VR Surat, Dumas Road | August 15, 2026 (Independence Day)
1. Event Overview
On August 15, 2026, India’s Independence Day, VR Surat and Operation Zero Bribe (OZB) jointly organized “Operation Zero Bribe 2.0 Jagruti Samvad,” an anti-corruption awareness dialogue held at VR Surat, Dumas Road. The event was conducted in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Gujarat, and the BRICS Youth Alliance, under the campaign theme “Say No To Bribes — Stand Up For What’s Right.”
The program combined a panel discussion on corruption awareness with a cultural segment themed around patriotism and integrity, timed to coincide with Independence Day observances.
2. Proceedings
- The panel discussion was moderated by OZB founder Harshit Hemnani.
- Panelists included Madhish Parikh (Founder, BRICS Youth Alliance), RJ Megha (92.7
Big FM), Advocate Sagar Shukla, and ACB Police Inspector K. J. Ghaduk.
- Dr. Vishal Chaturvedi, Director of ‘Hanuman Ansh,’ was present as a special guest and
shared his views on corruption prevention.
- The discussion centered on public attitudes toward corruption and on shifting the
tendency to treat bribery as normal or unavoidable.
- A cultural program accompanied the discussion, featuring a patriotism- and anti-
corruption-themed drama, dance performances, and poetry recitation.
- The organizers framed the event’s objective as encouraging citizens to adopt integrity and
honesty as an everyday lifestyle, rather than treating corruption as a normalized part of public life.
3. Partners and Deliverables
The event was organized through a formal partnership structure with the following organizations, each contributing a defined deliverable:
- VR Surat: Production cost and venue
- Operation Zero Bribe: Partnership coordination and complete event coordination,
including invitations to reputed influencers across the city
- Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB): One senior official as panelist
- BRICS Youth Alliance: One senior representative as panelist
- 92.7 BIG FM: Radio jockey as panelist, and pre-event promotion on radio
- Surat City News Live: Post-event reel coverage
- Surat Views: Post-event reel coverage
- Yashvi Voice: Post-event reel coverage
- AB News: Post-event coverage
- Auro University: Drama performance and students as audience
- Bhagwan Mahavir College of Legal Education: Drama performance and students as
audience
4. Media Coverage
The event was covered by the following regional publications:
- Praja Pankh Surat
- Aadhunik Gujarat
In addition, post-event reel and coverage deliverables were committed by Surat City News Live, Surat Views and Yashvi Voice as part of the partnership arrangement listed in Section 3.
5. Reach and Engagement
In the period surrounding the event (13 – 22 August 2026), OZB’s Instagram channel recorded the following, drawn from platform analytics:
- Views: 80,342
- Net new followers: +24
- Interactions: approximately 1,280
- Viewer composition: 8.4% followers, 91.6% non-followers
- Viewers reached: 11,374
- Views by content type: Reels 35,000; Stories 23,000; Posts 22,000; Live videos 0
- Interactions by content type: Reels 849; Posts 321; Stories 112; Live videos 0
- Profile visits: 604
- Bio link taps: 8
- Business address taps: 0
- Top-performing individual posts reached 12,000, 9,800, and 6,200 views respectively
