Footprints, is an avenue for the Indian media industry and aspiring media professionals to interact during the course of a daylong seminar. The seminar comprises of sessions with prominent speakers who are pioneers in their fields of expertise and will act as guides to the media aspirants participating in this event.
The schedule for Footprints 2007 and the topic of the seminars in each city is:
31st October – Mumbai – PR and Media
2nd November- Lucknow – Why tell the truth? – Said the Fourth Estate
24th November Hyderabad -Hyderabad beyond Biryani
25th November Delhi – Citizen Media – audience empowered
27th November Chandigarh – Communication – the next big Thing
29th November Kolkata – Is the Media creating clones?
1st December Chennai: The Indian spectrum – Brand Tamil Nadu
2nd December Bangalore – “Namma Bengaluru” and Bangalore Inc. (Evolution of Brand Bangalore)
4th December Kochi – “Malayalam Media” – raring to go
6th December Indore “The heart of India speaks the language of the heart – Hindi”
8th December Vadodara – Communicating ‘Garvi Gujarat”
9th December Pune – “Tune into the Radio Wave”
Footprints 07 starts on the 31st of October in Mumbai. SIMC has joined hands with Association of Business Communicators of India, for the Mumbai Footprints. Together they will host a daylong media seminar on ‘PR and Media Interface – Bridging the Gap’.
Our speaker panel includes
Mr. Peter Yorke VP – Mktg & Communications, I-flex Solutions, Bangalore
Mr.Deepak Kanulkar – Head Strategies, Good Relations
Mrs. Manisha Mhaiskar IAS, Director General Information & PR, Government of Maharashtra
Mr. Govindraj Ethiraj – Former Executive Editor – CNBC India
Ms. Paulomi Dhawan – Director Advertising & PR Raymond Limited
Mr.Jayram Menon – Jt.Gen.Manager Advtg & Pr, L&T;
Mr. Ram Mankekar – Head Corp Comm, GMR Group
Mr.Gokul Krishnamurthy – Editor, Impact Magazine
Mr.Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhary,Dean, Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication Mr.Yogesh Joshi – President, Association of Business Communications in India.
Our chief guest for the day is Mrs. Joyce Shankaran – Director, Higher & Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra.
The seminar will be followed by an award ceremony to felicitate the achievers in the field of ‘Financial Journalism’. The seminar is being held on the 31st of October’07 at Indian Merchant Chamber, Churchgate.
For passes, please contact Nadir Kanthawala – 9819043930 or Drashti – 9820561623.
Footprints will be held in 11 other cities as per schedule on the dates mentioned above. These seminars would thus mould careers of hundreds.