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Welcome Address by Prayer Song Facilitator
Chairman Ginsmon James Kureekattil

Zachariah introduction

J S Indhukumar Kalayani inviting
Chief Guest
Inaugral Speech by Chief Guest, Dr. Manoj Kumar
Mohapatra, IAS, Dy Consul General, NY

Women leading IAPC
Vini _ Mini Nair

Prof Indrajit Saluja New President 2017 welcomed by Mini

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INDO AMERICAN PRESS CLUB

Sindhukumar Exec Vice President Dr. Mathew Joys

Saji Dominic G.Sekharan Nair

Chairman, Co-Chair and Exec VP Audience opening ceremony

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Core Team

Jinu inviting Guests for Mangad Ratnakaran
felicitations

M V Nikesh Kumar Dr J Alexander IAS

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Media Credibility introduction Mathew Joys

Discussion Forum Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum

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IAPC Board Member, Mr Raju Chramannil
introducing Authors of the books

Ente Priye_ by Mr MAthew Joys released by J Alexander IAS and
Mr Nikesh Kumar

The Grey_ by Meera Nair released by Mr J Alexander IAS and
Mr Shakthidharan

Valkannadi_ by Varghese Korason released by Mr J Alexander, IAS Pioneer Journalist, Kairali News, Mr Jose Thayyil
congradulating authors and felicitating the
Media Conference 2016

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Award winners with Office Bearers

SATHKARAMA AWARD to
Theruvoram Murugan an-
nounced by VP Cyriac Scaria

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Cine Celebrity Ambika Mohan, Kerala Folklore Academy Chairman IAPC Director George Kottarathil welcomes all to
Kuttappan Master, Kalabhavan Rahul. Cultural evening

Secretary Mini Nair MC for the Cultural program

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IAPC Board Co-chair Mrs Vineetha Nair
moderating 'Media Talk Show'

Nikesh Kumar, MD, REPORTER TV _ J S Indikumar, JAIHIND TV on
the left of the Moderator

J Alexander, Ex-Minister, Karnataka and P T Chacko, ... seated to the
right of the Moderator

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Mathewkutty
Easo introducing
the Business meet

participants

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Closing Session MC's Mini Nair
and Arun Gopalakrishnan

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THE GROWING YEAR OF INDO AMERICAN PRESS CLUB
– GLIMPSES OF 2016

2016 was the third year of the growing organi- lease a relevant Souvenir on the occasion of the Inter-
national Media Conference for which Mathew Joys was
zation Indo American Press Club. With all the early unanimously nominated to be the Chief Editor.
stages of lagging and anomalies, 2016 actually started
with a good momentum, and the Executive Commit- May 9th – Board of Directors was expanded…
tee could keep the whole year eventful and active with May 18th – marked a great day for members to
different activities. We could bring in 29 new members express their political views by the active participation,
and start 3 different Chapters at Alberta, Canada, Dal- through the national teleconference debate on kerala
las and Atlanta USA. Due to the fact that our members Assebly Election moderated by our IAPC Board Co Chair
are mainly media professionals scattered in different Mrs. Vineetha Nair…..
locations internationally, we had frequent teleconfer- June 18th- IAPC Toronto Chapter was reorganized
ences to share our views to keep ourselves intercon- and inaugurated by IAPC Chairman Ginsmon Zacharia.
nected successfully. Board Member Ashley Joseph moderated the discus-
sions and the new office bearers elected were :….
A glimpse on the salient events and accomplish- July7th – Announcement, and Entries for the inter-
ments during the year 2016 is summarized as below national Essay Competition and Photography Contest
on a chronological order: were invited.
July 27th – A Press Conference was held at
January 2016 was warmed up with the inaugura- Trivandrum Press Club led by Board Co Chair Vineetha
tion of IAPC Chapter at Alberta on 15th January, as our Nair, Vice President Cyriac Scaria, and Secretary Mini
third Chapter in Canada. The Chapter is led by Mr. P V Nair as a kickoff of the ensuing International Media
Baiju –President, Sijo Savior – Secretary,….. Conference; and our prestigious SathKarma Award was
announced for the social sctivist Theruvoram Murugan,
February 6th: The New Executive Committee forIAPC to be presented during the IMC 2016.
2016 and new Board Members added were sworn in August 5th – IAPC Vancouver Chapter conducted a
at Tyson Center New York with the oath served by IAPC kickoff of IMC 2016, and Executive Vice President
Chairman Ginsmon Zacharia. Many media profession- Dr.Mathew Joys presided the discussion.
als and dignitaries blessed the event with their partici- August 10th – IAPC New York Chapter organized a
pation and felicitations. IAPC –ID cards with salient fea- IMC 2016 Kick off event and many distinguished guests
tures were officially started distribution. from different organizations and media blessed the
occasion with their valuable presence and support.
Februay 20th – IAPC Dallas Chapter was inaugu- August 18th – IAPC Atlanta Chapter inaugurated
rated by Executive Vice President Dr.Mathew Joys, and. by President Parveen Chopra
Board Member Shaji Ramapuram welcomed and in- September 2nd – IMC 2016 kickoff by Atlanta Chap-
troduced all the Guests and a seminar on “Influence of ter, announcing the change of venue to Connecticut
Social Media on Mainstream Journalism” was also held due to some visa issues.
at Ashiana Hall on the same day. September 11th – IAPC Houston Chapter hosted
the US Presidential Election Debate at Stafford Civic
April 22nd- IAPC Houston Chapter was inaugurated Center.
with Easo Jacob as President, …On the same day the October 8 to 10th – Prestigious 3rd International
Chapter decided to host a US Presidential Election Media Conference hosted by IAPC at Hilton Stamford
Debate at a grand scale,on September11th as envi- Hotel and Executive Convention Center at Connecticut
sioned by the IAPC Vice President Cyriac Scaria, with acclaimed participation of dignitaries and media
SanAntonio. professionals from India and UK.
The Conference was inaugurated by Hon'ble
April 24th – IAPC National teleconference decided
to organize the 3rd International Media Conference.
To mobilize our members at Canadian sector and also
to bring more international guests it was decided to
have the three days conference in the beautiful city
near to Niagara Falls, Canada. It was decided to re-

