All India Radio's (AIR's) entry Diary of a Tiger (एक बाघ की डायरी) in October 2016 won the first prize in the Community Service Announcement category of the prestigious Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) awards for the year 2016.Dairy of a Tiger was declared the winner at an award ceremony held in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of ongoing 53rd ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings. The award includes a trophy, certificate and cash prize of 2000 US Dollars.
Abhinay Srivastava received his award by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in association with RRI (Radio Republic Indonesia) & MMIT (Ministry of Communication and Informatics), Indonesia.About Diary of a Tiger (एक बाघ की डायरी)
• The programme was produced by Abhinay Srivastava, Programme Executive, AIR Allahabad.
• The selected programme is an 89 second spot in Hindi on the dwindling forests and gradually decreasing habitat of tigers.
• It reflects through the notes inscribed by the successive generations of tigers in a diary format on their gradual decreasing numbers due to apathetic behaviour of human beings.
Forwarded by :- Shri. Jainendra Nigam ,PB News Desk, prasarbharati.newsdesk@gmail.com