Formal Media and Mass Communication education not only make one professionally qualified for serving in the Media industry, but also sharpens one’s communication skills to do better in any other field. This was stated by State Information Commissioner Dr Samudra Gupta Kashyap, while presiding over “Connections 2023” — the IIMC Alumni Association (Northeast chapter) annual meet here on Saturday evening.
Dr Kashyap, who is a distinguished alumnus of IIMC, said that being professionally qualified and trained, students passing out from the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) have not only entered various fields, but have also excelled in their performance. “IIMC alumni are all over. All good media houses, all good editors prefer IIMC pass-outs. But besides media, IIMC graduates have also found place in various government services including the IAS, IPS and IFS. The voluntary sector is also increasingly recruiting IIMC alumni,” Dr Kashyap said.
Speaking in the occasion, former IIMCAA president and Hindustan Times Digital Streams Chief Contents Officer Prasad Sanyal said it is important that aspiring journalists and media professionals from the Northeastern region target IIMC as their first choice. “It is heartening to note that IIMC graduates are today spread across the Northeastern region. Significantly, they have not remained confined to media, but have entered various other fields. A few of them are also successful entrepreneurs,” Sanyal said. HT New Initiatives editor and IIMCAA founding member Ritesh Verma, in his speech called for expanding the IIMC network in the region.
Nibir Deka, Northeast correspondent of Times Now, was handed over the IIMCAA-IFFCO Best Reporter award (Broadcast category) in the meet on Saturday. The award carries a cheque of Rs 50,000 and a trophy.
More than twenty IIMC alumni from across the Northeast took part in the meeting. Prominent among them were ThumbPrint editor Teresa Rehman, AIR Guwahati news correspondent Manas Pratim Sarma, Doordarshan Guwahati news editor Maruf Alam, Mizoram Conservator of Forests Pee Lee Ete, Manipur Social activist Pauzagin Tonsing, NewsLive Itanagar correspondent Marina Dai, Dibrugarh Doordarshan News Editor Subina Roy and Anjuli Chittaranjan among others.
