MoS I&B
felicitates 65th Development Journalism Course participants
IIMC Social
Media Platforms launched
Minister
releases a memento as part of IIMC Golden Jubilee celebrations
Minister
of State for Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore said
that with changing communication paradigm, the global
community was existing in a borderless world. The advent of internet, online
news, social media and satellite communication had completely overhauled the
communication and information space.The Minister stated this today while
delivering his address at the 65th convocation ceremony of Diploma
Course in Development Journalism at IIMC, New Delhi.
Elaborating
further, Col. Rathore said that Communication had been a critical component of
the Governments outreach strategy through people centric initiatives and
innovative approaches. Citing the example of Mann kiBaat program and My Gov
Portal the Minister said that innovative use of such two way communication
platforms had helped government solicit the views from people for better
Governance and to also understand their communication needs and perspective.
Earlier,
during his visit to IIMC, Col. Rathore also interacted with IIS Officer
Trainees currently undergoing training at IIMC. He urged the Officer Trainees
to develop skills, aptitude and understanding of media landscape in taking
forward the Government communication roadmap.
Col.
Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of State for I&B also launched the Social
Media Platforms of IIMC and a memento as a part of the Golden Jubilee
celebrations of the Institute which was established in 1965.
The
Development Journalism Course at IIMC was an endeavour towards promoting
international cooperation and understanding, especially among countries of the
Developing World, through the exchange of experience, expertise and innovations
in the field of harnessing communication as a tool of development. Sponsored by
the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, IIMC conducts a specific
course on Development Journalism for media personnel from Developing Countries. The present 65th Diploma Course, of four
months’ duration, would be concluding on 30th April 2016. Over the years, IIMC
has trained 1,479 foreign participants from 125 countries, ranging
alphabetically from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The course has participants from
Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya,
Madagascar, Mongolia, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and
Vietnam.
The
Course attracts not only mid-career journalists from news agencies, print and
electronic media of various developing countries, but also Information Service
Officers manning the government media of various developing countries.
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
No comments:
Post a Comment