Exchange4media Group And Anurag Batra Launches First Ever Party Spokespersons 50 Rankings

Anurag Batra One of the youngest media moguls from India, Anurag is a serial entrepreneur and a mentor to many successful entrepreneurs. He is a man of many talents and someone who adorns many hats. Anurag Batra is also an author, an angel investor and a TV show host and the founder of the iconic exchange4media group and Chairman BW Businessworld group. In a first-of-its-kind initiative launched by the exchange4media group 50 Party Spokespersons were ranked and honoured for their work as political advocates of their respective political parties.

Dr.Anurag Batra

At the event held at India International Centre on April 28, veteran political spokesperson and Member of Parliament, Sudhanshu Trivedi was awarded the first place in the list that saw 5 non-BJP Spokespersons in top 10. Randeep Singh Surjewala and Abhishek Manu Singhvi of Congress were ranked at no. 3 and no. 5 respectively followed by Raghav Chadha of AAP at no. 6, Priyanka Chaturvedi of Shiv Sena at no. 7 and Anurag Bhadouria of Samajwadi Party at no. 10. Amongst BJP leader Sambit Patra bagged second rank, Gaurav Bhatia was at no.4, Syed Zafar Islam at no.8 and Shaziya Ilmi was no.9.

The selection process was based on the criteria of quality of argument, uniqueness of points, presentation style, credibility and visibility. The winners were selected after a long exhaustive screening process by the editorial board of exchange4media which included Dr. Anurag Batra. The awards were preceded by an insightful conference that included fireside chats with founder Dr. Anurag Batra and panel discussions with other judges, covering topics related to political discourse in the country as well as dealing with brickbats and criticism that political spokespeople are often exposed to for their work in public sphere.

Also forming part of discussions was the evolving role of political spokespersons and the need to distinguish cacophony and communication. The first of its kind concept to recognise men and women involved in political life who serve as the public face of their parties, a job that often comes with more than a fair share of criticism was lauded by Dr. Anurag Batra among other attending spokespersons and dignitaries.