New Delhi: Here is good news for the students belonging to Muslim and other backward communities and who aspire to become journalist. The International Media Institute of India (IMII), in its noble initiative to support the interests of these groups, is offering full scholarship assistance for limited number of students. IMII, located in Noida near Delhi, offers an 11-month post-graduate diploma in multimedia journalism. The classes will start on 5th July 2010.
The amount of
scholarship is
up to Rs 50,000.
Eligibility
criteria:
Candidate should
be Muslim. The
annual income of
his/her parent
should be less
than
Rs 10 lakh and
minimum marks in
Graduation must
be 45% or up.
However,
preference will
be given to the
students coming
from small towns
and rural areas.
Last date for application to avail the scholarship is 15 April 2010.
The scholarship fund has been instituted by Dr. Najma Sultana, who was born near Hyderabad and practices medicine in the United States.
According to the
institute’s
website,
students will
learn to produce
professional
news stories for
print, audio,
video, web and
mobile phone
platforms. The
faculty at IMII
is drawn from
top Indian and
International
journalists and
the school is
affiliated with
the City
University of
New York’s
path-breaking
Graduate School
of Journalism.
IMII is also
offering Jane
Louis
scholarship for
those bright and
deserving Dalit,
Tribal and
Backward Class
students who
lack resources
to undertake
professional
media education.
For full details
of the course,
scholarship and
admissions
procedures Jody
McPhillips can
be contacted at
jodymcp@yahoo.com
or mobile
+91-9958485433.
Institute’s
Address:
International
Media Institute
of India,
D 59, Sector 2,
Noida – 201301
(UP)
Phone:
01204228464,
9717966557
http://www.imii.co.in/
