Meghna Ghai- Puri Receives Women Achievers Award for Media Education from Young Environmentalists Programme Trust
Meghna Ghai- Puri Receives Women Achievers Award for Media Education from Young Environmentalists Programme Trust
Mumbai, India, March 9, 2010 / IndiaPRLine / — As part of the celebratory activities for International Women’s Day, the Young Environmentalists Programme Trust – (which seeks to bring about a positive social impact, esp. through working for Conservation and the Environment) – in association with Rodas Ecotel, Powai, conferred the Women Achievers Award on a select group of women, all role-models in their own right, for their remarkable achievements in fields as diverse as civic and community services, journalism, marine conservation, education, theatre, cinema, fashion design etc.
Meghna Ghai-Puri, the young and dynamic President of Whistling Woods International, (WWI), Asia’s largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute, providing world class education, received the Award for Media Education.
Fittingly, Founder-Chairman of WWI, Subhash Ghai , along with Elsie Gabriel, President of the Young Environmentalists, and renowned and respected activist Medha Patkar, herself an Awardee took part in the ceremony of lighting of the diya, that preceded the Awards programme.
The women achievers received their mementos from Medha Patkar, with Elsie Gabriel, President of the Trust reading out the citations to an appreciative audience.
In her brief acceptance speech, Meghna said that it was an honour to share a platform with Medha Patkar and a privilege to receive the Award from her. She thanked her family – her parents and her husband – who have always been there for her.
Her simple and heart-felt message:
“To all the men out there: Value the girl child. She can achieve a lot for you.”
Whistling Woods International is itself honoured by this Award conferred on Meghna Ghai-Puri.
Editor Notes
About Whistling Woods International
Promoted by Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts Limited & Filmcity Mumbai, Whistling Woods International is Asia’s largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute, providing world-class education in all technical and creative aspects of Film & Television, offering courses that vary in duration from 10 months to 30 months, in the areas of Acting, Animation, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Producing, Screenwriting and Sound. Whistling Woods International also offers, in association with Manipal University, India’s first MBA in Media & Entertainment.
The full-time faculty of Whistling Woods International is a body of academics and industry professionals with regular guest lectures by leading Indian & International filmmakers, actors & technicians like Rakeysh Mehra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Farhan Akhtar, Ashok Amritraj, Shyam Benegal, Farah Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Ratna Pathak Shah, Danny Boyle, Rajkumar Hirani, Nagesh Kukunoor and several more.
Whistling Woods graduates are currently working with several leading media organisations like Balaji Telefilms, Channel 31 Australia, Dharma Productions, Excel Entertainment, 20th Century Fox India, Mukta Arts Limited, Paprikaas, Prana Studios, Red Chillies Entertainment, Spice Entertainment, Walkwater Films and several more.
Whistling Woods’ continues strongly on its path to be the institute of choice for media education globally.
For additional information, please visit www.whistlingwoods.net.