 Welcome to the 8th edition of exchange for media news broadcasting awards. These awards were established in 2008 to acknowledge and reward both individuals and organizations for the best of work done that become a showcase property in the news broadcasting industry in India. Awards are being given away for work done between November 2014 and October 2015. The process for these awards began with inviting entries. Let's hear what one of the jury members had to say about this. Jury was really unique because you had people from all aspects of journalism. You had a doyen of Indian journalism like N. Ram heading it. So certainly you had Leila Taaibji, again it was very discrimination on our own right. You had some senior journalist part of it. So we all felt that as a team we really bonded and the fact that the ground rules that were set was that we will agree on a winner when there is complete unanimity. We even had calls with some of the entry and some of the people who could not make it. Then we had some senior editors, the head of channels presenting their arguments, their cases before the jury and jury really thoroughly quizzed them. I think it was the most exhaustive process that we all had. I really enjoyed it. The entries received were from national and regional news channels broadcasting in either English or Hindi. The judging process involved two levels, first the pre-jury round in which every jury member went through a certain set of categories and shortlisted the top five entries based on the selection criteria. The second was the physical jury meet where all the shortlisted entries were presented to all the jury members and winners were chosen after careful discussions. The excellence awards too invited careful deliberations and finally the best were chosen. The channel representatives were given an opportunity to meet the jury board one on one and impress upon them. A chance to present their case in their own words for five categories, young professional of the year editorial English and Hindi, the news channel of the year English and Hindi and the BAK India business news channel of the year English and Hindi. It was an opportunity for the young and rising talent of the industry to shine through and for the senior channel representatives to tell us why they are the best. And now, ladies and gentlemen, presenting the jury of the eighth edition of the exchange for media news broadcasting awards. The jury for the awards was led by Mr. Endram, Chairman, Kasturi & Sons Limited, Publisher and former Editor-in-Chief, the Hindu and Group newspapers. And it consisted of some of the biggest names in the country, people who are respected, trusted and have in-depth knowledge of news broadcasting. It's clear from the round of judging entries that plenty is happening on the Indian television news broadcasting scene. Of course, it's a very mixed picture. Some of us feel there's too much shouting, too much artificiality and contrivance. But there is also a lot of good coverage happening and I was very impressed. In fact, our jury members were very impressed. There were some remarkable cases of improvement. Efforts made, planned and improvements won. But there are also many areas where there seems to be complacency. And it was very hard to pick if you asked the case who is the best overall, etc. It was very hard to do that. Certainly, our jury was hard worked, as I guess, juries in previous years were. But I would say, speaking for our jury, they put in a lot of effort and they came from diverse backgrounds with rich experience. We don't go just by ratings. That's an important indicator and you watch that, how the audience engages. But also quality, professionalism, balance, all the things that go into good journalism above all credibility, trust and relevance. Apart from being interesting and engaging the reader, sometimes you have to sail against the current and do what is relevant and important and significant. And I think to judge all this is challenging but also great fun.