Dr. Kanchan K. Malik, Associate Professor, University of Hyderabad & Faculty Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Community Media delivered a keynote speech at the International Conference on “Mother Tongues, Regional Languages and Societies” organized by Doaba College, Jalandhar(Punjab). Speaking on the importance of community radio to promote the regional languages, Dr Malik said UNESCO recognises that the presence of community radio is a sign of media pluralism, diversity of content and representation of society’s different groups, interests and languages.