While addressing the award ceremony, National President Seraj Ahmed Qureshi said that the Indian Journalists Association will never compromise on the honor and respect of journalists. The dedicated journalists are always respected in the association. Indian Journalists Association is proud to honor the energetic journalists.
State President Purvanchal Surendra Kumar Singh, after consultation with all the journalist colleagues present, made Rajkumar Yadav, managing editor of Shakun Times Hindi daily, resident of Varanasi, as the state general secretary of Purvanchal unit.
Mainly in this honor ceremony, National President of Indian Journalists Association Seraj Ahmed Qureshi, National General Secretary Irfanullah Khan and Giriraj Singh, Purvanchal Pradesh President Surendra Kumar Singh, State Vice President Ajay Giri, State General Secretary Rajkumar Yadav, State in-charge of Shakun Times Samarendra Vikram Singh. (Ghazipur), Amar Ujala’s senior journalist Rakesh Mishra, Amar Ujala’s journalist Satendra Yadav, Rafi Ahmed Ansari, Naved Alam, Mohammad Azam, Khwaja Ziauddin, Mohammad Salim, Dr. Atiq Ahmed, Awadhesh Kumar Srivastava, Dr. Journalists like Shakeel Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim, Mohammad Azad, Sunil Upadhyay, Sanjay Yadav, Shravan Kumar Gupta, Satish Chand, Achhe Lal Arora etc. were present.