Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Aruna Roy to be conferred "Role Model of India" award by CMS

New Delhi, September 28: Noted social activist, Aruna Roy will be conferred ‘Role Model of India: award at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Auditorium on Friday, 30 September 2011 at 5.00 p.m.  She will also deliver a national talk on “Fault Lines in Participatory Democracy”.

Aruna Roy will also release 2011 report of CMS Media Lab, “Face of Corruption in News Media 2011”.  The report analyses how news media has covered corruption in 2011.  

The occasion will be presided over by Pankaj Pachauri, Managing Editor of NDTV. Dr N Bhaskara Rao Chairman of CMS will confer the award to Aruna Roy.  Former Ambassador to USA, Dr Abid Hussain will release Dr M S Swaminathan’s National Lecture monograph ”Sustainable Development : 20 Years after Rio” on the occasion, based on the lecture delivered by him on August 26, 2011.  

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