Dr. Naorem Nishikanta Singh
Guest Faculty, Dept. of Law Assam University Silchar
In the vast array of subjects that have been studying and being studied for decades, students opted for a few known subjects irrespective of their interest and fascination. And we are used to be bound by limited knowledge of where and what to study after higher secondary or further higher education.
The major challenging task ahead is about job prospect which at any cost we cannot compromise. Here Mass Communication & Journalism is one of the recently booming subjects of Social science at large. Many government and private colleges had been started opening this multi-dimensional subject in Bachelor, Master, and even Ph.D. since few decades. Luckily in the State, the colleges began starting this subject as Vocational Course and for Master; the Manipur University started the Department of Mass Communication in 2007. Likewise in Northeast India, the subject is considered a new one except in Assam where numbers of colleges and universities are rendering the opportunity of this subject to fresh students.
Nevertheless, the subject is quite new, being a professional course; those who studied the Course are easily placed in different private and government sectors. For instance, Print media, Electronic Media, Film making, Advertising sector and government media wings – PIB, DIPR, DAVP, Doordarshan and AIR, etc. provide placement. Beyond these, now we can witness the placement of media students as PROs in numerous institutions and as Content writers in Publication Houses.
Above all, Indian Information Service (IIS) is one of the most reputed post recruits through UPSC Examination wherein only media student can apply. It is the high time to choose wisely what you should study in the near future to own a secure life ahead.
