The annual Orientation Programme, dedicated for providing career guidance to new students, will be held this year in online mode in Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal between October 26 and 28. Founder of Shri Vaidik Mission Trust, Rajkot, Swami Dharmbandhu and Vice Chancellor Prof KG Suresh will inaugurate the programme on October 26 at 10.30 am.
Many renowned and eminent personalities Padmashree recipient journalist Shri Alok Mehta, Media director and president of Reliance Industries Umesh Upadhyay, editor of Business World Shri Anurag Batra, group editor of Times Network Navika Kumar, editor of News.com Alok Verma, Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Prof Sanjeev Sharma will interact with students.
Registrar Prof Avinash Bajpai informed that 80,000 students of Associated Study Centres of the university will also join the Orientation Programme first time.
In the inaugural session, key note speaker Swami Dharmabandhu will deliver address on ‘Power of Youth and Future of India’. Vice Chancellor Prof KG Suresh will preside over it.
In the first technical session, at 12 noon, Group Editor of Times Network, Navika Kumar will deliver lecture ‘Challenges in New Age Journalism’. Editor and Business Head of TV-9 Network, Shri Rakesh Khar will address the second technical session on ‘Media Entrepreneurship’. Editor-in-Chief Shri Alok Verma will address the third technical session on ‘Digital Media: Future and Opportunities’ at 3 pm.
On the second day on October 27, senior journalist Shri Alok Mehta will address the session at 10 am on ‘Patrakarita Ki Laxman Rekha’. Media Director of Reliance Industries and President Umesh Upadhyay will address the session on ‘New Media: Opportunities and Challenges’at 1 pm. Senior editorial advisor of DD News, Ashok Shrivastava' will deliver a lecture on 'Changing dimensions of Television News' at 2 pm. Founder and Director of Grey Matters Communication Dr Navneet Anand will address the session on 'PR Vaccine for Post Covid Business' at 3.30 pm.