To be a Journalist in India

The candidate must be a graduate in any stream to take the course. The application fee is 2360 that needs to be sent either online or offline along with the application form. The admission process is easy. One has to give an online test at the center assigned. Then, there is an interview in Chennai, taken by a 4-5 member panel. The ads are available online or one can visit the college site to find an admission link.

This is by far the best Journalism college in India. There are esteemed journalists and academicians as teachers or guest lecturers. There are periodical exams to test your knowledge of the course. However, the practicality of journalism and the daily mock activities the course offers makes one feel like a journalist even while studying.

The campus placement is very active. They make sure that not even one person is left unattended. They also train students for interviews and tests. The Print, Radio, TV, and New Media students, all have plenty of opportunities to get to where they want.

I got placed at Times Now in the output desk. The placement system is very active and the professors make sure that everyone lands a job. There was a collaboration with BBC during my tenure in the college. We could also apply to study Journalism abroad with the college partners.

There are multiple workshops and a good morning Chennai mock that works almost daily and the job is to run a 24*7 news channel. There are discussions with multiple teachers and the head journalists in India and abroad. The students play Badminton and Football as and when they get time. There is also a Table Tenis table and carrom inside the campus. The library is full of all the books one can possibly need. The classroom is well equipped with a camera, ppt, and good seating arrangement. There are advanced machines and cameras to help one get familiarised with the real world.

The hotel life is the most amazing part of the process. You get to share life with the most brilliant people from different fronts and share their life for ten good months. We eat, share, study, and work on the projects together and in the evenings we go to the beach to discuss life's existential crisis.

One has to face a five-member panel during admission. They ask questions about your academic background, the politics of the nations, international relations, literature, etc. They ask particularly about the geography and politics of your state and of South India.