The Indian Journalists’ Association hosted its 75th-anniversary dinner at The Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences celebrating 75 years of Indian independence. The event started with a reception at The Courtyard, followed by a panel discussion at the Edwardian I.
After the welcome speech by IJA President Rupanjana Dutta, the panel discussion started with a quick note from Moderator Paresh Kiri of Tradermind. The speakers on the panel included Mohith Sondhi, Senior Director, OakNorth, Dr Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor, LSE and External Member, Monitory Policy Committee, Bank of England, Arya Taware, CEO and Founder, FutureBricks, Devie Mohan, author, Fintech advisor and analyst and Mallika Basu, food entrepreneur and industry commentator. The discussion revolved around ‘India at 75: Changing the perception and future’.
This was followed by a speech by the Acting High Commissioner of India to the UK, HE Sujit Ghosh, who spoke about India and its people reaching new heights of success.
The IJA Yearbook with articles from members and guests was launched and was later formally handed over to the Tory leadership and Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak (see page 7) who was an invitee.
Shivangi Sen of Westminster University, studying MA in Journalism was presented with her IJA Student Journalist of the Year Award by Mr Ghosh, Naresh Kaushik (ex-President of IJA who started the awards in 2019), Lord Ranger, Lord Gadhia, Baroness Verma, Lord Popat and MP Virendra Sharma.
A vote of thanks was given by IJA Secretary Rithika to all the supporters and sponsors that included The Taj, State Bank of India UK, Bengal Heritage Foundation, Here & Now, Silk Route Legal, Hinduja Group, Esteema Capital Partner, ICICI Bank, ABPL Group and FICCI.
