A one day symposium on ‘Media in Higher Education and Industry Demands’ was recently organised by the department of Culture and Media Studies of Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ). Various queries related to the media industry including job opportunities were addressed and discussed by the eminent personalities from media academic and media industry.
In the opening session, prof MM Sanlunkhe, VC, CURAJ, emphasised the importance of culture and media. “As our objective is to preserve the culture, media department and cultural bodies should link with local community”.
HK Dua, former editor of the Hindustan Times and a Member of Parliament, discussed about the pre and post-independence press of India. “Media needs to protect their freedom with their own professionalism, objectivities, credibility and by serving the people’s interest. The media’s role is to analyse the issues related to the world, nation and the common people.”
TK Thomas, a renowned and famous radio journalist and broadcaster of India talked about the relevance of radio as a mass media in the age of cyber and the importance of fluent speaking. “Speaking is very important in the media, unless you speak well you can’t be a good media person and for improving your speaking, voice training is essential. Also in these days, media is giving more priorities to entertainment rather than doing the function of informing and educating the society.”
Ram Sharan Joshi, a senior journalist and former VC, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism and Communication Bhopal, said that media plays a great role in people’s life, society and state and it is also an extension of human senses. He said that it is our senses which give a definite shape to the media.