MCU VC Honoured with Health Comms Award

Bhopal: Vice Chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication Prof (Dr) K G Suresh was on
Friday evening honoured with Health Comms award 2023 for outstanding contributions to Health Communications. PRmoment Founder Ben Smith joined the event from London. Paarul Chand, Editor, PRmoment was also present.

As Director General of Indian Institute of Mass Communication Prof
Suresh had introduced Critical Appraisal Skills Program in Public
Health Communication as part of the curriculum in collaboration with
Oxford University, Thomson Reuters Foundation and UNICEF. Prof Suresh
had also been a member of the WHO expert committee on pulse polio
communication. In collaboration with UNICEF

Madhya Pradesh Prof Suresh had organised several programs on evidence
based reporting and child safety for journalists in all campuses of
the university at Bhopal Rewa, Khandwa and Noida. Prof Suresh was
nominated as a member of the Covid awareness committee headed by Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan during the peak of the pandemic. Other
distinguished members included Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi.