Canadian professional eager to lend support

A LEADING Canadian International broadcaster with a passion for broadcasting and more than 30 years in the business is eager to share his expertise with Guyanese broadcasters, with the aim of strengthening broadcasting locally.

This is particularly in the light that licenses are being granted and more radio stations are tipped to come on the air locally, in the near future.
Nada Rajkumar, Founder-President and Chief Executive Officer of East FM Radio of Toronto, Canada, a Tamil Sri Lankan by birth who has lived in Canada for more than 40 years, is willing and ready to take up the challenge of working to strengthen the talents of local broadcasters.

Awash with knowledge and experience in broadcasting, he is brimming with enthusiasm about sharing his experience with new kids on the block and even experienced broadcasters.
“It is my first trip to Guyana and I love it. I am very pleased and very, very happy to be here in Guyana. I feel like I’m at home. I want to come back and build those radio stations for them,” the broadcasting professional said.

Rajkumar has three radio stations in Canada, each of which is worth more than CDN$30 million. “They were built by professional engineers who have been working for government and private sectors in Canada for many years,” he said, “They are among the ‘best of the best’.”

In broadcasting for 30 years, he says he also has a passion for journalism and wrote a book about Radio Journalism which was welcomed by the Universities of Canada.
“I have also done many conferences on Radio Broadcasting around the world. I’ve been to South Africa very recently, training the broadcasters there in their radio stations. I have been to India many times through this project. And I love to do the project so that the standard of broadcasting by the beneficiaries would be strengthened,” he affirmed.

Community-minded, and a man of humble personality, the broadcasting icon said he was trained by Canadian super broadcasters in the broadcasting industry, adding, “So I am spreading that knowledge all over the world.” He is also a Peace Messenger and a founder of Peace Vision Canada, and also works with fellow Canadians who are interested in charity work. Widely travelled, he is multi-lingual and also broadcasts in 19 multi-cultural languages.

Rajkumar said he is very proud of Guyana’s Prime Minister, the Hon. Moses Nagamootoo, who he understands has roots in Tamil, Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, Bashkar Sharma, Editor/Director of Equality News of Toronto Canada, added that Toronto has a community of 500,000 willing to meet with him (Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo) in Canada.

Rajkumar is winding up a one-week trip to Guyana, in the company of Bashkar Sharma, who is also Editor/Director of Equality Radio in Canada. “The reason I brought Mr. Rajkumar to Guyana this time, is that I know there are many radio stations here now and there are even some new kids on the block and, I thought about this because Equality Radio even broadcasts with him. He owns radio stations in Toronto. His expertise and the quality of broadcast that we have in Ontario is almost matchless around the world,” Sharma said.

“When I told him this is the time to come and lend some support in making this thing work, he was excited. And I believe that those decision-makers should take the opportunity to meet with Mr. Rajkumar. If this materialises, it will certainly be a gift to this country at this time,” Sharma said.