Bengaluru, June 26 (Karnataka News): 
Chief Minister’s Media Adviser KV Prabhakar has said that he will make sincere efforts to make the Information and Public Relations Department very active as per the current times and strengthen it in every way.
He spoke on behalf of a forum of officials and employees of the Information and Public Relations Department at a program held on Monday at the Department’s Mahatma Gandhi Hall.
Social networking is omnipresent in the current scenario. He said that the department should be strengthened so that it can move in step with technology, and work will be started in this direction.
The Department of Information and Public Relations is like the two eyes of the government; works to communicate the government’s policy decisions and plans to the people; He said that the current technology should be adopted and operated.More applications are coming in for pension of distressed journalists, which need to be disposed of according to rules; He said that work should be done to provide various facilities for journalists under the Journalist Welfare Development Fund.Chief Minister’s Media Adviser KV Prabhakar, who recalled visiting this office as a newspaper reporter 25 years ago with the concern of how the relationship between journalists and the news department would be, said that he was very happy to receive the honor and speak in the same department today.He said that the secretaries and commissioners are very proactive and will take the department in the right direction.
Chief Minister’s Secretaries and Information and Public Relations Department Secretaries N. Jayaram said that the role of the department and department officials is very important in delivering the government projects to the eligible beneficiaries; In addition to this, the role of the officials of this department is immense in bringing the loopholes and problems to the attention of the government and they are working very honestly, he said.If this department works fast, the government will get a good name; He said that there is a need now more than ever.Perform assigned responsibility efficiently; Secretary Jayaram said that the government should get a good name through this and said that the chief minister will provide adequate funds for filling up the vacant posts in the department and despite the limitations of the department.
Hemanta Nimbalkar, Commissioner of Information and Public Relations Department, said that it is the duty of all of us to act as per the government’s wishes. The department has been established to promote the public programs of the government. He said that the scope of the department has changed according to the current technology, and the officers and staff have to work in harmony with it.Media has entered not only in every sphere of society but also in private life. In such a situation, we should realize our responsibility and work and bring new ideas and thoughts into the daily work of the department and bring innovation in the work of the department, he said.
Chief Minister’s Media Adviser KV Prabhakar, Secretaries to Chief Ministers and Secretaries of Information and Public Relations Department N. Jayaram, Commissioner of Information and Public Relations Department Hemanta Nimbalkar were felicitated on the occasion on behalf of the Information and Public Relations Department officers and employees forum.
Manjunath Dollin, Joint Director, welcomed and gave an introductory speech.On this occasion, the department’s joint directors Pallavi Honnapura, Siddeswarappa G.B., CR Naveen, Karnataka Liquor Control Board Secretary Shankarappa, officers Himantaraju, R. Raju, deputy directors of the department, officers and staff who arrived from different parts of the district were present.After the program, a progress review meeting of the department was held under the chairmanship of the commissioner.