mrinal gore, Namdev Dhasal, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Prabhakar Panshikar, Dr Vijay Bhatkar, Dhanraaj Pillay, Sulochana, Rahul Bajaj to name a few....
THIS COMMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM ALOK BAJPAI AND I QUOTE:
ReplyDelete"Thats the difference between the work accomplished with passion + knowlege about the strength & potential of the media in hand AND .......carrying out duty .. just to please selected few .....
M sure v all'll proudly agree that your efforts are still remembered & appreciated by a cross section of people, spread across the state / nation even after such a time lag. This becomes more exclusive as....it's in an industry wherin recollection level of of audience is quite low....
Best regards
Alok "
THIS COMMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM Sunil J L Kalia AND I QUOTE:
ReplyDelete"Great sense of dignity while planning..Is that the difference between Then & Now??I guess.."
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ReplyDelete"You are simply great Mukeshjee, I admire you as a crative person and as an able administer of sahyadri. It was nice seeing your 'chip of the old blog'."
With best wishes,
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ReplyDelete"navratna awards were good. bs"