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MUMBAI:
Living upto its Suno Sunao Life Banao brand line, BIG 92.7 FM Rajkot
is celebrating the Powerful Patels Week to honor the members of
the community who have made a remarkable difference to the society.
As
part of the celebrations, BIG 92.7 FM, Rajkot, is honoring the leading
politicians, industrialists, entrepreneurs, doctors, advocates,
writers and career experts who belong to the Patel community. A
function was held at Hotel Imperial Palace on September 29 to felicitate
Patels who have made a huge difference to the development of society.
The on-air celebrations of the Powerful Patel Week that began on
October 1 shall continue till October 6.
Lauding
the good work done by the community, Mr. Nishant Thadani, Station
Head, BIG 92.7 FM, Rajkot "The contribution of Patel Community
towards the development of Saurashtra has been noteworthy. Besides
establishing numerous hospitals, health centers, co-operative dairies,
marketing yards and check dams, they have also established educational
institutes and hostels for girl students, thus stressing on education
for the girl child. We at BIG 92.7 FM thought of celebrating the
success of the Patel Community and honoring their achievements at
a get together and highlighting their contributions on-air for one-week."
As
part of this, the most popular morning radio show in Rajkot, the
BIG Chai, featured one leading industrialist/businessman everyday.
The RJs interviewed them on their years of struggle, their first
taste of success, their future plans and also involved their family
members. The other shows on BIG 92.7 FM also featured discussion
with expert doctors, advocates, educationists and writers from the
community to name a few. In addition to this, special feature on
the traditions and rituals followed by Patels and an on-air contests
on the Patel community was also held and exciting prizes were given
away to the winners. Throughout the week, various on-ground activities
were also conducted at Patel Kanya Chhatralaya, Kansagara Chhatralaya
and other boarding schools run by Patel community. The RJs played
entertaining games with these students and gave away goodies to
the winners. The on-air have been receiving an overwhelming response
from the listeners in Rajkot.
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