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Media expert H Ramakrishnan, CEO of SS Music shares his thoughts about the changes happened in the media landscape.

H Ramakrishnan was born on Christmas Day 1941, in Trivandrum, Kerala, India to R Harihara Iyer and Vijayalakshmi. Has over 40 years of experience as a journalist. He has worked in State-run media Doordarshan, (All India Radio), Press Information Bureau and Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity in various capacities. Affected by polio at the age of two-and-a-half years, H Ramakrishnan had to battle out every step in life. Even when he had to attend school he was denied admission to the local school and had to be taken to a different school in a different town by his maternal grandfather. After he passed the UPSC exam when Ramakrishnan went to join duty as either news reader, translator or reporter but he was not accepted for the post because of his handicap (he has polio in both his legs).Despite having a disability of 85 percent, Ramakrishnan moved around by buses till he got a side car scooter.

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