Monday, January 16, 2023

Fifth GNI Data Dialogue Inaugural Ceremony

 The fifth Google News Initiative Data Dialogue, which was held on January 13, was inaugurated by Dr. Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty, Registrar, KIIT-DU, and other dignitaries, including keynote speaker Prof. Mrinal Chatterjee, Regional Director, IIMC Dhenkanal, and Dr. Rajeev Kumar Panda, Course Coordinator, KIIT School of Mass Communication, Anushka Dalmia, Trainer, Google Data Leads, and Jyoti Singh Rathore, Program Manager, Google Data Leads.





Mr. Rajeev Kumar Panda, the course coordinator of the KIIT School of Mass Communication, made the inaugural speech. A welcome address was given by Mr. Jnyana Ranjan, Registrar of KIIT. In order to officially begin the ceremony, the dignitaries lit the lamp after this. Mr. Syed Nazakhat, Founder of Google News Initiative, stressed the significance of reliable data in our daily lives during his virtual address to the program. A keynote lecture was given during the event by Mr. Mrinal Chatterjee. With his brilliant storytelling style, he collected the attention of his audience and later told several stories to ground his words and check the observation of his audience. He very smartly taught the bidding journalist the essence of journalism, i.e., "connection to the soil." Anushka Dalmia, the lead data trainer, took the event forward and began the sessions that were scheduled.

Mr. Rajeev Kumar Panda, course coordinator, said about conducting events, "It is never easy to conduct an event, and especially when it's a collaboration event, it takes a lot of patience."


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