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IIMC boosts academic, training ecosystem with Rs 200 crore infra push

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has undertaken several measures, including an investment of about Rs 200-crore in infrastructure development, to strengthen its academic and training ecosystem, a government official said. The institute has also launched new programmes, modernized its facilities, and achieved significant milestones in media education and training, IIMC Registrar Nimish Rustagi said. He added that the institute, which has been declared a 'Deemed to be University', launched two MA programmes - Media Business Studies and Strategic Communication - in August with an intake of 80 students. "The year 2024 marked a remarkable focus on modernising and upgrading the institution's infrastructure. The big push came in the form of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting approving proposals of almost Rs 200 crore for constructing IIMC's own campus at Amravati, Maharashtra and expansion of the campus here," Rustagi said. These projects, he said, would come to ...

IIMC granted deemed-to-be-university status, empowered to award degrees

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), a leading institution for Journalism and Mass Communication, has been granted the status of a deemed university, empowering it to award degrees rather than just diplomas, officials said on Wednesday. "The IIMC has been declared as deemed-to-be-university under distinct category. The declaration extends to IIMC New Delhi and its five regional campuses located in Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), Amravati (Maharashtra), Aizawl (Mizoram), Kottayam (Kerala), and Dhenkanal (Odisha). With this new status, IIMC is now authorised to offer degrees, including doctoral degrees," an official said. The institute established under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, on 17 August 1965, is one of the premier institutions of its kind in the country, providing quality training in journalism and undertaking meaningful research in the field of media and mass communication. The IIMC is also the training academy for Indian ...

President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates education-related in Mizoram

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday inaugurated various education-related projects in Mizoram, including two girls' hostels, a government college and the permanent campus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) here. Addressing the 17th convocation ceremony of Mizoram University (MZU), Murmu, who is on a two-day maiden visit to the northeastern state, urged students to use the knowledge and skills they have gained for the progress of the society and the nation. She urged them to take up the responsibility of educating the uneducated. Murmu also noted that the university has made "serious efforts in promoting academics", resulting in remarkable progress in the fields of science, arts, commerce, engineering and medical Sciences. More than 6,800 students, including 52 gold medalists, were conferred various degrees, including PhD and MPhil, on the occasion. The president expressed happiness over the fact that girls comprise over 50 per cent of the students that graduated in

Business Standard's Somesh Jha wins IIMCAA award for best business reporter

Jha, who broke the news on India's record unemployment level, was also adjudged IIMC alumnus of the year 2019

Protesting fee hike, IIMC students threaten hunger strike from Tuesday

The IIMC students have been protesting since December 3

IIMC students join JNU protest; complain against unaffordable fee structure

The protest against high cost of education spread from Jawaharlal Nehru University to the neighbouring Indian Institute of Mass Communication on Tuesday, where students agitated against the "unaffordable" fee structure, claiming the IIMC administration has turned a "blind eye" to their issues. The students said their protest was against the high tuition fee and "unruly" hostel and mess charges, considering IIMC is a publicly funded institute. Astha Savyasachi, a student of English Journalism at IIMC, said Rs 1,68,500 for a ten-month course in addition to hostel and mess charges is unaffordable for poor and middle-class students. She said students have to leave the course after the first semester because of this. The fee for a course in Radio & TV Journalism is Rs 1,68,500, for Advertising and PR it is Rs 1,31,500, for Hindi Journalism it is Rs 95,500, Rs 95,500 for English Journalism, and Rs 55,500 for Urdu Journalism. Hostel and mess charges cost around Rs 6,500 for women and Rs .

IIMC adopts CCS rules, faculty to be barred from criticising the govt

The committee brushed aside the teachers' contention regarding unconditional and absolute freedom

IIMC holds offline admissions for vacant SC/ST seats in PG diploma courses

Students should refer to IIMC Brochure available on the official website of IIMC on iimc.gov.in

Business Standard's Tomar, Dash win IIMCAA awards for business reporting

Vireshwar Tomar's blockchain report won him award for best economic and business reporting, Jayajit Dash received a special jury mention for a report on states' under-preparedness for Saubhagya scheme

I&B Ministry working for Deemed University status for IIMC

Once it gets Deemed University status, it will be able to grant bachelor's and master's degrees

IIMC entrance exam results 2016 to be declared today

The interview process for the PG Diploma Courses 2016-17 will begin from the first week of July

IIMC administrative body reconstituted

The premier journalism school body has been reconstituted for the period of 2016-18

Senior IIMC faculty resigns

The professor quit after an order was issued transferring him to the media school's campus in Odisha