Sanskrit journalism course at IIMC soon
THE PREMIER INSTITUTE, WHICH COMES UNDER THE I&B MINISTRY, ALREADY OFFERS COURSES IN URDU, MALAYALAM, ODIYA AND MARATHI
NEW DELHI: State-owned Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) will soon begin a course in Sanskrit language. The decision, taken at a meeting last week by the executive council of the premier institute, was announced on Thursday.
According to IIMC director general KG Suresh, a threemonth certificate programme in Sanskrit journalism will be offered to students wanting to pursue a course in the classical Indian language. The institute already offers courses in Urdu, Malayalam, Odiya and Marathi.
“We have set up a new unit known as the department of Indian languages that will offer courses in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha. They will look after the language part while we will draft the curriculum,” Suresh said.
IIMC, a premier institute under the ministry of information and broadcasting, offers courses in journalism, advertis- ing and public relations and is also a hub for training officials of the Indian Information Service, foreign correspondents and personnel of the armed forces.
On whether there is a market for Sanskrit journalism, Suresh said, “There are a few Sanskrit publications. Besides, All India Radio and Doordarshan have programmes in the language. Our research has shown there is a growing market for journalism in Indian languages.” Data from Audit Bureau of Circulations, a non-profit body for measuring and auditing newspaper and magazine circulation in the country, shows while English and Hindi publications grew by 17.6% and 37.8%, Bengali, Malayalam and Marathi publications grew between 5-9% between June and December 2015. NEW DELHI: Two senior Gujarat policemen stepped down from posts at which the state had re-employed them after their retirement.
The officers — NK Amin and TA Barot — are facing allegations in fake encounter cases. The two offered to relinquish their postretirement jobs a day after the Supreme Court warned of an adverse order. During the hearing of a petition challenging their re-induction, a bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar disapproved of the Gujarat government’s offer to employ them on contract despite them being named in criminal cases.Amin, who retired in August last year as SP, has been reappointed as SP of Mahisagar district of Gujarat on contractual basis for a year. He faced trial and was acquitted in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. But he continues to face charges in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing.Barot was re-inducted in October last year as deputy SP with Western Railways at Vadodara for a year after retirement. He was accused in the Ishrat Jahan and Sadiq Jamal encounter cases.