symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  A short statement of the issues involved

• THE CHANGING INDIAN MEDIA SCENE
  T.N. Ninan, Editor, 'Business Standard', Delhi

• FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY AND REGULATION
  Sukumar Muralidharan, Visiting Professor, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

• DUALISM, INSULATION AND AUTONOMY
  Hameed Haroon, CEO and Publisher, the Dawn Group of Newspapers in Pakistan, Karachi

• THE VEILED GLOVE
  Suhel Seth, CEO, Equus Red Cell, Delhi

• A CRITIQUE OF TELEVISION NEWS
  Karan Thapar, anchor, current affairs programmes, Delhi

• PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
  Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor in Chief, CNN-IBN, Delhi

• FORAYS INTO THE HEARTLAND
  Shikha Trivedi, Features Editor, NDTV, Delhi

• LOCALISATION OF INDIAN BROADCASTING
  Sashi Kumar, journalist and filmmaker; Founder Chairman, Media Development Foundation which runs the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai

• TIME FOR A SOUTH ASIAN CHANNEL?
  Najam Sethi, Editor, 'The Friday Times' and 'Daily Times Pakistan', Lahore

• CONFUSING TRENDS
  Sushila Ravindranath, Editor, 'The New Sunday Express', Chennai 

• DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION THROUGH COMPETITION
  Abhijit Banerjee, a UK based media entrepreneur and investor; former Director, 'The Financial Times'

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Smita Lahiri, Harsh Mander, Sadan Jha and Harsh Sethi

• IN MEMORIAM
  Nirmal Azad: a radical Punjabi economist  Bhupendra Hooja 1922-2006 

• COMMENT
  Received from  Peter Ronald deSouza, CSDS, Delhi

• COMMUNICATION
  Received from  C.P. Bhambhri, Delhi

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