Post-Graduate Diploma / Dual M.A. Degree in Community Media at TISS
- Last Date : July 12, 2014 -
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Post-Graduate Diploma / Dual M.A. Degree in Community Media
INFORMATION BROCHURE
2014-2015
School of Media and Cultural Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai-400 088
IMPORTANT DATES
Academic Calender 2014-15
Last Date of Receipt of Filled-In Application Forms : July 12, 2014
Announcement of Candidates Selected for Written Test : July 14, 2014
Written Test : August 16, 2014
Personal Interview at TISS, Mumbai Campus : August 16, 2014
Final Selection of Candidates : August 19, 2014
Last date of Fees Payment : September 5, 2014
Last date of Fees Payment for Candidates on Waiting List : September 12, 2014
Commencement of Academic Session -Semester I : (6 weeks, full-time) : October 6, 2014
Commencement of Academic Session -Semester II (8 weeks, full-time) : April 6, 2015
DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY MEDIA
The objective of the programme is to create a cadre of committed media professionals who have the
knowledge, perspectives and skills to work with communities and facilitate expression of their
concerns through the media. The students will be familiarised with micro and macro level development
issues and contemporary mainstream media discourses of development and growth, with the goal of
facilitating a critical understanding of social, political and cultural processes of change. By the end of
the programme the students will have developed an understanding of the negotiating processes through
which citizens lay claim to rights and entitlements due to them in a democratic setup. The programme
will also help the students to appreciate the role of community structures, institutions and dynamics in
the context of using media for empowerment.
Research, writing and radio and video production skills are also imparted to enable the learners to make
them proficient in designing, initiating, monitoring and evaluating media programmes. The students
also engage with relevant internships to gain a practical understanding of what managing a community
media unit in a participatory manner involves.
Students' Profile
The minimum qualification for entry into the Diploma programme will be a Bachelor's degree in any
discipline. Preference will be given to deputed candidates or to those already working in the social
sector and who would be likely to utilise the learning imparted. Selection will be on the basis of a
customised written entrance test and a personal interview. The number of students per batch will be 25.
Dual M.A. Degree for TISS Alumni
Alumni of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, who have already obtained their Master's degree from
the institute, will also be eligible to apply, and will be awarded a dual M.A. degree on the successful
completion of the programme.
* This information is from Khwairakpam Rakesh (PhD Scholar School of Social sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences) who can be contacted at khulakpakh(at)gmail(dot)com
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