[Reader-list] 'Pratyaksh': Become a sting journo in 3 months

[Vivek Narayanan]

The new money-spinning motto seems to be, "Everybody must get stung".
--V.


'Pratyaksh' on sting operations

(Monday, Nov 21, 2005 - 06:00 pm)
Televisionpoint.com Team
http://www.televisionpoint.com/news/newsfullstory.php?id=1132578476

Eminent media personalities like Prannoy Roy, head of NDTV, Tarun
Tejpal, CEO, Tehelka.com, Q W Naqvi of Aaj Tak, Sidharth Basu, brain
behind 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', Laxmi Goel and Alka Saxena of Zee
News, Vikram Chandra, head of NDTV Profit, Satinder Bindra of CNN and
Vinod Dua, senior anchorperson - in all 50 best media brains have come
together to train the first batch of sting operators at 'Pratyaksh'
Media Academy.

'Pratyaksh' provides a formal three-month training in sting operations
with the help of hidden cameras. The institute aims at producing
daring reporters, tough interviewers and charismatic presenters. The
reason behind such a rigorous training is that in a cut-throat
competitive world, only the best and the fittest can survive.

Says Manoj Raghuvanshi, Director, Pratyaksh, "The traditional
guru-shishya bond at Pratyaksh forms the foundation of the institute.
We believe that if you're taught by the best, you learn the best.
Hence, each media don here will share his guru mantras with the
students. They will specialise in the art of exposing in order to
become the Black Cat Commandos of the Indian television industry."

Pratyaksh also provides regular one-month courses in television
anchoring, news reading, radio jockeying, voicing and effective
speaking for students, business ¦ men and professionals. "The students
are being trained here to become black cat commandos of the Indian
television industry - specialising in the art of expose," adds
Raghuvanshi.