Four new IIMCs (Indian Institute of Mass Communication) in the offing; Hope the one in Dhenkanal is upgraded
September 9th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard.
Four more Indian Institutes of Mass Communication (IIMC) will soon be set up in different parts of the country to meet growing demand for media professionals, taking the number of IIMCs to six.
The new IIMCs will come up in Jammu and Kashmir and Mizoram, besides in the southern and western regions, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni today said.
… She said the ministry will firm up proposals for setting up of IIMCs and the work will start soon.
Currently, there are two IIMCs in Delhi and Dhenkanal (Orissa).
Soni also said that her ministry is working out the modalities of upgrading IIMC as a world class university to provide undergraduate courses, offer MPhil and PhD degrees and serve as a think tank for media.
Currently IIMC (both Delhi and Dhenkanal campus included) has a total full-time faculty of 14, with only one mentioned in the context of Dhenkanal. I hope by upgrading IIMC both Delhi and Dhenkanal, especially Dhenkanal will have more faculty. The Orissa government should be proactive on this and try to find out if more land is needed at IIMC Dhenkanal.
Entry Filed under: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1),IIMC, Dhenkanal
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1. Iraaj Gupta | January 4th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
i am currently in class 10 and would like to know about the subjects that are required in class 11 and 12 to go into the mass communication stream. Also, i would like to know if i can persue mass communication after 12 standard.