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Ritesh felicitates with Global Youth Leadership Award-2021

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 11/23/2021 12:48:03 PM

* GLOBAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT-2021
* BEING INCLUSIVE A MATTER OF JOURNALISTIC PRACTICE AND ETHICS: RITESH KAPOOR
Jammu, Nov 22 Ritesh Kapoor, Chief Editor- Daily The Excel Express, Jammu felicitated with the Global Youth Leadership Award-2021 through the benign hands of the honorable Vice President of Nepal, Nand Bahadur Pun at National Assembly Hall on the occasion of Global Youth Leadership Summit- 2021 organised by Global Youth Parliament. The Summit was organised from 18th to 21st November, 2021 at Convention Hall of Hotel Radisson, Kathmnadu, Nepal where 104 delegates from 24 different countries participated. The 24 countries participating in the Summit were India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar, South Africa, USA, UK, Iraq, Gambia, Norway, Kurdistan, Republic of Kosoba, Istanbul, Veninsula and others. 21 delegates representing India were are from 6 different cities where 8 delegates from Jammu, 8 from Mumbai, One from Uttar Pradesh, One from Gujarat, Two from New Delhi and One from Chandigarh. Ritesh Kapoor while speaking on the keynote topic “Inclusive Journalism and how it is comparative with education and to provide career opportunities said that in a time when trust in the media is declining around the world, it has become even more important to support good, accurate journalism which actually is the content that is ethical, independent, critical and of public interest. He added that the purpose of journalism is to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies and their government. Ritesh added that Inclusion is a buzzword and the danger to buzzwords is that the true meaning gets lost and people use it solely to impress others. The real description of inclusive journalism is to shed light on voices traditionally left out in news coverages and publications. An important aspect of inclusion is that journalists need to challenge themselves to recognise their own impact bias and learn to diminish it. The delegates participated from India are (From Jammu) Ritesh Kapoor- Chief Editor, Daily The Excel Express, Vice President All Jammu Newspaper Editors Association, State Headquarter Commissioner (Rouver), J&K Bharat Scouts & Guides, Chairman AJKTA, Director -Principal ASN Hr.Sec. School, Director Mount Litera Sr. Sec. School; Er. Naresh Kumar- Chairman Learning Temple High School, Gen Secy. JKPSA, Dr. Atul Hans- Author, Director Principal IDRS, Sumit Kumar Verma- Director Sacred Heart Public School, Sandeepan Gupta- Sr. Lecturer Govt SRML, Model School, Jammu, Dheeraj Bharti- M.D. The Pillars Institute, Dr. Rachna Sharma- Educationist and NCC officer, APS Jammu, Amit Choudhary- Manager, Sacred Heart Public School. The sessions conducted during the summit were Climatic Emergency, Education & Inclusion, Youth to Youth Diplomacy, Youth Political Participation, Youth & Post Covid Economy, Innovation, startup and entrepreneurship and Youth advocacy for sustaining Peace. The overall objective of the Global Youth Leadership Summit 2021 was to gather young leaders, innovative peacemakers, youth activists and civil pioneers from around the globe in a single forum to share their experiences and knowledge on pertinent global issues. The specific objective of the summit was to encourage the best practices through mutual learning on ideas and initiatives of advocacy tools to achieve sustainable development goals from the youth perspective and motivate youth to lobby them in their own respective governments.