IGNOU launches MA in Journalism and Mass Communication in Hindi, Tamil languages
IGNOU’s MA in Journalism and Mass Communication will now be available in Hindi, Tamil in online, and ODL modes.

Vagisha Kaushik | July 11, 2022 | 05:13 PM IST
NEW DELHI : Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)’s School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS) has launched its flagship programme, MA in Journalism and Mass Communication in two Indian languages - Hindi and Tamil. The programme is already being offered in English language in both Online and Open and Distance Learning (ODL) modes by the University.
The programmes have been launched “in order to integrate recommendations of National Education Policy 2020 into its academic endeavour and facilitate the teaching-learning process in various Indian languages.”
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Professor RP Das, Pro-VC IGNOU lauded the efforts put in by the School and hoped that this will be replicated across disciplines in other Indian languages by the University.
Giving the Presidential address Professor Nageshwar Rao, VC IGNOU laid stress on the teaching-learning process to be in one's own mother-tongue for better and effective learning outcomes. He thanked the distinguished guests for sparing their time and providing encouragement through their words of wisdom. He complimented the school for completing the translation without a flaw in such a short-span of time.
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Vice Chancellor Professor Nageshwar Rao, IGNOU along with the other distinguished guests launched the programmes in hybrid mode. Professor M Selvam, Vice Chancellor Bharathidasan University; Professor R M Kathiresan, Vice Chancellor Annamalai University;Professor M Krishnan, Vice Chancellor Central University of Tamilnadu; Professor A R Venkatachalapathy, Professor Madras Institute of Development Studies, and journalist Alok Mehta (Padma Shri recipient) were present in the ceremony through physical or virtual mode and spoke on the need to have more programmes in other Indian languages as envisaged in the NEP 2020. They also threw light on the changing dynamics of the media-landscape and also the role of ethics in Journalism.
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