The New Media Department of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal has been approved as a center for ‘World Graphics Design Skill Competition’.
This competition is being organised in Brazil in 2015. Indian regional contest is being organised at Bhopal on September 5 and 6, 2014. The competition is about designing graphics using Adobe Photoshope, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat on Apple Macintosh platform. The competition would be organised at 12 centers in India including two NIFT and other prestigious institutions of Bengluru and Mumbai.
A total of 22 students of final semesters of Multimedia and Animation of Makhanlal Chaturvedi Journalism University would take part in the competition. The Head of New Media Department, P Sasikala informed that the department has been chosen as a center for this international competition because of its infrastructure like Apple computers with Macintosh operating systems and other required software. This competition is informally also called ‘Skill Olympics’ and is organized once in every two years wherein hundreds of meritorious students participate from worldwide.
After successfully competing in the regional competition, the students would participate in the final competitions to be held in Pune and Brazil respectively.
This year, this event is organised in 69 parts of the world. In the last competition, Arun Raj of Chennai was felicitated at international level.Parakram, a contestant of the competition expressing delight said, “It’s a golden opportunity for us as the department has been selected as a center for this competition.”
Another student participating in the event, Shubham Panda said that it’s a great opportunity for them to be a part of such an international event and prove their mettle. “We are sure to be successful in this competition with our regular practice and hard work”, he added.