Invited lecture by Padmashree Ravi Chaturvedi

Mar 8, 2018

Eminent cricket commentator Padmashree awardee Ravi Chaturvedi held two days interactive session with students of MUJ on 7th and 8th March 2018. The visit was organised by School of Media and Communication. On day one, Mr. Ravi Chaturvedi talked about changing trends of commentary in Indian Cricket and evolution of other games in Indian scenario. He showed his interviews with BBC and some private TV channels. His commentaries from some famous matches were also played for the students. Faculty members and students from JMC and other departments participated in the session and interacted with him.

On the second day, 8th March 2018, International Women's Day, the session was dedicated to women's cricket and women cricket commentators. He talked about women evolving in different sports and performing other jobs which were mostly acquired by men. He also met student players from the university and motivated them to perform well in there games.

Dr. Ravi Chaturvedi hails from Delhi and is a former faculty member of Zoology for forty years at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. In 1960, the Government of India decided to have Hindi coverage of all major sporting events and Ravi Chaturvedi joined All India Radio as its first Hindi commentator in 1962. Over the years, he has covered 102 Tests and 220 ODIs in cricket, apart from other sporting events. He has also been associated with Star Sports, ESPN, TWI, Nimbus Sports, World Tel. New Zealand TV, Doordarshan, Sab TV, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Guardian Radio, Trinidad TV, BBC, Voice of America (VOA) and All India Radio.

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