New Delhi, December 27; Renowned Kannada journalist B.V. Mallikarjunaiah has the unanimously elected as the President of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) for the second consecutive term. His election has been announced today by the Central Returning Officer (CRO) Shankar Dutt Sharma. B.V. Mallikarjunaiah’s name has been proposed and seconded by more than 500 members from ten states. Presently, 27 state units are affiliated to the IFWJ (out of it 23 units are registered with the Registrar of Trade Unions of their respective states). The IFWJ Working Committee in its meeting held at Raipur on 18th August had decided that the candidature of the contestant should be proposed and seconded by at least 50 members from two states.
Mallikarjunaiah has worked in senior positions in many news organisations. His journalistic experience spans more than five decades. He worked for more than forty years for the Kannada Prabha, a prestigious newspaper of Karnataka. In the year 2009, he was sought by many media organisations to launch or refurbish the newspapers or news channels. However, he preferred to be associated with the Suvarna News, an electronic channel as its News Programmer. For some time, he worked in a senior position with Udayavani, another prestigious newspaper of Bangalore. Although, he has been mainly with print journalism yet his understanding of other modes of journalism like that of the electronic is quite significant. Presently, he is associated with Kannada Prabha in his second stint in the capacity of the Editor, Co-ordination and Special Projects of the newspaper.
Widely travelled in India and abroad Mallikarjunaiah is known for his fierce trade unionism, impeccable integrity and honesty. He is a God-fearing person. He loves reading, writing and travelling. He holds Post-Graduation in Kannada Language and Literature.
Journalists and non-journalists hold him in high esteem and turn towards him for his advice and guidance, which he offers without any demur. A good Samaritan, that he is, Mallikarjunaiah helps anybody and everybody across all spectrum of the society. Mallikarjunaiah has also been a member of the Central Press Accreditation Committee (CPAC). He is also the Patron of the Confederation of Asian Journalists Union (CAJU). His first term as the President of the IFWJ has been quite magnificent and glorious in the consolidation of the organisation throughout the country and hopefully, his second term will help the IFWJ to grow from strength to strength so that it can work with more vigour for the welfare of journalists. He has had held the post of the President the Karnataka
Union of Working Journalists for three terms and the credit goes to him for organising a number of successful meetings and conferences of the IFWJ. He was the member Karnataka State Media Academy, TSR Award Selection Committee, P Ramaih Small and Medium Newspapers Advisory Committee, Central Press Accreditation Committee, Railways Consumers Advisory Committee and the Senate member of Bangalore University. It is because of his efforts as the Director of the Journalists Housing Co-operative Society that scores of journalists got residential plots in Bangalore and they are now the proud owners of their houses. Mallikarjunaiah has won many awards from different bodies and organisations.
However, the biggest commendation had come to him from the late S.V. Jayasheela Rao, an iconic journalist, who described ‘Mallikarjunaiah, as a class apart. He is an affable, well behaved, and always ready to help others but above all, he is decent to the core. He has always used journalism as a means to serve society and not to suck it for his personal benefits. These qualities are enough to make him a loveable a tall in the eyes of others.’ The new term of Mallikarjunaiah will start from the Delegate Session to be held soon, where the CRO Shri Sharma with the help of ACRO Shri T.B. Singh will conduct the election of other office-bearers.
Parmanand Pandey
Secretary-General: IFWJ
Mallikarjunaiah has worked in senior positions in many news organisations. His journalistic experience spans more than five decades. He worked for more than forty years for the Kannada Prabha, a prestigious newspaper of Karnataka. In the year 2009, he was sought by many media organisations to launch or refurbish the newspapers or news channels. However, he preferred to be associated with the Suvarna News, an electronic channel as its News Programmer. For some time, he worked in a senior position with Udayavani, another prestigious newspaper of Bangalore. Although, he has been mainly with print journalism yet his understanding of other modes of journalism like that of the electronic is quite significant. Presently, he is associated with Kannada Prabha in his second stint in the capacity of the Editor, Co-ordination and Special Projects of the newspaper.
Widely travelled in India and abroad Mallikarjunaiah is known for his fierce trade unionism, impeccable integrity and honesty. He is a God-fearing person. He loves reading, writing and travelling. He holds Post-Graduation in Kannada Language and Literature.
Journalists and non-journalists hold him in high esteem and turn towards him for his advice and guidance, which he offers without any demur. A good Samaritan, that he is, Mallikarjunaiah helps anybody and everybody across all spectrum of the society. Mallikarjunaiah has also been a member of the Central Press Accreditation Committee (CPAC). He is also the Patron of the Confederation of Asian Journalists Union (CAJU). His first term as the President of the IFWJ has been quite magnificent and glorious in the consolidation of the organisation throughout the country and hopefully, his second term will help the IFWJ to grow from strength to strength so that it can work with more vigour for the welfare of journalists. He has had held the post of the President the Karnataka
Union of Working Journalists for three terms and the credit goes to him for organising a number of successful meetings and conferences of the IFWJ. He was the member Karnataka State Media Academy, TSR Award Selection Committee, P Ramaih Small and Medium Newspapers Advisory Committee, Central Press Accreditation Committee, Railways Consumers Advisory Committee and the Senate member of Bangalore University. It is because of his efforts as the Director of the Journalists Housing Co-operative Society that scores of journalists got residential plots in Bangalore and they are now the proud owners of their houses. Mallikarjunaiah has won many awards from different bodies and organisations.
However, the biggest commendation had come to him from the late S.V. Jayasheela Rao, an iconic journalist, who described ‘Mallikarjunaiah, as a class apart. He is an affable, well behaved, and always ready to help others but above all, he is decent to the core. He has always used journalism as a means to serve society and not to suck it for his personal benefits. These qualities are enough to make him a loveable a tall in the eyes of others.’ The new term of Mallikarjunaiah will start from the Delegate Session to be held soon, where the CRO Shri Sharma with the help of ACRO Shri T.B. Singh will conduct the election of other office-bearers.
Parmanand Pandey
Secretary-General: IFWJ
