‘Vividha 2017’ the media fest commenced

‘Vividha 2017’-The Media Fest organized by the department of Mass Communication and Journalism of The IIS University has commenced on Tuesday. Chief guest Shri K.G.Suresh, Director General, IIMC, New Delhi and Guest of Honor Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Senior Journalist, TV Anchor and Writer inaugurated this two day event along with 5th Bazaar on Campus organized by the e- cell Chrysalis of the university which is also being held at Mansarovar situated campus.

In the inaugural ceremony, Mr. Suresh apprised the students with the nuances of the media industry. He said that media has two eras the one is “before Google Era” and the other one is “After google” and we belong to the latter one.

While suggesting the budding journalists to not to be biased, he said a journalist should know the difference between freedom and license. He further said that the sense of neutrality is decreasing either we are supporting something or totally opposing which should not be the case.

“A journalist should not always sell negativity. There are positive people in our society and many positive things are happening. So, rather ignoring them we should bring them to public notice”, he said.

Guest of Honor Dr. Mukesh had given a few tips on how to become a good journalist. “Journalism is something which is related to society and being a journalist we should not forget that”, he said.

The first day of inter-collegiate media festival has witnessed a variety of interesting and enriching activities including Ad Mad, Media Quiz and Photography competition covering all facets of fun and learning. A total of 14 teams from various colleges and universities have participated in which The IIS University stood on first position while Subodh College and St. Wilfred College grabbed second and third position respectively.

The second-day students from different colleges and universities will showcase various short films in the film festival. Different competitions like budding journalist, RJ hunt and toggle was also be organized during the fest.

To instil Entrepreneurial skills amongst the students, CHRYSALIS E-cell of the IIS University has organized for 2 days, the 5th Bazaar on Campus. This E-bazaar aims at manifesting the latent entrepreneurial spirit of the students as well as teaching them skills and strategies of business. There are 20 business plans proposed by the budding student entrepreneurs and these will be evaluated on various business parameters.

Jyotika Sachdeva
Media Co-ordinator
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