Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: Prof Sanjay Dwivedi, Director General (DG), Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), visited the Northern Regional Centre, Jammu Campus and interacted with the students.
On this occasion, Prof Sanjay Dwivedi said that with the time moving at its own pace and everything getting upgraded with it, the level of media education was becoming tough and the media companies would choose the candidates in a new way in future. “By incorporating certain skills, you will be able to face whatever challenges come in your journalistic career,” he added.
On this occasion, Prof Rakesh Goswami, Regional Director of IIMC, Jammu Campus; Prof Anil Saumitra, Dr Dilip Kumar, Dr Vinit Utpal and Vishwa were present along with the students of all the three courses of Journalism, including English, Hindi and Digital Media.
During the interaction, Prof Dwivedi encouraged media students and said, “You have chosen this media field due to your interest. If you develop your journalistic skills during the short duration of these courses, you can achieve your goal soon and you will rely that you have taken the right decision after eight-nine years.”
Director General of IIMC said that role of students was important in the development of the campus. “You are belonging to the new generation and have lots of new ideas. Therefore, it is the duty of the students to make IIMC Jammu campus that way that the students of forthcoming batch will prefer IIMC Jammu campus to learn journalistic skills to become a world leader in the field of journalism. It doesn’t matter where you come from. Make yourself worthy and make your family, society and nation worthy,” he said
Prof Dwivedi told the Journalism students that as a communicator, it was their responsibility to empower an ordinary citizen in the development of the society, country and world.
Earlier, DG IIMC inspected the new campus of the IIMC Northern Regional Centre and inaugurated the photo exhibition, organized by the students of Digital Media Course. He also launched the practical newspapers, magazines, calendar and web portals prepared by the students of English Journalism, Hindi Journalism and Digital Media courses.