Pul-E-JawanPUL-E-JAWAN INDIA – A CITIZEN MEDIA FORUM
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Citizen Journalists for Peace – Bridging Cultures in Diversity & Conflict
09:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Saturday, April 14, 2012
Venue: India International Centre (Annexe), Delhi
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Delegate Registration
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Freedom of Expression & Activism: How active citizens are using creative freedom to promote causes and crossing the boundaries of traditionally available media avenues
Host and Anchor: Osama Manzar (Founder Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation, www.defindia.net) to introduce Pul-e-Jawan and the overall context of Peace in South Asia
· Sukumar Muralidharan, Program Manager at International Federation of Journalists
· Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Independent journalist and an educator
· Barun Mitra, Liberty Institute, indefenceofliberty.org
· Dr. Madanmohan Rao, Research Project Director, Mobile Monday
· Apar Gupta, Lawyer, IT expert, Blogger
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
“Dastan-e-Taqseem-e-Hind on the Partition of India”
by Ankit Chadha and Darain Shahidi
(Dastangoi is a lost art form of storytelling in Urdu being revived recently by Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Husain)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Tea Break
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
New Media & Technology: How the Internet medium with its tools and technologies is facilitating creation of Alternative Spaces and engaging a wider range of communities with dramatic impacts
Host and Anchor: Asif Syed, Editor, Current
· J. Vikram Bakshi, Social Media Evangelist
· Jessica Mayberry, Founder Director, Videovolunteers.org
· Shubhranshu Choudhary, Knight International Journalism Fellow and Founder of CGNet Swara
· Marguerite Miailhe, Imaginationforpeople.org
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Pule-Jawan South Asia, Live! Connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan with India!
· Pul-e-Jawan members online from Bytesforall, Pakistan and Afghan Youth Voices, Kabul: Indu Nepal, Nighat Dad, Shahzad Ahmad
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Citizen Media for Culture and Community: How citizens are using art and culture to rekindle communities and build bridges
Host and Anchor: Sajan Venniyoor, General Secretary, Community Radio Forum, India
· Archana Kapoor, Publisher, Filmmaker, Author and Activist on Radio Mewat
· Chintan Girish Modi, Writer and Educator on The Kabir Project
· Piali Bhattacharya, Breakthrough.tv on Bell Bajao
· Rajendra Negi, Founder Henvalvani Community Radio
· Roshan Nair, Director – Programs, Gram Vaani Community Media, www.gramvaani.org
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Tea Break
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Peace & Conflict Resolution: How citizens are asserting their role as stakeholders and becoming changemakers in the context of a series of chronic conflict in South Asia especially in regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
Host and Anchor: Gautam Chikermane, Journalist and Blogger
· Dilip Simeon, Chairperson Aman Trust, www.amanpanchayat.org
· Shivam Vij, Journalist and Founding Member, Kafila
· Raju Moza, Citizen Journalist
· Sharib Ali, Researcher and Citizen Journalist
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Valedictory and next steps for Pul-e-Jawan and Citizen Media Network by Pul-e-Jawan Alumni