Best Journalism School in India: IIMC Dhenkanal

IIMC Dhenkanal is surrounded by hills and forest so be careful with monkeys, snakes, scorpions and other insects like spider very common you will find it regularly. Rains almost every month, especially during August to October, carry Umbrella with you and torch to prevent bite of snake or scorpion. The tank top is one of the most beautiful places in IIMC Dhenkanal which gives a view of the whole town.

Basically it is a Journalism course which comprises of both the Bachelors and Master course as a student from various field join this course so they teach everything. In English Journalism subjects like Communication Theory and Research, Media Laws, Media Ethics and Regulatory, History of Journalism, Editing, Reporting, Corporate Communication, Public Relation, Advertising and Management, Radio and Television Production, Digital Journalism, Development Journalism, Photography, Film Appreciation, Broadcast Journalism, Editing and Reporting Practical and Specialized Beat Reporting.

Many companies visit IIMC campus there is both regional as well as main campus placement companies like India Today Group, Times of India, Hindustan Times, Radio Mirchi FM, Business Standard, Samaj, Nandigosh, Zee Media, Tata Group, India News, Headlines Today, Star News, News Laundry, Ad Factor Pr, Accenture, etc visit campus and Many new startups also co.e and select students. Select student selection is based either on marks put by certain companies like 65-75 percentage in IIMC postgraduation in Semester first and second and throughout more than 65% in academic but many companies don't follow they take there own test like editing, subbing, general Knowledge and personal or skype interview for selection once you are selected by the company you cannot further sit in campus placement in any of campus.

Various festivals and events are celebrated in IIMC DHENKANAL like Holi, Lohri, Diwali, Basant Panchami, Ganesh Puja, Laxmi Puja, Janmashtami, Mahashivratri, Regional Odisha festivals, Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti. Apart from this IIMC celebrates foundation day on 17 August every year as IIMC Delhi was established on 17 August and IIMC Dhenkanal on 14 August so on 17 August Foundation Day is celebrated. Hindi Diwas, Press Day, Odia Day is also celebrated in IIMC. Darpan- The Truth of Life is Theatre society which is founded by Pritam Kashyap and team in 2019 hopes to celebrate Theater day and hopes it continues every year. Photography Workshop is organized in September and is curated by International Photographers Tabeena Anjum Qureshi and Himanshu Vyas. Film Chakkar is organized in January and curated by National Awardee Film Critic Dr. Piyush Roy, Nadeem Khan, etc. Various other programs like Shabadanjali ( poem reciting) , Newspaper Day, Radio Day, etc are celebrated in IIMC. Even IIMC Alumni meeting is also organized in with the help of students.

I found Fees structure is feasible but might be expensive also as various students of India gives exam and get selected and their incomes range also varies. In 2019 there was a strike in the IIMC Delhi campus regarding the hike in the fees so the government decided now not to increase fees of the course as they were increasing every year by 10%. Apart from this freeship of 21,500 is also given to students with income certificates and EWS.

No, i did not opt for scholarship or loan but there are facilities for this students are given freeships of 21,500 with income below 8 lakh per annum and EWS. Also, IIMCAA also gives scholarship to the random student, not any criteria is based for this apart from this student who comes first also gets a scholarship of Rs 10000 each,

In 2019 the ratio of girls was more than boys. In IIMC Dhenkanal once you have taken admission you always have to be ready for activities they send you for ground reporting, cover festivals like Laxmi Puja, Bali Jatra , Joranda Mela etc. Yes, they also organize various competitions like English Odia and Hindi Debate, Creative Writing, Press day Debate, etc. They have their own Radio Production room and Apna Radio, Tv Production Room, Computer Labs, library, Mind Space, Reading Room, Media Museum, etc. There is a badminton court, Table tennis room, Yoga Center, gym equipment, cricket is also played inside the campus on a small scale, carrom and chess facilities are also available on campus.

The hostel is basically any government hostel. They provide you bed, pillow, mosquito net, dustbin, table chair, cupboard, none room. The washroom has geyser. They have separate hostel for boys and girls namely Bhramaputra and Mahanadi and hostel timings are till 9 : 30 pm then warden closes hostel gates.

IIMC has a strong Alumni Association named IIMCAA (Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association)and it celebrates its meeting every year with title Connections so that everyone can connect with IIMC whether new or old students moreover they also give various awards to IIMC Alumni and present students. Even they organize connections apart from six states where IIMC has a centre.

I gave an entrance examination of IIMC for English Journalism then I was selected for interview and group discussion i qualified and got IIMC Dhenkanal from my performance. Basically here you don't get to know marks only examination roll number and name is declared. Yes, the procedure is somehow similar to the civil services examination. I found the Journalism course interesting and I wanted to become Journalist as we all know media is the fourth pillar of democracy so it should be considered as important as bureaucrats examination because Journalist is the people who influence daily life of everyone be rich or poor, politicians or bureaucrats, etc. It teaches us the importance of the pen is a more powerful weapon. Entrance Examination is held in May end or June first week and then the interview is scheduled in July and classes to start from 1 August in all centers.

IIMC faculties are best in the School of Journalism and they are experienced in teaching and professional work. Most teachers which i am mentioning can be googled and they have known personalities who come and teach like Prof. (Dr.) Mrinal Chatterjee, Sambit Pal, Jyoti Prakash Mohapatra, Jitender Pati, Srimoy Patra, Thrimouy Banerjee, Prof. Subir Ghosh, Jitender Narayan, Tabeena Anjum Qureshi, Himanshu Vyas, Nadeem Khan, Dr. Piyush Roy, Uma Shankar Pandey, Subrat Pati, etc. Mostly they are editors, film critic, photographer, radio /tv experts, dean, etc.