New Delhi:
Former Deputy Director-General of Doordarshan and veteran mediaperson Jai Chandiram was today awarded the lifetime achievement award by the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT).
The award was presented to Ms Chandiram, who is suffering from cancer, in her brother's residence in New Delhi.
Known for her contribution toward women's rights, Ms Chandiram was the first Asian president of the IAWRT. She also held a number of prestigious positions like the Head of Department for television studies at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.
Ms Chandiram was also the Head of Department of media studies at the Central Institute of Education (CIET-NCERT) and Educational Media Production Center of Indira Gandhi National Open University (EMPC-IGNOU).
"We honour you for your great contribution to IAWRT, both as the founder of the India Chapter and its longtime Managing Trustee. In your period as President, you were able to give IAWRT a new direction as a truly global network," IAWRT Vice- President Gerd Inger Polden said in her message to Ms Chandiram over Skype.
Her former colleague and Managing Trustee of IAWRT-India, Reena Mohan said, "We are here to pay tribute to that extraordinary woman, Jai Chandiram...I would like to thank Jai for cajoling, pushing and mentoring many of us women working in film and television to discover our true potential."