Institute of Mass Communication and Media Technology (IMC&MT), Kurukshetra University (KU) organised a seminar on How Much Social is Social Media at faculty lounge in University Campus on Friday.
lt Gen DDS Sandhu, Vice chancellor, KU said that social media has ability to mould public opinion and to sensationalise, de-humanise the news. Quoting the examples of the Nirbhaya case in Delhi & that of libya, he added that social media is the small key behind the big change.Vineet Kumar from media world said, “Call Social media a mix- vegetable as it has more flavors rather than calling it cabbage and onion. Being a blogger I must say that social media talks about individuality, morality, the real society which is not visible in other media." Senior journalist Gobind Thukral elaborated the social media's role in mobilizing the people. P S S Boora, Director of the Institute said that it’s good to ignite a discussion at various platforms that evaluate social media. The seminar concluded with an active and enthusiastic session.
Seminar on Education Development
Chandigarh: ICSSR North–Western Regional Centre, in collaboration with Department of Public Administration, Panjab University & Senior Citizens’ Council for Human Resource Development, Chandigarh is organising a two days seminar on “Education Development –Public Private Partnership” on April 16, in the ICSSR Complex, P U Campus.