{"id":111490,"date":"2026-04-17T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=111490"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:20:55","slug":"the-indian-express-chief-editor-raj-kamal-jha-to-discuss-future-of-journalism-at-icg-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=111490","title":{"rendered":"The Indian Express Chief Editor Raj Kamal Jha to discuss future of Journalism at ICG Goa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Goa Khabar : The International Centre Goa (ICG), in association with Bika Utsav, is set to host Raj Kamal Jha, the Chief Editor of The Indian Express<\/em>, for a keynote talk on Saturday, April 18, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The session, titled \u201cFuture of Journalism\u2014Potential and Challenges,\u201d<\/strong> will take place at the Zaiyo-Zuiyo lawns of the ICG at 6:30 PM<\/strong>. The event is free and open to the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Legacy of Excellence<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Raj Kamal Jha is a towering figure in Indian media, known for his “bold and exemplary leadership.” Under his guidance, The Indian Express<\/em> has secured the International Press Institute\u2019s award for excellence in journalism five times. Notably, Jha led the investigative team for the “Panama Papers”<\/strong> in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a project that earned the consortium a Pulitzer Prize<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His contributions to the field during the pandemic earned him the “Editor of the Year” award from the International Advertising Association\u2019s India chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acclaimed Author and Academic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the newsroom, Jha is a celebrated novelist. His literary achievements include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The Patient in Bed Number 12:<\/strong> Winner of the Ruskin Bond Award for fiction (2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The City and the Sea:<\/strong> Awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize; praised by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as an “extraordinary combination of philosophy and allegory.”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Blue Bedspread:<\/strong> Recognized by the BBC as one of the ten best books of the decade (1992\u20132001).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur<\/strong> (Mechanical Engineering) and the University of Southern California<\/strong>, Jha has also served as a visiting professor at UC Berkeley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Event Details & RSVP<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The ICG and Bika Utsav invite journalists, students, and the public to engage in this vital conversation regarding the evolving landscape of news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Date:<\/strong> Saturday, April 18, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Time:<\/strong> 6:30 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Venue:<\/strong> Zaiyo-Zuiyo Lawns, International Centre Goa (ICG), Dona Paula<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Entry:<\/strong> Free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      To RSVP, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • ICG:<\/strong> +91 92844 75746<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Anil Gupta (Bika Utsav):<\/strong> +91 98110 32301<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Goa Khabar : The International Centre Goa (ICG), in association with Bika Utsav, is set to host Raj Kamal Jha, the Chief Editor of The Indian Express, for a keynote talk on Saturday, April 18, 2026. The session, titled \u201cFuture of Journalism\u2014Potential and Challenges,\u201d will take place at the Zaiyo-Zuiyo lawns of the ICG at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":111491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-111490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6","category-155","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111492,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490\/revisions\/111492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}