Print & Doordarshan Journalist.
Neelam M. Singh is a lead news buff. She has 30 years of T.V. & print media, electronic, digital media experience behind her. She’s one of the lead founders of India’s official broadcaster Doordarshan News Division’s expansion, pan-India. Neelam was in the core team that oversaw the news policy for regional news channels.
Neelam M. Singh with DD’s Camera crew at Laddhakh at the Air Force Base, in Cheetah helicopter (1991)
She was a Professor of History, in D.U., Head – Corporate Communications, Times TV & The Times of India Group. Independent media person, Neelam is dedicated to ethical standards of journalism, legal aid and public interest issues. Education and Professional journey: LL.B. M.PHIL. M.A. History from St.Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. T.V. News Production, in news and current affairs, from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Her columns and blogs are a vanguard voice against the dilapidated system that denies citizens, their rightful place in society.
She represents the inner turmoil, struggle of a woman, in quest of a society with vision. The humanitarian cause is at the base of evolution. Singh is a dedicated writer on contemporary social, political and international issues.
☆ Topper in T.V. News Production, at Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Neelam M. Singh’s TV career began while she was still an educator. She’s a T.V. journalist, producer and presenter for three decades.
She anchored on Doordarshan, the state-run broadcaster and has to her credit more than 2000 telecast T.V. reports. News & Current Affairs is Singh’s forte. The journey of life, that encompasses all fields, continuesto the service of humanity.
Neelam M. Singh with DD’s Camera crew at Laddhakh at the Air Force Base, in Cheetah helicopter (1991)
Certificate of TV News Production, Film & Television Institute of India, Pune (18th Jan 1989)
Print Media Journalist
Ram Manohar Lohia Award citation 1997 for excellence in Hindi Journalism
Ram Manohar Lohia Award & the awardee, Neelam M. Singh
श्री जानेश्वर मिश्र, केंद्रीय जल संसाधन मंत्री, समाजवादी, ‘लोहिया के लोग’, सुश्री नीलम महाजन सिंह, क्राँतिकारी कार्तिका वीरांगना, को राम मनोहर लोहिया पुरस्कार से सम्मानित करते हुए! कानपुर १९९७
श्री जानेश्वर मिश्र, केंद्रीय जल संसाधन मंत्री, समाजवादी, ‘लोहिया के लोग’, सुश्री नीलम महाजन सिंह, क्राँतिकारी कार्तिका वीरांगना, को राम मनोहर लोहिया पुरस्कार से सम्मानित करते हुए! कानपुर १९९७
“Lohia Key Log” awarding the Socialist, revolutionary journalist and author, with Ram Manohar Lohia Award for excellence in Hindi Journalism, Kanpur 1997
Luxmi Bai Veerangana Award for women empowerment to Neelam M. Singh (January 1995)
Virangana Sanstha gave Rani Laxmi Bai Veerangana Award to Neelam M. Singh, by Mayor Ms. Sarla of Kanpur, at Armapore degree College, Kanpur. 30.05.1995
‘Osho Rajneesh was a protagonist of women empowerment’, ‘Gyanchakshu’ Article by Neelam Mahajan Singh, in Amar Ujala, 4th April, 1997)
On Tranquil Waters: Text & Photos by Neelam M. Singh,
(Times of India, May 20, 1987)
An economic article for investments in Goa by NRIs,
(Mid Day, 17.06.1987)
“Culture is no leisure” by Neelam Mahajan Singh,
The Hindustan Times Weekly Sunday, Feb. 01, 1987.
Apna Utsav & National Cultural Festival
“Artists should not be taken for granted,”
Bharat Rattan Bismillah Khan Saheb’s interview with
Neelam M. Singh. August 23, 1986, The Hindustan Times
A scrap book of articles in different publications by Neelam M. Singh
Keynote address by Neelam Mahajan Singh at Global Astrological Summit in Jhansi. November 01,1997
23.05.1993: At the release of Ocean of Love by Neelam Mahajan Singh, a collection of poems, released by Salman Khurshid, Minister for External Affairs, C. M. Chawla, Chairman, Vikas Publishing House, Sonal Mansingh, Dancer & M.P. with Kanhaiya Lal Nandan, Editor, Sunday Mail, at India International Center
Rajinder Singh Bedi’s novel, made into a film, “Ek Chadar Maili Si,” directed by Sukhwant Dhadda. Actors: Hema Malini, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rishi Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, A. K. Hangal, live in a typical Punjabi village family, wherein the eldest son is a “Tongawalla,” an alcoholic. The film is viewed in terms of the struggle, in family, society, strife, loneliness, fear, awe of society and insecurity of womanhood, is cinematographed. Editor: Subhash Sehgal, Cinematography: Shahji Karan. A film that evokes nostalgia. Review, Photos & Text by: Neelam M. Singh
Wazeer i Azam Jawhar Lal Nehru with Sadr i Riyasat Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah
Book Review, of Justice A. S. Anand’s book, The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir; its Development and Comments, by Neelam M. Singh, in The Hindustan Times, April 07, 1996
Padma Vibhushan, Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand, Author & Chief Justice of India
Padma Vibhushan Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand, Chief Justice of India, wrote books on Constitution of India & Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir.
Neelam M. Singh was personally presented these books by Justice Anand. Book reviews were written by her for several publications, including The
Hindustan Times, Times of India, The Pioneer, The Kashmir Times etc. Justice N. Venkatachaliah, CJI, wrote, “Anand has taken us through a journey of
most significant area of nation building, on the delicate and sensitive issue, which marks the evolution of the process of integration, of the State of
Jammu & Kashmir into the Indian constitutional mainstream.”
Padma Vibhusan Justice Dr. A. S. Anand, CJI : Book Review By Neelam M. Singh