Mass Communication & Media

Journalism is a wide field where you will find number of opportunities and the fields where you can try. This course is not just limited to one choice, you will have a vast categories of options. After completing the course of journalism you may get into the field of any print media organisation, electronics media organisation, or a digital house. One may be appointed as a journalist, photographer, correspondent, copy writer/ script writer, editor of any newspaper, news channel or website, news reader, anchor, copy editor, news writer for any website, cartoonist, etc. You may even work as a freelancer where you have the opportunity to work for several organisations at one time and get paid for your work. In India there are vast options for the youngsters as media is emerging so vastly in our country that the requirements are increasing day by day. There are lots of channels like Aaj Tak, IBN 7, India TV, ABP news etc. , Newspaper like Hindustan Times, Navbharat Times, Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran, Mint, The Pioneer, etc. And even the magazines. This all depends on your choice and interest.

Institute of Professional Studies, Meerut offers 3 years programme, with distance/correspondence. Students must have cleared 10+2 (any stream) with 50% marks aggregate with English as a subject. Whereas Technia Institute of Advanced Studies too offers 3-year B.J. M. C. programme with same eligibility criteria. No doubt it is affiliated to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University but it does not provide the facilities to the students. As per my knowledge both the colleges are not good for pursuing the course of journalism and mass communication because the help and facilities that should be provided are not the up to the mark. Moreover, there are no proper labs and instructions, no good environment as well as teaching standards are also not good. Moreover, students are prepared according to the professional course.

It offers 3-year full time programme of Bachelor in journalism and mass communication. One must apply and register for the course and then he/she will get selected on the basis of a small interview and 12th marks. The student must have cleared 12th with 50% marks in any stream. The placement process is good here. Following are the recruiters visiting here - Vodafone, Airtel, Accenture, Da Milano, Shine Media, Google, etc. It offers Bachelors, Masters and doctor degree in the same course. The basic idea of the college is to provide students all the facilities, train with all the necessary skills and ethical values. Proper labs are provided, practical exposure is provided and there is a competitive course curriculum. Other facilities like gym, conference halls, computer halls, auditorium, recording room, etc. Are also available. On the other hand, Teerthanker Mahaveer University also offers 3 years full time journalism and mass communication programme.

3-year full time journalism and mass communication course. It is one of the old universities, some students like its vintage environment whereas some don't. It has a placement cell that gives all the students opportunities to get placed in good companies of India. Students are placed on the basis of their academic performance. They are judged on the basis of all their activities in the professional field. There are many media houses for the students to get placed in organizations like Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar, Navbharat Times, Hindustan Times and Times of India, news channels like News World, India TV, Zee News, ABP News, etc. Thank you.

Teerthanker Mahaveer University offers 3-years full-time journalism and mass communication course to the students. It has a training and placement cell that aims to provide every student proper training to the students and help to develop all the skills. It helps the students to work on soft skills, presentation skills, interview skills, etc. It is considered to be good in terms of the placement provided to the students. The average salary offered to the students is approximately 2 Lacs. Apart from this, infrastructure is quite beautiful. For the students of B.J. M. C. it provides industrial visit. The recruiters are- JET Airways, Radio, Tanishq, Uttam Strips, TCS, Triveni, media houses, etc. This university has various facilities for the students- audiovisual lab (TV studio), radio lab, print media lab, photography lab, computer and multimedia lab, library, etc. Recently it has conducted students' visit to AAJ TAK, India Today media institution, India TV conclave-Samvaad. The placement status of the students is good too. Students get the opportunities in the field of print media, electronic media, government sector, etc.

Mass Communication is in its second decade of working in the media education and has been there as a reliable name since the say when mass comm and media studies were not the hotcakes. Apeejay courses are much appreciated and have a strong standing as well. The projects and Assignments done by students are industry and job oriented and lead to better placements. The institute boasts of an innovative course structure in which digital media and online journalism is a rare offering from any institution. In fact, AIMC is offering this course at a time when the most trending thing is the internet and digital media. Placements are bound to be the best for this course. NDTV, ZEE, Ogilvy and Mather, Times of India, JWT, Doordarshan, Mudra, LokSabha, My FM, WIZCRAFT, Radio City, ANI, The Asian Age and much more have been there for hiring and the AIMC Alumni are at these places with credible working.