AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre

Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Center
Other name
 AJK MCRC
Type Research Centre
Established 1982 (1982)
Parent institution
 Jamia Millia Islamia
Affiliation CILECT
Location New Delhi, India

Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Center (AJK MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi was established in 1982 by Anwar Jamal Kidwai, the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University in collaboration with Canadian filmmaker and York University professor James Beveridge and his wife Margaret Beveridge. It was initially funded by a grant from CIDA, the Canadian International Development Agency. It gives training in journalism, film and video production at a post-graduate level.

AJK MCRC has been constantly rated as the best journalism school of India. Many eminent personalities have been an alumnus of this institute. It is also known for the extremely hard selection process which it adopts to select students before finally giving admission to them. Only 50 students are selected to study for the prestigious Mass Communication course while other courses have 20 odd seats. It is considered hard to crack the entrance exam of MCRC & even harder to crack the personal interview. A panel of nearly 15 people are present in the interview panel for single student.

AJK MCRC is famous for selecting students after thoroughly going through their profile/portfolio & evaluating them on every possible angle. It is said that only "best of best" are selected to study at AJK MCRC. It is considered a matter of pride among journalism, film, entertainment aspirants/students to be selected for studying at MCRC.

Overview

The center offers courses including M.A. courses in Mass Communication, Convergent Journalism, Development Communication, Graphics and Animation as well as post graduate diplomas in, Still Photography, Acting and Broadcast Technology. The Center has the course of Convergent Journalism, an integrated master's degree program in print, broadcast, online and photo journalism.

Courses

Facilities

Production facilities

The AJKMCRC has analogue and digital systems for programme production. There are three TV studios for multi-camera productions and DV and HDV cameras (PD-150, PD-170, HVR Z-1, DSR 570 and Panasonic DVX 100) with accessories for single camera shoots. Other production equipment includes final cut pro non-linear editing machines of the G5 series, with dual processors for film & video, Avid Adrenaline Media Composers, Arriflex 16 SR III film cameras, Steinbeck film editing machines, digital audio work stations, sound studio, multimedia lab with software for print journalism, and still photography units. Recent additions to the production equipment include the Magnum Dolly system and the PICCOLO crane.

BBC programmes Hard Talk India and Face To Face which were presented by Karan Thapar were shot inside the television studio at AJK MCRC owing to its professional and high quality set up. The programmes were produced with the assistance of AJK MCRC’s staff and featured some of the biggest names in Indian public life including the ones listed below:

Media library

The media library has books, journals, films, video cassettes, audio cassettes, stock shots, and press clippings for the use of students. Students can use the Zakir Hussian Library of the university.

Community radio

The AJKMCRC as a part of its social commitment and responsibility towards the community within which it is situated, runs a community radio station on 90.4 FM. Addressing itself to the residents of the Jamia area, RADIO JAMIA broadcasts educational, enrichment and a wide range of rich socio-cultural programmes. These programmes can be heard around a radius of 10 kilometres on the Jamia campus. Currently, the radio programmes are produced by the students and the faculty of the AJKMCRC in collaboration with different groups and organisation in Delhi. RADIO JAMIA provides an excellent learning experience to our students.

As per The Hindu, "Radio Jamia, which started in 2005, broadcasts shows from 2-5 p.m. and replays the previous day’s broadcast from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The programme broadcast include an hour-long ghazal segment and a 20-minute dedicated show for regional songs covering diverse linguistic communities residing in its service area, apart from shows on education, health, sports and social issues."[1]

Media Resource Center

The Media Resource Centre at the AJK MCRC is an archive and theory centre devoted to documentary, film and contemporary media practices. It has been set up through a grant from Sir Ratan Tata Trust.

Student Achievements

Under the guidance of Professor Farhat Basir Khan, MCRC students Neal Kartik and Pranab Kumar Aich won the prestigious 'Student Focus Competition' at Sony World Photography Awards 2009, Cannes.[2] Jamia's team achieved the feat by defeating 60 of the world's best universities across continents and bagged a cash prize of 50,000 Euros.[3]

Ranking

Outlook Magazine has ranked AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia as the best institute for mass communication and journalism in India since the past four consecutive years starting 2013.

MCRC in the media

Affiliations

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ Nagpal, Akshita (28 July 2014). "Community radio makes waves" – via The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "Indian students win global photo awards".
  3. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Delhi and neighbourhood".
  4. ↑ "Top 10: Other Professional Colleges".
  5. ↑ "Top 10: Other Professional Colleges".
  6. ↑ "Top 10: Other Professional Colleges In 2015".
  7. ↑ "Top 10: Mass Comm Colleges In 2016".
  8. ↑ "Power of the medium". 30 April 2013.
  9. 1 2 "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Careergraph - Overthere".
  10. ↑ "Top 5 Mass Communication Institutions In Delhi-NCR".
  11. ↑ "Jamia Millia Islamia's journalism school rated 'best' in India". 27 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Jamia's journalism school rated best in India - The Economic Times".
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  14. ↑ 8, Pixl. "India receptive to science journalism training".
  15. ↑ http://twocircles.net/2013may03/mcrc_jamia_starts_two_new_courses_last_date_application_may_8.html#.Vbh5Ovmqqko
  16. ↑ "Another proud moment for Jamia institute". 11 March 2009 – via The Hindu.
  17. ↑ http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=hub220111DEAR_MR.asp

External links

See also

The course is taught by highly esteemed and qualified faculty, each with teaching experience at premier film making institutes in India and abroad.

Coordinates: 28°38′07″N 77°13′30″E / 28.635308°N 77.22496°E / 28.635308; 77.22496

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