DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication ((Earlier as Department of Media and Communication) has been created to produce industry-ready professionals, who are proficient with the art of media storytelling. The department plays a significant role in being a gateway to the exciting and evolving world of media, communication and entertainment. The department has a practical approach and it teaches one to think like a media professional and analyze and critique the larger media and entertainment ecosystem. Convergence and multimediality constitute the twin approaches that mark the conduction of programmes at the department. Platform-agnostic storytelling, media ethics and media entrepreneurship form the guiding rocks of all the programmes conducted by the department.

Our Vision

To provide industry-oriented and effective higher education in media, communication and entertainment with a hawk’s eye on the three primary yet contemporary professional factors – convergence, ethics and entrepreneurship.

Our Mission

  1. Create socially conscious and industry-ready media professionals through a convergent and ethically oriented education and an organically developed and relevant curriculum.
  2. Develop and augment skills pertaining to innovation, analysis, ethics and entrepreneurship among the media professionals of tomorrow. 
  3. Instil the sense of empathy and produce competent and responsible media professionals.
  4. Develop the capacity to form effective relationships and produce media professionals, who can make a difference.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Field-based approach of delivering media, communication and entertainment lessons and storytelling method of education.
  • Convergence model of media education.
  • Research-driven and industry-backed curricula.
  • Media Entrepreneurship, Media Ethics and Media Technology integrated into the curriculum.
  • Regular industry interfaces.
  • Opportunity to pursue a minor course along with the major degree.
  • Alumni placement assistance up to three years.
  • Adamas Comprehensive Excellence (ACE) Score for holistic development.
  • Placement assistance for up to five years.
  • Industry alliances.