Members
from Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad
join in networking event
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| Ashish Chauhan |
A movement that started with the creation of one WhatsApp
group of 30 people on the 22nd of July last year, has now turned out to be an
850-member strong community of media professionals.
The online group One Source organised its inaugural
member off line meetup Fontè at the Press Club-Mumbai Mumbai in association
with event partners, Public Relations Council of India last Thursday.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Chauhan, Managing Director & CEO of
Bombay Stock Exchange and Mr. Gurbir Singh, Deputy Editor, Business World and Chairman, Press Club-Mumbai were the
guests of honour.
While Mr. Chauhan spoke on the importance of in financial
services, Mr Singh dealt with the issue of media expectations from PR
professionals. PRCI National president B N Kumar announced the launch of a guest faculty pool by PRCI to
depute veteran professionals to mass communication colleges.
The effort behind the deliberations was to educate the
community members present on how public relations as an industry has the
potential to become a national game changer, rising beyond the cliché of
clip-counting and media relations.
Sandeep Rao, founder member of One Source, said in his
welcome address: “The group’s endeavour would be to act a knowledge platform
apart from facilitating the members exchange industry information and media
contacts. For this, we will be happy to tie-up with professional bodies like
PRCI.”
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| Gurbir Singh |
“We hope to build bonds and strengthen mutual trust among
the professionals encompassing PR, advertising, media and HR practitioners,” he
said.
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| BNK |
Started with the objective of opening channels of communication
within the industry of communication and facilitating knowledge flow within the
industry, One Source has members across more than 40 traditional and full
service communication agencies, personnel across news media houses such as the
BCCL group and Business Standard, brand custodians across names such as DSP
BlackRock, Cairn India, NSE, Myntra, BSE, FICCI, Housing.com and CII, as well
as allied service professionals such as digital influencers, content providers
and head hunters, all of who come together to help the community drive value
for itself.
Encouraged by the success of
the event with over 100 people participating, One Source now plans Fonte at
other cities, including Delhi and Bangalore.
Contact: Sandeep: +91 97690 79273 or Harsh: +91 98706
31557.
