The three-day Orientation programme of the Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication concluded here on Wednesday.
Higher Education Minister of State, Umashankar Gupta was present as the chief guest at the programme. While addressing the students, Gupta said that such orientation should be organised by all the institutions.
He further said that he would issue directives in this regard to the institutions. The Minister said that journalism is full of challenges and therefore, it is important for the students to understand all responsibilities awaiting them once they enter the profession.
Moreover, vice-chancellor of the university, professor Brij Kishore Kuthiala said that each individual must have larger vicinity to serve. The purpose of the orientation programme was not merely to give the students the knowledge in the field of journalism.
NK Singh spoke on ‘Media and Social Welfare’ said that even today journalism is not only a profession but a passion. Editor of ‘Sahara Almi’ the Urdu channel of the Sahara Group, Syed Faisal Ansari said that this is high time, reality shows on the national television news channels and only news should be telecasted in prime time.
Talking about ‘Democratisation of Media and Web Journalism’ Jaideep Karnik, Editor, Webduniya Indore said that the internet has made every citizen potential journalists. Dhananjay Pratap Singh, state bureau chief of Navdunia, encouraged students to up-skill themselves for media industry as it has a bright scope.
Commissioner of Horticulture department of the state, Anurag Shrivastava said that the future belongs to e-governance. Apart from discussing the employment opportunities in the field of computer, IT and e-governance, he also answered many questions related to the field.