Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal

The course fee for PG Diploma varies with different specialisations. The course fee is the combination of various fee components that can either be refundable or non refundable. Check out the official website to learn in detail about the fee structure. 
The course fee for PG Diploma is INR 47,000 to INR 87,000. The course fee must be paid  by the candidates who make it to the final shortlist. 

The following are the specialisations that candidates can choose to apply from at IIMC Dhenkanal: \

• PG Diploma in Journalism
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Radio & TV Journalism.  
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Public Relations.  
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Digital Media

Candidates can choose to apply from the following courses through the application form that is available on the official website. 

The following scholarships are offered to candidates wishing to pursue a course at IIMC Dhenkanal: 

• Rati Aggarwal Scholarship: Awarded to meritorious female candidate applying to the Hindi Journalism course
• Star TV Scholarship: Candidates with high merit pursuing the Radio and TV Journalism course are awarded the same

The scholarships are made available for candidates to make higher education more accessible. 

Candidates wishing to submit the application form to register for courses on offer by IIMC Dhenkanal must keep the following documents handy: 

• Class 10 marksheet
• Class 12 marksheet 
• Graduation marksheet 
• Government authorised identity proof

A scanned of these above mentioned documents might be required to upload on the application form. 

Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal accepts IIMC entrance test scores for admission to PG Diploma courses. As per the IIMC 2024 cutoff for Round 2, the closing ranks for PG Diploma in English Journalism was 635 for the General AI category candidates. So, considering the latest round cutoff, candidates seeking admission to IIMC Dhenkanal must secure a rank upto 635 to be eligible for PGDM admission. 

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the IIMC Dhenkaal category-wise Round 2 closing ranks:

Fees for a PG Diploma in Oria Journalism is around 37,000 to 47,000 rupees and for the English Journalism is around 87,000 rupees.

No, you cannot get direct admission to the PG Diploma programmes at IIMC Dhenkanal. Admission is based on either the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-PG) conducted by the National Testing Agency for most courses, or a separate entrance exam conducted by IIMC for the Odia, Marathi, Malayalam and Urdu journalism courses.

The highest package goes upto 10 to 12 lpa. The starting package also starts from 60,000 to 70,000 rupees per month i.e. 7.2 LPA to 8.4 LPA.

For Pg Diploma in English Journalism, the cutoff rank is 478 in 2023 and 246 rank in 2022.

Tuition fee for Oria Journalism is around 37K rupees and for English Journalism is around 87K rupees. The fees structure is affordable when compared to other private colleges. Also, the value that this degree adds to one's CV is totally worth the cost. But in first six months you got a chance to become trainee as various media companies where you get around 20k rupees per month as stilend.

So, in my opinion it is not that expensive you will recover your tuition fee from doing trainee job in first six months.