Flanked by NPI Chairman Prof. P. Kharel and NPI Vice-chairman Tapanath Shukla, Dr. Dil Prasad Shrestha making a point at the UNESCO: sponsored workshop on National Media Development Indicators (MDI) in Nepal's Lalitpur Districts on October 18, 2011. (Below) Participants representing Nepali media, lawyers, civil society and experts at the day-long program.

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