Urdu is the cultural heritage of all Indians:
Venkaiah Naidu
IIMC re-launches journal “Communicator”
67th Development Journalism course
inaugurated by I&B Minister
Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for
Information & Broadcasting has said that students
aspiring to become journalists in future must ensure that news and views are
not mixed. In order to be objective, every budding young journalist should have
an open mind to acquire maximum knowledge to present theperspective in an
objective manner. He urged students to keep abreast with the latest
developments, new technology and new modes of communication and should
inculcate a habit of reading to remain relevant and effective. He also called upon
IIMC to strive for journalism courses in all Indian languages to cater to the
communication needs of the citizens all across the country. The Minister stated
this while inaugurating the First PG Diploma course in Urdu Journalism, 67th
Diploma course in Development Journalism and the launch of IIMC Journal
“Communicator”, here today at Shastri Bhawan.
Speaking about the changing paradigm in
communication, the Minister said that Social Media has broken the boundaries of
time and space in communication. It was
a pre-requisite todayfor budding journalists to be social media savvy and to
have a watchful eye about the public perception on issues of local and
international importance.
Emphasizing on the training methodology,
Shri Naidu said that in the current scenario, it was important to include Case
studies and practical exposure as a part of curriculum for learning, practising
and applying new concepts. He also stressed the need to impart an outlook to budding
journalists, and communicators that is rooted in strong ethical values.
Complimenting IIMC on the new PG Diploma
course in Urdu Journalism, Shri Naidu saidthat Urdu journalism was an important
and integral part of media and communication landscape of our country which
played an important role in Freedom Struggle movement. Elaborating further, the
Minister emphasized on the critical role played by Maulana Azad’s newspaper
Al-Hilal which espoused the cause of Hindu-Muslim unity and strengthened the
inclusive ideals of Indian nationalism during the Freedom Struggle movement. He
also highlighted the important role played by newspapers like Naqeeb e-Hamdard,
Pratap, Milap, QuamiAwaaz, Zameendar, Hindustan in spreading the ideals of
nationalism amongst the Indian youth.
Regarding the expanding Media &
Entertainment sector, the Minister highlighted the vast requirement of skilled
personnel in the sector in the country. He
referred the prominent role being played by the Government’s Skill India
Initiative for upgrading skills under multiple disciplines. He added that the
vision of this Government under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister was to
bring Transformational changes in all sectors.
He complemented IIMC for playing a pivotal role in bridging the skill
gap currently prevailing in this domain as a premier academic institution in
the country.
On
the re-launch of IIMC Journal “Communicator”, the Minister said that the
Journal will provide academicians, research scholars, and media practitioners a
platform to publish their articles, case studies and research papers related to
the field of mass communication encouraging a healthy exchange of innovative,
unique and transformative ideas that can lay the foundations to the
‘communication paradigm of the future’. The journal ‘Communicator’ is one of the
oldest Journals on mass communication, in publication since 1965. It started as
Quarterly Journal in 1965 and later became a yearly publication.
While inaugurating the 67th
Development Journalism course, the Minister said India is today regaining the
lost glory of being the Knowledge hub of the world. The Development Journalism
course provided a great opportunity for understanding and appreciating each
other’s culture, and developing bonds of friendship. He added that journalist
scholars from various Developing Countries were unofficial Ambassadors of India
who shall provide a link of brotherhood among different cultures through their
writings.The 67thbatch of Development Journalism course at IIMC has
23 scholars (12 females and 11 males) from 19 different countries.
Courtesy:pib.nic.in
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