Indira Gandhi National Tribal University and UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh would work together on a course of media and child rights.
Technical expert group meeting was held at Department of Communication and media studies of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University at Amarkantak in which experts of media studies, media, faculty and UNICEF participated to work out five day curriculum of the certificate course of media and child rights which will be undertaken by Department of Communications and Media studies of the tribal university.
Michael Juma, Chief UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh, said that the aim was to design a programme for media professionals so that we can help increase discourse on the issues of tribal children and women in Madhya Pradesh particularly on stunting, immunization, child marriage and other key priorities which impact tribal communities in the State.
UNICEF and technical experts met Prof TV Kattimani, Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University and aim to explore to start a course on child rights or integrate in the social work course and integrate a module on communication for development was discussed.
UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh office and IGNTU will work out a plan to take this forward. The team from UNICEF consisted of Michael Juma, Chief UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh, Anil Gulati, Communication Specialist, UNICEF- MP, Sujan Sarkar, PME officer UNICEF- MP. Experts who were part of Technical expert group included Sanjay Dwivedi, Dean Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Sarvesh Tripathi, Radhey Shyam, senior journalists, Shefali Chaturvedi Executive Producer, BBC Media Action Group, Prof Manukonda Rabindranath, Dean, Communication and Media studies, IGNTU and faculty members of IGNTU.
Anil Gulati, Communication specialist shared that we have drawn a course outline and with support of Dean IGTNU, plan to do the course in Jan 2019 and we will have more media experts from the State which will guide the process keeping in the State perspective in context.