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Dy.Consul General Manoj Mohaptra, followed by re- For the Photography Competition held with the
lease of “IAPC Souvenir 2016”. theme 'People in Nature' winners were announced and
awarded as follows; Mr.Albin Anto Kannadan (First),
Main events of the 2016International Media Fr.Jijo Kurian OFM (Second) and Lijo John (Third)
Conference were:
During the closing ceremony of the grand gala In-
1). Media Credibility Debate Moderated by ternational Media Conference all the dignitaries and
Dr.Mathew Joys and facilitated by James Kureekattil sponsors were recognized and awards and plaques
with active participation of Nikesh Kumar (MD Reporter were presented to them, main receipients of awards
TV), G Sekharan Nair (Mathrubhoomi News), S R were:
Sakthidharan (Deshabhimani News)and Saji Dominic
(Kerala Road Fund) Mr. Manoj K. Mohapatra, IAS Deputy Consul Gen-
eral in NY, Mr.J. Alexander IAS, ex-Chief Secretary and
2)Books Release : Three books were released by Mr.J former minister of Karnataka
Alexander IAS namely Valkkannadi by Korason
Varughese, The Grey – English Poems by Meera Nair, Mr.Darshan Singh Bagga, real estate visionary, Prof
and Ente Priye – Bibilile Premakavyam by Dr. Mathew Indrajit S. Saluj Chief Editor-Publisher of The Indian
Joys. He congratulated the authors and appraised the Panorama
efforts of IAPC in encouraging writers on various top-
ics. Mr. G. Sekharan Nair (Mathrubhumi), Mr.S R
Sakthidharan (Desabhimani News ), Mr.M V Nikesh
3)Talk Show on Media and NRI Issues Moderated Kumar (MD ReporterTV),
by IAPC Co-Chair Vineetha Nair and debate led with
Mr. NikeshKumar, J Alexander IAS, P.T.Chacko and Mr. Mangad Ratnakaran (Asianet), Mr.Saji Dominic
Indukumar. The talk show discussed various issues re- (Kerala Road Fund) , Mr.Indukumar (Manorama )
lated Media credibility and some critical issues faced
by the NRI all over the world. This show was telecasted Dr Prasad Srinivasan, Connecticut State
by Reporter TV on Nov 7th with the US Presidential Representative,.etc
Election Debates.
Dec 16th – Indo American Press club was honored
4) US Presidential Election Debate moderated by at Trivandrum, when Keraleeyam the renowned Socio-
Prof Indrajit Saluja, and the vibrant debate led by Charitable organization, organized a Mega event in
Prof.A.D Amar (Republican Party) , and Peter Jacob which 300 aids patients were given Rs10,000-each.
(Democrats) evoked much awareness on various issues Ginsmon Zachariah was invited to be a Chief Guest
and the outlook of both the parties on how they are sharing the stage with Kerala Chief Minister Pinaray
going to handle them after winning the US Presiden- Vijayan and other prominent leaders. IAPC is always
tial Election. proud to associate with similar organizations to im-
part our social commitment in every sphere of the com-
5) Business Meet of reputed business organizations munity.
moderated by Mathewkutty Easow
We , The Outgoing Executive Committee, congratu-
6) Cultural Programme presented by Keraleeyam late all the IAPC Members and Office Bearers who
presented few artists from Kerala and the audience also brought this organization to this esteemed level, and
joined with high mirth and joy to make the evening special congratulations to Chapters who could go for-
enchanting. ward with creative plans and activities. Our attempts
to go ahead with Starting Online Journalism course in
7) Recognitions: As attempt to create more aware- collaboration with Trivandrum and Kottayam Press
ness on the importance of media and photography , Clubs; and getting more affiliations with more clubs
we had organized competitions for adults and youth are in progress.
in the national level and received numerous essays on
the credibility of social Media. We welcome the New Executive Committee under
the valuable leadership of Prof.Indrajit Saluja, and of-
The following winners were announced and fer our support and cooperation for all their endeav-
awarded with certificates; Among Adults Category Emi ors to move our organization to higher levels.
Joseph First Prize and Jeraldi James, Vrinda Suresh (both
Second Prize). And for the Youth Category both Anand ………………………………
Satheesh and Reanne Mundadan shared the First place Presented by Thomas Mathew Joys
and Alana John and Dennis Cherian won the Second on behalf of the 2016 Executive Committee
place.

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Prof. Indrajit Saluja, IAPC President 2017

Executive Committee & Board Members Oath

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