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IIMC launches PG Diploma course in Urdu Journalism

By   /  January 17, 2017  /  Comments Off on IIMC launches PG Diploma course in Urdu Journalism

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New Delhi: First PG Diploma course in Urdu Journalism offered by Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi was inaugurated  today by Mr Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting. Mr Naidu said that students aspiring to become journalists in future must ensure that news and views are not mixed.  The Minister also inaugurated 67th Diploma course in Development Journalism and launched of IIMC Journal “Communicator”, at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.

Commenting on the changing paradigm in communication, the Minister said that Social Media has broken the boundaries of time and space in communication.  It was a pre-requisite today for budding journalists to be social media savvy, which will help them to remain updated on the local and international issues.

Highlighting the training methodology, Mr Naidu said that in the current scenario, it was important to include Case studies and practical exposure as a part of curriculum for learning, practising and applying new concepts. He also stressed the need to impart an outlook to budding journalists, and communicators that is rooted in strong ethical values.

Lauding the efforts of IIMC on the new PG Diploma course in Urdu Journalism, Mr Naidu said that Urdu journalism was an important and integral part of media and communication landscape of our country which played an important role in Freedom Struggle movement. Elaborating further, the Minister emphasized on the critical role played by Maulana Azad’s newspaper Al-Hilal which espoused the cause of Hindu-Muslim unity and strengthened the inclusive ideals of Indian nationalism during the Freedom Struggle movement.

He also highlighted the important role played by newspapers like Naqeeb e-Hamdard, Pratap, Milap, Quami Awaaz, Zameendar, Hindustan in spreading the ideals of nationalism amongst the Indian youth.

Regarding the expanding Media & Entertainment sector, the Minister highlighted the vast requirement of skilled personnel in the sector in the country.  He referred the prominent role being played by the Government’s Skill India Initiative for upgrading skills under multiple disciplines.

On the re-launch of IIMC Journal “Communicator”, the Minister said that the Journal will provide academicians, research scholars, and media practitioners a platform to publish their articles, case studies and research papers related to the field of mass communication encouraging a healthy exchange of innovative, unique and transformative ideas that can lay the foundations to the ‘communication paradigm of the future’. The journal ‘Communicator’ is one of the oldest Journals on mass communication, in publication since 1965. It started as Quarterly Journal in 1965 and later became a yearly publication.

 The 67th batch of Development Journalism course at IIMC has 23 scholars (12 females and 11 males) from 19 different countries.

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