The executive council of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has decided to name the main road of the campus after the name of late former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee who began his carrier as a jouirnalist.
The apex decision making body of India’s premiere media training institute also approved new faculty positions for IIMC campuses situated at Dhenkanal, Amravati, Aizawl, Jammu and Kottayam. The meeting was chaired by Amit Khare , Secretary of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Chairman of Executive Council.
Director General of IIMC, K G Suresh who is also a member secretary of executive council said the council has also approved the proposal to organise an annual lecture at the institute in the memory of former Prime Minister. The institution would also sign a Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Uzbekistan State University of Languages.
Explaining about the fake news, he said that the institute is engaged in organizing workshops on the subject and developing pedagogy for the same.
The EC meeting also approved a maximum medical reimbursement of up to Rs 30000 for the retired employees. The meeting was also attended by Professor Makhhan Lal of the Delhi Institute of Heritage Research and Management, Professor Vijay Dharukar, VC of Tripura Central University, Rakesh Khar, Editor ( Special Projects), Network 18, Hitesh Shankar, Editor (Panchjanya), Smita Prakash, Director News, ANI.