It's all about coming together...

MANAGING COMMITEE : President - Manas Dasgupta (Special Correspondent, The Hindu); Senior Vice-President - Uday Mahurkar (Associate Editor, India Today); Vice-President - Ajay Umat (Resident Editor, Divya Bhaskar); Vice-President - Bharat Desai (Resident Editor, The Times of India); Secretary General - Sanjay Pandey (Special Correspondent, NEWS24); Secretary - Abhishek Kapoor (Principal Correspondent, The Indian Express); Joint Secretary - Neha Amin (Associate Editor, gujaratglobal.com); Joint Secretary - Shailesh Raval (Principal Photographer, India Today); Treasurer - Sunil Raghu (Staff Writer, Mint);

 
         
   
 

MILESTONES
 
  2007
    August 18, 2007  
For more than a year, the GMC was functioning almost without a roof. But on this day our centre got an address operating out of a commercial centre in Vastrapur area. The centre also got computers terminals with internet facility courtesy the Essar group.
    July 20, 2007  
Getting the journalists to take some time off for their families is something of an improbability. But the GMC did just that. Not only organized annual dinner but made it an occasion for the families to interact. Not to mention the presence of eminent personalities including then IIM-A Director, Bakul Dholakia and then Ahmedabad Police Commissioner J Mahapatra.
    May 15, 2007  
An important milestone for the club. In a years time, got its 100th member. Eminent journalist Thakorebhai Patel joined the club. The count is on.
    March 18, 2007  
First major event organised by the club. Indian Oil GMC cricket trophy organized at the Sardar patel Stadium had journos rough it out on the cricket field. With teams drawn from print, electronic media and media agencies, the event was huge draw, with hundreds of cricket buffs turning up at the venue to cheer on the teams. Icing on the cake, Mrs India, Jimmy Nanda who was the chief guest at the event.
 
  2006
    September 23, 2006  
Monumental day for the club. As the executive committee members sat down for a brain storming session to thrash out the bye laws for the club. Held under the chairmanship of its first chairman, R K Misra, the bye laws for the club were finally formed.
    September 22, 2006  
The big day. Finally the GMC formed as a company. The Registrar of Companies issuing a certificate of incorporation.
    September 1, 2006  
A significant day for the entire team at the GMC. A license from the Ministry of Company Affairs under section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956. This paved the way for the club to obtain a certificate of incorporation.
    March 25, 2006  
A small idea can usher in a revolution. At a small roadside coffee shop, a group of journalist got together to translate a small idea into a big time initiative. An initiative for the members of the fourth estate and provide them a forum for interaction. Thus was born the Gujarat Media club.