TRIBUTES PAID TO LATE BALRAJ BOWRY
Rich tributes were paid to Shri Balraj Bowry, former
Director Public Relations to the then Prime Minister, Late Smt.
Indira Gandhi. Shri Bowry passed away, here yesterday.
At a condolence meeting held in the Press Information
Bureau, his former colleagues including Shri Kuldip Nayar, MP,
former PIO, Shri U.C. Tiwari, former Director, Publications Division,
Shri Madan Gopal, the PIO Smt. N. J. Krishna and Shri S. C. Kackatawana
remembered their close association with Shri Bowry.
Shri Kuldip Nayar said that Bowry was a very dedicated
PIB Officer. He was very proud of PIB and PIB should be proud
that such an outstanding officer was once a part of the organization.
Shri Madan Gopal recollected that he and Shri Bowry
were classmates at India’s first ever journalism course at Punjab
University, Lahore. He was a very helpful person and had a very
wide circle of friends.
Shri U. C. Tiwari said that Shri Bowry was an institution
in himself and was helpful to everybody.
