Refreshing News after all: Khalsa College launched media course for boys

Hindustan Times, September 11, 2006
Anuradha Mukherjee

New Delhi, September 10

There is some good news for boys keen on a career in media. Khalsa College is starting an add-on course in television and radio journalism. While this course will be a three-month part-time module, the college is also planning to launch a full-time module, the college is also planning to launch a full time degree course in mass communication on the lines of the one offered by Jamia Millia Islamia.

The new course will start in October and is priced at Rs. 6,000. Khalsa College Principal Jaswinder Singh said he saw a huge demand for the course. "Students of co-educational colleges are often at a loss as only a few women's colleges offer these courses," he said.

AT present, only a handful of women's colleges offer degree courses in media such as journalism honours course at LSR and the Bachelors of Mass Communication at IP College.

"Our focus is on a degree course in electronic journalism that trains students in technical aspects of news packaging, editing and presentation.

At present, no Delhi University college other than IP offers a degree course in electronic journalism. We will also start programmes in advertising and public relations," said Singh.

The college already has a state-of-the-art auditorium. On cards are media laboratories equipped with gadgets for recording and editing news footage. "We are already training students in web designing software," the principal said.

Similar module courses are being offered by Miranda House, IP College, Ramjas College, St Stephen's College, Hindu College and Kirori Mal College. All these courses are run as private ventures.