Panos South Asia, with its headquarters in Kathmandu, is part of the family of Panos Institutes worldwide that encourage and facilitate public discourse and debate on a wide range of issues.
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Panos South Asia announces Internet Broadcasting workshop for Community Radios in South Asia In a bid to address the need for the community radios to build their capacity to raise their voice beyond the community level, Panos South Asia is organizing a five-day workshop exclusively for community radios in South Asia titled ‘Internet Broadcasting for Community Radios in South Asia’ at its Media Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal from 13 – 17 September 2010. The five-day workshop shall orient the community radios on the concept and applications of Internet broadcasting, and hands-on on actually creating Internet radio or broadcasting.Community radios from South Asian countries who are interested in attending this workshop may apply by filling out the attached application form and submitting it by e-mail to prsa@panosradiosouthasia.org by 15 July 2010 ...More?lt;/a>
Panos South Asia announces media fellowships to research conflict-related issues in Northeast India Panos South Asia invites print/web, radio and television journalists to research and document conflict-related issues in Northeast India. Three print/web media,one radio and one television fellowship will be awarded.The fellowship will run from July 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011. Last date for reciept of applications is June 15th, 2010 ...More?lt;/a>
Panos South Asia completes Media Review &Environment Reviews for Northeast, Nepal, J&K and Sri Lanka under RELAY Panos South Asia has completed two media and environment reviews in 2009: that of Jammu &Kashmir and the Northeast. These documents contribute significantly to Panos’ ongoing media and research scoping in South Asia. The studies were based on interviews of media professionals and media consumers as well as inputs through questionnaires from the knowledgeable people in the respective regions. Prior to this, similar reviews were undertaken in Sri Lanka and Nepal...More?lt;/a>
Panos South Asia hosts Media Gatekeepers' retreat on 'Fresh paradigms for peace: Evolving a new framework for negotiations in North South Asia' at Salzburg, Austria The retreat which brought together editors and owners from three countries: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan was the first of its kind. Participants of the high profile retreat included N Ravi, C Rammanohar Reddy, Bharat Bhushan, Shravan Kumar Garg and Anuradha Bhasin from India;Arif Nizami, Abbas Nasir, Zahid Hussain , Azhar Abbas and Syed Talat Hussain from Pakistan;Shahir Zihane, Hussain Yassa, Danish Karokhel and Ehsanullah Arianzai from Afghanistan. The discussions held in Salzburg, Austria on October 6th and 7th 2009 were moderated by Kanak Mani Dixit from Nepal. ...More?lt;/a>
Panos South Asia at the United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen Panos South Asia is part of a collaboration called the climate change media partnership (CCMP) that has brought 40 journalists from around the developing world to cover the UN climate summit currently under way in Copenhagen. Other members of this international effort include other Panos offices from UK, Africa and the Caribbean, Internews, International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) in London and environment journalist networks from South East Asia. The writings of these journalists can be read on www.climatechangemediapartnership.org ...More?lt;/a>
RELAY: Panos partners with Ishan
to communicate and make research more accessible Panos South Asia has been partnering with
mainstream Assamese language publication Ishan in its bid to
communicate research through the vernacular, thus making it accessible to
all. Ishan publishes translations of original research work carried out
in English on issues of conflict, identity and development. Panos’ RELAY
programme in Northeast India has been supporting this unique montage media
collectives’ initiative in making research accessible to more people in a
language they understand. The first volume
of Ishan is now available online at Panos
with Ishan to make research more accessible...More?lt;/a>
Panos South Asia launches 'Choti Choti Baatein',a
community radio programme by children in Patna, Bihar Panos South Asia has successfully launched Choti Choti Baatein, a radio
programme by children in Bihar on 19th July, 2009.This programme provides
a platform to the children to bring to the fore their immediate concerns as well
as issues critical to their communities.Choti Choti Batein commenced
broadcast at 11:30 am on All India Radio Patna's primary channel as a
weekly half- hour programme. The launch for the public and press was held
simultaneously at the scheduled broadcast time, at Sri Krishna Memorial Hall,
Gandhi Maidan,Patna and was attended by over two hundred school children ...More?lt;/a>
Panos fellow Surya Shankar Dash's short film on the politics of land acquisition creates a stir Vedanta, a UK-based company allegedly involved in the destruction of Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, was chosen in June , 2009 as the recipient of the London-based World Environment Foundation’s award for best practices in environment management. The jury comprised two former Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, Justice Ahmedi and Justice Bhagawati. To protest and expose the true face of Vedanta Aluminium Limited, a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources Plc, a 30-minute film, Sham Public Hearing: The Real Face of Vedanta, made by independent filmmaker Surya Shankar Dash was released in New Delhi on June 11. Surya Shankar Dash is one of young film-makers trained by Amar Kanwar under a Panos South Asia project to make short films on the politics of land acquisition. Protests by concerned citizens and organisations forced the organisers to "review" their decision ...More?lt;/a>
The retreat which brought together editors and owners from three countries: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan was the first of its kind. Participants of the high profile retreat included N Ravi, C Rammanohar Reddy, Bharat Bhushan, Shravan Kumar Garg and Anuradha Bhasin from India;Arif Nizami, Abbas Nasir, Zahid Hussain , Azhar Abbas and Syed Talat Hussain from Pakistan;Shahir Zihane, Hussain Yassa, Danish Karokhel and Ehsanullah Arianzai from Afghanistan. The discussions held in Salzburg, Austria on October 6th and 7th 2009 were moderated by Kanak Mani Dixit from Nepal. 
Panos South Asia has successfully launched Choti Choti Baatein, a radio
programme by children in Bihar on 19th July, 2009.This programme provides
a platform to the children to bring to the fore their immediate concerns as well
as issues critical to their communities.Choti Choti Batein commenced
broadcast at 11:30 am on All India Radio Patna's primary channel as a
weekly half- hour programme. The launch for the public and press was held
simultaneously at the scheduled broadcast time, at Sri Krishna Memorial Hall,
Gandhi Maidan,Patna and was attended by over two hundred school children 
