The tales of Visva Bharati.

The syllabus of the course is pretty nice with diversified subjects alsong with specialization subjects in the 3rd and 4th semester. Some compulsory subjects include Tagore Studies and Basics of Communication. The course also includes Development Communication, Online media, Journalism, Gender studies, Advanced Audio Visual Production. The department is well equipped a mac lab but it only have 5 macs. The curriculum also includes Design, UIUX, Graphics design etc, and the curriculum is continuously updating with moden media teachings. The curriculum mostly prepare us for Academic Purposes than Industry.

The internship opportunities are mostly unpaid and is provided to us during the 4th semester of our study. Some of the companies include Indian Communication Congress, Brandwind, AIR, Doordarshan, etc. Also many NGOs come to provide with internship opportunities.

Being a Central government University the programme fees is comparatively low compared to the private universities. The feedback structure is divided into 2 years structure for all category students. The fee for the 1st year for General, OBC and EWS students is Rs. 26,000 which includes ( Admission fees - 5000, Tuition fees - 5000, lab fees - 5000, couse fee - 8000, caution money (refundable) - 500 and some additional charges. The examination fees is taken before semester exams which is around 300 per semester. The fees for 2nd year is Rs. 19,000, which includes 5000 Library fees, 5000 tuition fees, 8000 Course fee and other fees. Many scholarships are available out of which is SVMCM - Swami Vivekananda metrit scholarship is the most common which gives 24000 Rs to every student who fulfils the criteria each year of study.

The College life at Visva Bharati is very cultural towards Rabindranath Tagore's teachings. Holi / Dol is celebrated as a the most important festival of Visva Bharati University, it is called the Basanta Utsav. It also have many cultural festes like the Poush Mela, Barshamangala and the Ananda Bazar. The infrastructure of the University is very nice but sometimes basic amenities like Drinking water and Toilets is missing. Evey Department have Smart Classrooms and also Have some students let clubs like the photography and the science club.

Admission is taken through CUET, along with Councelling and Verification of Documents. The minimum percentage required in UG is 60%. Other colleges like Jadavpur University takes Own Entrance exams for same course and is comparatively tough to get admission. The admission to Visva Bharati is comparatively easy than compared to other Post Graduate in Media Studies.

The faculty is very helpful specially Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharya, our HOD who is very supportive in every student matter. Also Dr. Biplab Logo Choudhary and Arpan Pal equally supports us in any academic needs. The Faculty is easily approachable for mentorship during office hours. Semester exams happens every 5 to 6 months, with internal testes and projects in between. The semester exams are comparatively hard, many students fail in some subjects in the first semester. There is strict attendance criteria of 75%.

Bening in a Town, the night life does not include fancy clubs, bars or restaurants, it mostly consist of cafes and open space hangout spots like the Kopai River View, Ratan Pally or the Melar Math. Some of the famous cafes include Kasahara, Umul and Club Central.