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Devulapalli Amar new Indian Journalists Union chief
Senior journalist Devulapalli Amar had been elected unanimously as President of Indian Journalists Union (IJU).According to an announcement, made by Prem Nath Bhargava, the Central Returning Officer (CRO) for the IJU Elections-2018 in Delhi,
​Hyderabad: Senior journalist Devulapalli Amar had been elected unanimously as President of Indian Journalists Union (IJU).According to an announcement, made by Prem Nath Bhargava, the Central Returning Officer (CRO) for the IJU Elections-2018 in Delhi, Devulapalli Amar and Sabina Inderjit were elected as president and secretary-general unanimously, as they were only candidates left in the field. The deadline for withdrawals was over at 3:00 pm on Monday. They are expected to assume their posts in the plenary session of the Union to be held shortly.
Amar Devulapalli is based in Hyderabad and a senior journalist with four decades of service in journalism. He is now the Consulting Editor of Sakshi daily. He also anchors a popular news hour programme ‘Fourth Estate’ on Sakshi TV for five days a week. He is very active in journalism and trade union movements for over forty-year now. He was elected President of Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) for two terms and General Secretary for one term. Currently he is the Secretary-General of Indian Journalists Union (IJU).
Sabina Inderjit is a senior journalist based in Delhi and is working as Associate Editor of the Indian News and Features Agency (INFA), founded by her grandfather and veteran editor Durga Das and nurtured by her father Inderjit, a veteran journalist and parliamentarian. She worked as special correspondent in Times of India. She served as member of the Press Council of India for two terms and was also member of the Central Press Accreditation Committee of the Press Information Bureau.
