State Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon on Thursday launched a week-long course on book publishing for those holding a graduate degree at the Ranchi University’s Human Resource Centre in the Academic Staff College, Morhabadi.
RU V-C Dr Ramesh Kumar pandey announced on the occasion that the certificate course will soon be a regular course at the Ranchi University for the benefit of students at the inaugural ceremony. “The seven-day course has been beneficial in providing employment opportunities for the students in the past. Hence, we are already in talks to imbibe the course as a regular one in the ‘Add-on’ category soon,” said Pandey.
Classes for the course have been scheduled to be held from 10am till 5pm everyday at the human resource centre in Academic Staff College on RU campus at Morabadi at a fee of `1,000 that ends on February 4.
The course, which is a joint effort by the National Book Trust (NBT) and the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry, this session, witnessed a total of 67 students’ enrollment for the course against a seat capacity of 60.
The Production Officer of NBT Narendra Kumar said that the syllabus of the course and few relevant details. He said that the course provides an overview of publishing, and its different areas, like editing, production, design, sales and marketing. “It is designed keeping in view the needs of the industry. The course also includes interactive sessions, case studies, group discussions and project work. The course has been very attractive to students across the nation and making students choose publishing as their career choice,” said Narendra Kumar.
Kumar also said that the course has attracted more students and that was the reason why all 67 students were admitted for the same, which was beyond the full capacity. “Study materials for the lectures and reading lists will be provided to the students, inclusive in the fee. lunch and snacks will be provided to the participants during the course of the programme. Members of the faculty are drawn from leading publishing houses and institutions, universities, and experts from NBT,” added Kumar.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of RU reiterated the importance of the course and talked about how this is helping the youth in procuring jobs in the publishing sector. “Keeping the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative in skill development in mind, the NBT had designed the programme that would help the regular graduate and post-graduate youth in acquiring the necessary skills and and seeking employment in well-reputed publishing firm. This course undoubtedly is also encouraging and preserving the book culture in the country,” said PK Jha.
Similar certificate courses on book publishing have also been held for students of Agartala University, Gangtok University and Udaipur University in the recent past that witnessed over 100 students each enrolling for the course. Calcutta University was the first university to start a one-year diploma course.