Interview Times On Monday, October 25, Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) commenced the new academic session 2021-22 for the students of post-graduate diploma in various courses of journalism and mass communication. Om Birla, the speaker of Lok Sabha, inaugurated the academic session through an online virtual mode. He advised the students of journalism and mass communication to create news based on facts and spread positive and constructive messages around the world with their reporting. He said ”India is the mother of Democracy and free and unbiased media empowers Democracy.”
On this occasion, the Director-General of IIMC, Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi, Additional Director General Shri Ashish Goyal, Convener of the Orientation Program and Dean (Academic) Prof. Govind Singh, faculty members and students of all the regional centers of IIMC were present. “The media plays a big role in awakening the social consciousness. Media fixes the accountability of the government and political parties and facilitates bilateral dialogue between governance and administration and the people. Today the scope of journalism is increasing. The reach of the media to the people has increased, but with this, the responsibility of journalists has also increased. It is the responsibility of a journalist to be fearless and outspoken,” he further added.
Mentoring the budding journalists, the Director-General of IIMC, Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi said that the influence of media in India has increased rapidly in the last two decades. Constant use of media has also increased. Keeping up with the rapidly growing economy, media today has turned into a big industry. Prof. Dwivedi told the students that the doors of new possibilities are waiting for them in the country but it is up to them to decide whether they want to be part of the problem or the solution. “If your intention is clear and you have devotion towards your duty, then every decision of yours will lead you towards the solution of any problem,” he said. According to Prof. Dwivedi, our present and future are not determined by success and failure. As long as the youth of India have the spirit to innovate, take risks, and move forward, there is no need to worry about the future of the country.
