User:Irfan Quraishi

Irfan Quraishi is a Srinagar based Broadcast & Multimedia journalist in Indian Kashmir. He is presently Correspondent at Etv Bharat. He is MOJO and digital media Expert/Mentor. He has previously worked as Bureau Chief for Day & Night News, Correspondent for Kashmir Times, Editor for KPS Media Group, Kashmir Age, Education Mirror and few others. Quraishi is founding Editor of “KASHMIR PATRIOT”, a first of its kind digital media startup & News Magazine in J&K, launched in 2016. He has acquired over seven years of journalistic experience in Print, Electronic and Digital media. He had been a fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation London and RNTC Europe. He has done a great deal of reporting and analysis on diverse issues of public importance including Human Rights, Media, Security, Politics, Health, Tourism, Education and Current Affairs. His contributions have been published in The Hoot, The Quint, The Citizen, and many other national media organizations.

EDUCATION: Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar Haryana, India M.A. MASS COMMUNICATION (MMC) Post Graduate June 2007- June 2009

Take One School of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India PG DIPLOMA IN MASS COMMUNICATION (PGDMC) Diploma 2008

Govt. Degree College Baramulla, University of Kashmir B.A. MASS COMMUNICATION & VIDEO PRODUCTION (MCVP) Graduate 2004 – 2006

FELLOWSHIPS & COURSES:

Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) ENTREPRENURISHIP SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2017

Radio Netherlands Training Center (RNTC), Netherlands, Europe BROADCAST & MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM 2016

Thomson Reuters Foundation, London EDITORIAL JUDGMENT 2013

TV Today Network Limited (Aaj Tak), New Delhi REPORTING INTERNSHIP 2008

AWARDS: Youth Icon Awards, JKIF & DLL University of Kashmir | YOUTH ICON OF THE YEAR (Journalism Category)- 2015 Infotel Awards, Kashmir News Service (KNS) | FELICITATION AWARD FOR REPORTING- 2013

FAVOURITE QUOTE: Choose a job in your life, you like, and believe me you will never have to work a single day in your life. REMARKS : "I believe, the ultimate star of a news media is News", that's what people come to news media for. He tweets at : irfanquraishi85