The three-day orientation programme of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication will start on Thursday in Samanvay Bhawan. The pioneer who revolutionised international eradication of child labour and Nobel laureate, Kailash Satyarthi will be the chief guest of the inaugural session. University Vice-Chancellor Prof Brij Kishore Kuthiala will chair the function.
Programme convener and HoD of Mass Communication Sanjay Dwivedi informed that the inaugural session will start at 11 am.
The students will get opportunity to interact with renowned personalities of media and communication world and different dimensions of the society.
In all, 14 sessions to be addressed by experts of various genre, will be held during three-day event. News anchor of Aajtak channel Sayeed Ansari will speak on ‘Future of TV News’ in the second session at 12.30 pm.
In the third session, popular film director Sudipto Sen will address the students on ‘Career in Film Making’ at 2.30 pm.
The fourth session will be focused on ‘University: An Introduction’ and will be addressed by Sanjay Dwivedi on University’s history and development, followed by head of Advertising and Public Relations Department Pavitra Shrivastava, who will speak on admission, discipline and ragging. Head of Journalism Department Rakhi Tiwari will speak on ‘Mutual Relations’. Exam Controller Dr Rajesh Pathak will detail out process of examinations. This session will be conducted between 3.30 pm to 5 pm.
On the second day, sessions will be held on ‘Terrorism, Crime and Journalism’ by renowned crime report Vivek Agrawal (Mumbai) , ‘Rising India and Youth’ by Swami Dharmabandhu, ‘The World of Human Communication’ by renowned communication scholar and vice-chancellor of the university Prof Brij Kishore Kuthiala, ‘Time Management’ by former press officer of the President, Vijay Agrawal and on ‘Youth in Nation Building’ by Didi Mandakini.