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Chandigarh, November 13, 2021 :
Naresh Kumar, Senior General Manager, Corporate Communications of Maharatna entity, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) passed away on 13th November, 2021. Naresh Kumar was one of the founding members of communications team in POWERGRID who played a pivotal role in formulation of communication practices and procedures of the Company.
An alumni of the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication, (IIMC) (Batch of 1991-92) he served as Chairman of Public Relations Society Delhi and wrote feature articles for leading National and Regional newspapers apart from delivering lectures in India’s premium education institutes and universities, central and state government and PSU setups.
Recently he was featured in the coveted India’s 100 Most Important Professionals list (ranked 21) researched by Reputation Today. He was bestowed with the ‘Best PRO’ award by the Media Federation of India in 2009, Rashtriya Media Ratan Award in 2013 and 2015 by Media Press Club, Indian Achiever’s Award 2014 for Corporate Leadership in Public Relations, Indraprastha Media Rattan Award 2014, Best Communicator Award in 2016 by All India Media Educators & PR-Hall of Fame Award by Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) in 2016 for his outstanding contribution to the PR industry. He was recently awarded the N.D. Rajpal Memorial Communicator of the Decade Award by PRCI and ‘Doyen of the Decade – Corporate Communications & PR in PSE’ by Enertia Awards.
He was a resident of Vikas Nagar (Mahakal), Baijnath, District-Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
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