Senior journalists, Amar Devulapalli and Sabina Inderjit, were unanimously elected president and secretary-general respectively of Indian Journalists Union (IJU), most representative organisation of the working journalists in the country.
A statement from the IJU said that they are expected to assume their posts in the plenary session of the union to be held shortly. Amar Devulapalli, a senior journalist from Telangana, is based in Hyderabad and has four decades of service in journalism. He served as Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Press Academy for two terms. Mr. Amar also served as President of Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) for two terms and General Secretary for one term. Currently he is the Secretary-General of Indian Journalists Union (IJU).
Sabina Inderjit is a senior journalist based in Delhi and working as associate editor of the Indian News and Features Agency (INFA), which was founded by her grandfather and veteran editor Durga Das and nurtured by her father Inderjit — a veteran journalist. and parliamentarian.
Outgoing president S. N. Sinha, former secretary-general K. Sreenivas Reddy, a senior leader K. Amarnath congratulated Mr. Amar and Ms. Sabina on their election.
