User talk:Junemukherjee

June Mukherjee

June Mukherjee is an Indian journalist. She is known in the global tourism industry for her work mainly in the field of travel journalism and international tourism promotion, especially in India. Trained as a video journalist, June adds extraordinary value to any assignment which otherwise would have been unthinkable. June strongly advocates Sustainable Tourism and Responsible Travel.

Early Life

Born in Kolkata, India, (June 21, 1973) June studied BA in Political Science at Presidency College of Kolkata and then did her MA in Film Studies from Jadavpur University.

Professional Life

June worked at various advertising agencies on a part-time basis during her college days, and took a full-time job only after finishing her university classes. Having worked in various regional media organisations, June became one of the finest TV journalists of Kolkata by leading one of the regional news channels (TARA TV NETWORK) at a very early age. She went to CNN for a journalism fellowship programme and came back to remain rooted in her city.

In 2009 June took a leap from the regional television industry to have a taste of the corporate media world. She joined a national B2B media organisation largely engaged in travel exhibitions, travel magazines, urban development conferences and expos as well as looking at new media ventures. After an eight-year stint as its Media Director, June left Fairfest Media with 5 corporate videos, 8,000 hours of audio-visual business content, 2 industry-leading B2B print magazines and 10 cutting-edge dynamic websites up and running other than setting up a smooth network of 5 effective PR Agencies all over India, working for the company's various market-leading exhibitions throughout the year. At Fairfest Media, June shared the vision of its Chairman's sustainable urban developmental missions and volunteered as Conference Producer and Media Director of his not-for-profit wing, Good Governance India Foundation.

In pursuit of her journalistic job satisfaction, June moved on to join an international niche media organisation, Media India Group, headquartered in Paris but strongly operational in India. Having 7 global publications in 4 languages, when Media India Group opened their Kolkata office in 2016, they hired June as their Group Communications Director and Kolkata Bureau Chief.

Personal Life

June's father late Tapan Mukherjee was a government bank employee and was a football player. Her mother Tapati Mukherjee briefly worked in the same bank after June's father passed away.

June's first marriage in 1998 with her college classmate Suman Bhattacharyya ended after a series of his immoral acts involving women.

June's daughter Hiya was born in 2001 out of the first marriage.

June remained a single mother for five years till she met her colleague Priyam Biswas in the TV channel where they both worked. Priyam Biswas is the Creative Director of Orion Entertainment, one of the leading entertainment production houses in Kolkata. They got married in 2007 and now the three of them live with Priyam's parents. Common friends say that June's daughter Hiya played a crucial role in getting them married.

External Links

https://anotherplaceanothertime.wordpress.com/