Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is an Indian

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training institute for the Indian Information Service Cadre funded and promoted by the

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. The IIMC is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The then Minister in charge of Information and Broadcasting, Indira Gandhi formally inaugurated the institute on 17 August 1965.

Institutes

The institute has headquarters in

and five regional campuses at

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Academics

IIMC teaches a variety of disciplines including print journalism, photo journalism, radio journalism, television journalism, English journalism, Hindi journalism, Urdu journalism, development communication, communication research, advertising and public relations, Digital media. Admission to these courses is through an All India Entrance Examination followed by group discussions and interviews. It also offers Diploma Course in Development Journalism for non-aligned and

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. The institute was basically set up to provide training to the officers of the Indian Information Service. The institute also conducts each year a number of specialised short-term courses to meet the training needs of media personnel working in government and public sector organisations.

Notable alumni

* Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan, India's first openly transgender civil servant. *

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, Social Worker, and founder of Goonj (NGO) *

Arun Krishnamurthy Arun Krishnamurthy (born 1986) is an Indian environmental activist who has initiated the campaign of cleaning various lakes across India. He is known for founding the Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) 2011 based in Chennai which has it ...

, Social Worker, and founder of Environmentalist Foundation of India * Chitra Subramaniam, known for breaking the infamous Bofors scandal *

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, journalist, writer and columnist *

Deepak Chaurasia Deepak Chaurasia (born 1968) is an Indian journalist and Hindi-language news anchor for Zee News. Early life Deepak Chaurasia was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He received his diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communic ...

, Editor-in-chief India News * Sudhir Chaudhary, Editor in chief, Zee News * Hasleen Kaur, Actress, model and Miss India Earth 2011 * Neelesh Misra, author, journalist and

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* Mandeep Punia, Freelance Journalist *

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, Media Pedagogue, Researcher, and Journalist; Assistant Professor at

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, Editor, HT City * Sourav Mishra, journalist, livelihood interventionist, researcher *

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, journalist, and anchor of NDTV 24x7 *

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, Head of the Department of Journalism at Lady Shri Ram College for Women * Vivek Agnihotri, Indian film director * Željko Malnar,

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, Writer, journalist, publisher and filmmaker * Rahul Roushan, Satirist, Social and Political Commentator, Founder of Faking News and Opindia.com * Vishakha Singh, Bollywood Actor * Sheikh Noorul Hassan,

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Alumni Association

IIMC Alumni Association (IIMCAA) meets every year at their annual event Connections. Held at various cities across India and worldwide in Chapters, alumni regularly meet and network.

References

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