<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Prasar Bharati CEO Gaurav Dwivedi today released a report on 'MannKiBaat: Advancing Progress Through Citizen Engagement' in New Delhi. The report has been released to mark the 100th episode of Mann ki Baat program which will be broadcasted on 30th of April. The report is the result of an extensive study of the 99-episode transcripts of Maan Ki Baat published from 2014-2023. Institute for Competitiveness prepared this report by using Natural Language Processing tools.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the occasion, Mr. Dwivedi congratulated everyone associated with the Mann Ki Baat program for creating an inspiring and far-reaching platform that connected crores of Indians on important social issues. He said that Mann Ki Baat is unparalleled in its reach. As per a recent study, it has reached over 100 crore listeners at least once, he added. The Prasar Bharti CEO highlighted that Mann Ki Baat has been translated into 22 Indian languages, 29 dialects, and 11 foreign languages by All India Radio. He said, in addition to English, the programme is broadcast in 11 foreign languages such as French, Chinese, Indonesian, Tibetan, Burmese, Baluchi, Arabic, Pashtu, Persian, Dari, and Swahili. The programme is currently being aired by over 500 broadcast centres of All India Radio.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Highlighting the importance of Mann Ki Baat, CEO of MyGov Akash Tripathi said that this programme has encouraged listeners to participate in societal change making and citizen engagement has been at the heart of the program. He said, by sharing examples of the efforts of common citizens and highlighting their stories of progress and change, Mann Ki Baat has transformed into an inspirational platform that is encouraging sustainable progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Chairman of Institute for Competitiveness Dr. Amit Kapoor said that the report analyzing Mann Ki Baat is a valuable contribution to understanding the reach and impact of a unique radio show. Our correspondent reports that Country Director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Hari Menon, Dr. Michael Green, Economist, and Chief Executive Officer of the Social Progress Imperative, and other dignitaries were also present at the event.</span></p>