A BRIEF REPORT
ON THE PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
Prof. Y. Sreedhar Murthy
Secretary, Triveni Platinum
Jubilee Celebrations
Justice Jayachandra Reddy, Chairman
of the Press Council of India, New Delhi
Inaugurated the Platinum Jubilee
celebrations and released the souvenir.
The Triveni
Foundation organised its Platinum Jubilee Celebrations and the National
Seminar on the Role of Periodicals in Indian Renaissance and National
Integration – Pre and Post – Independence Scenario. The celebrations and
the Seminar were jointly organised by ‘Triveni‘ Foundation and the Press
Academy and supported by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. The meeting started in the Auditorium of the
P.S. Telugu University at 10 a.m. on 3rd March, 2004 with lighting
of the lamp by the guests.
Justice
Jayachandra Reddy, Chairman of the Press Council of India, Delhi inaugurated
the celebrations. He also released the
well-got-up and aesthetically pleasing Souvenir containing among other things
the vintage articles of yester years. His inaugural speech is printed
separately in this issue of Triveni.
Smt. V. S.
Rama Devi, former Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka addressed the
gathering after releasing the book Culture Capsules-Indian Renaissance
containing a selection of editorials written by Prof. I.V. Chalapati Rao. Her
speech is printed separately in this issue of Triveni. Sri Vemaraju Narasimha
Rao, Managing Trustee of Triveni, welcomed the guests and the audience.
A book
containing digitised contents of all the journals from 1928 to 2003 hard and
soft copies were released by Sri I. Venkat Rao, Chairman, A. P. Press Academy.
Prof. I. V.
Chalapati Rao released a book written in Telugu by Dr. Akkiraju Ramapati Rao,
Former Dy. Director of the Telugu Academi on late Sri Kolavennu
Ramakotiswara Rau, Founder Editor of Triveni and spoke about Triveni
Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Prof. Y.
Sreedhar Murthy, Secretary of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Committee proposed
a Vote of Thanks.
An Exhibition
was organised during the seminar in which Triveni Journals from 1928 to 2003
were on display.
Three
technical sessions were organised in connection with the seminar. In the first technical session, a paper Portraits
in Triveni - A Portrayal by Prof. I. V. Chalapati Rao and Prof. Y.
Sreedhar Murthy was presented by Prof. Y. Sreedhar Murthy with the help of
a power point presentation of more than 130 portraits, sketches and pictures of
Art in colour and black and white selected from Triveni issues of the past.
The Second
session of Seminar was presided over by Smt. N. Seetharamabai, Secretary of
Ramchand Girls School and D.D.V.T.R.C. of Andhra Mahila Sabha. Prof. R.
Seshadri Naidu, Director of the U.G.C. Academic Staff College, S. V. University
of Tirupathi presented a paper on Information Technology-some emerging
trends. Sri Vanukuru Anand Rao presented a paper on Triveni - A Journey
towards digital era: A case study. Prof. D. Ramakrishna, Professor in
History, University of Hyderabad, presented a paper on Contribution of Sri
Kandukuri Viresalingam to Andhra Renaissance through his journals.
Dr. Madugula
Naga Phani Sarma of Avadhana Saraswathi Peetham, who was the Chief Guest on the
Second day of the celebrations addressed the meeting and gave his blessings in
the form of impromptu verse which is printed in this issue of Triveni along
with the translated version in English by Smt. I. Satya Sree.
The
concluding session was presided by Dr. G. Surender Reddy, Faculty Member of
Administrative Staff College of India. Smt. I. Satya Sree presented a paper on Today’s
News and Electronic Media – An Evaluation. Smt. S. K. Mangammal Chary,
Retd. Principal, presented a paper on Journalism – Women’s Concern.
Prof. G. Surender Reddy presented a paper on Ode to Triveni.
A
Group Discussion was organised on how to strengthen the publication of TRIVENI.
Prof. Srinivasa Sastry, retired Professor in English of the Osmania University,
Sri Sivarama Sastry an eminent advocate and journalist, Dr. Akkiraju Ramapati
Rao, Retd. Dy. Director of the Telugu Academy and others gave their valuable
suggestions.