Department of Mass Communication Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Educational Campus, Amravati Road, Nagpur - 440033 Tel: (0712) 2500085, e-mail:
[email protected] About the Department The media and entertainment industry in India, and indeed across the globe, is estimated to be the fastest growing among all other industries. Even as the new media continue to grow in leaps and bounds, the traditional print medium is not far behind. Very interesting, fulfilling and financially lucrative career options are available to young people in the field of Mass Communication. While the focus of Mass Communication education remains on Journalism, the other attractive career options that open up are in the areas of Advertising, Public Relations/ Corporate Communications and New Media (including Social Media). As for the entertainment industry, there are courses to train people in TV and Radio anchoring, reporting, editing, directing, shooting (camera persons) and such other specialized jobs for which skilled people are in great demand. History Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University could well claim to be a pioneer in mass communication education in India, for offering the first structured and well-planned journalism course after the country won freedom in 1947. It was to the credit of Hislop college, Nagpur and its then Principal, the Late Dr.D G Moses, who established a full fledged Department of Journalism with the approval and encouragement of Nagpur University in 1952-53. Prof. K E Eapen was the first Indian scholar to be the head of the department. The begining was made with a diploma course in Journalism, which was later elevated to the degree level in the mid sixties.