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Celebrating Children’s Day with a cause
KOLKATA: To celebrate Children’s Day, Child Rights and You (CRY), will present Art for CRY, an exhibition of paintings by acclaimed artists in Kolkata, the city known for its passion for art. The exhibition will start on 8 November and culminate on the Children’s Day, 14 November.
Art for CRY will bring together eminent artists like Paritosh Sen, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Ganesh Haloi, Rabin Mondal, Jogen Chowdhury, Sunil Das, Sanat Kar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Shuvaprasanna, Shipra Bhattacharya, Jayashree Chakraborty, Subrato Gangopadhyay and Chandra Bhattacharya amongst others. The exhibition will be held at the Jamini Roy Gallery of ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) and will be inaugurated by the acclaimed actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen.
CRY believes that Art for CRY is a platform that brings together people from varied walks of life, resonating the belief that each one of us has the strength to contribute towards creating awareness about issues related to children and their rights. Simultaneously, it also brings together the much-needed resources that will ensure a lasting change in the lives of children.
Art for CRY 2014 is being curated by Sounak Chacraverti, an independent curator and owner of Sensorium.
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Dish TV shareholders approve three independent directors
99.49 per cent vote of confidence strengthens board as company expands into connected TV, e-commerce and OTT.
MUMBAI: Dish TV has just been served a near-perfect vote of confidence and the shareholders have dished it out in style. Shareholders of the DTH operator have approved the appointment of three new Independent Directors with an overwhelming 99.49 per cent approval. The three appointees are Mr Arun Kumar Kapoor, Ms Heena Naishadh Bhatt and Mr Ashok Anant Paranjpe.
The strong mandate reflects continued investor faith in the company’s strategy, disciplined execution and long-term value creation. It comes as Dish TV focuses on stabilising its core DTH business while actively scaling new verticals connected TV platform VZY, B2B e-commerce ShopZop, and OTT service Watcho to build a more diversified and resilient growth trajectory.
Dish TV India Limited, CEO & executive director Manoj Dhobhal said, “We are encouraged by the shareholders’ approval of the appointment of the Independent Directors and sincerely thank them for their continued trust and confidence. The Board is already benefiting from the Directors’ collective experience, which will further sharpen strategic focus and support disciplined execution.”
With a fresh, strengthened board in place, Dish TV is well positioned to navigate the evolving media landscape. In a sector where every percentage point matters, a 99.49 per cent thumbs-up is the kind of ringing endorsement that suggests the company’s recipe for the future is already tasting right.
