International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue VII, July 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186
Development of Journalism Education in India: Problems and Prospects
Md Abul Kalam Azad
Faculty Member
Department of Communication and Journalism
University of Chittagong
Abstract: To cope up the challenge of globalization and information revolution, journalism education in India has flourished extensively by last seventy years of its inception. As a subject of profession, communication and journalism is very significant in the context that communication revolution in India has been identified as the crucial pathway to national development. Therefore, the media industry has expanded immensely and to fulfill its growing demand, within last seven decades from the beginning in 1941, a good number of university departments and institutions have been established for media education. More than 200 departments and institutes in India offer Bachelor, Masters, Post Graduate Diploma, MPhil and PhD programs in the field of mass communication and journalism. Among them, a good number of departments and institutes, enriched with scholarly professors, are internationally renowned in terms of global standard in media education. These prominent institutes, well-equipped with modern facility are playing contributory role by obtaining glorious achievements. However, still there are many Indian journalism institutes which beset with manifold problems including fund constraint, westernized text and curricula, insufficient research, lacking in practical training and so on. Nevertheless, Indian leading journalism institutes deserve kudos in terms of standard media education.
This article strives to pinpoint the status of prominent journalism institutes in India by identifying problems and prospects
Keywords: Journalism Education, Prominent, Media Professional, Journalism Institutes, Information Revolution
I.INTRODUCTION
The educational standard of journalism and communication has been immensely developed in India in the line with information and communication revolution. Since the birth of journalism education in 1941, lots of institutes have been established to provide media education among the students of home country and foreign countries keeping pace with the global requirement. These institutes or departments significantly play an important role in the development of effective journalism which is the vital pathway to national progress. Among many institutes or departments some are very outstanding in the field of communication and journalism maintaining international standard.
Inception of Journalism Education in India
In India in 1941, Punjab University (now in Lahore, Pakistan) launched journalism education by establishing journalism department. Through this journey journalism education in