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SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION 2 AAFT is indebted to Late Shri Suraj Prakash Marwah (The Founder of AAFT) for his invaluable contribution to our mission to provide quality media education worldwide a creative enterprise 3 PATRONS LT. GEN. K. M. SETH (RETD.) Hon’ble Former Governor of Chhattisgarh DR. BHISHMA NARAIN SINGH MOHIT MARWAH Managing Director, Marwah Studios Hon’ble Former Governor & Union Minister DR. R. L. BHATIA Hon’ble Former Governor of Kerala SHRI VED MARWAH Hon’ble Former Governor of Jharkhand IEUAN WYN JONES Former Deputy First Minister of BOARD OF Wales DIRECTORS SHATRUGHAN SINHA Former Union Minister 4 PROF. KARL BARDOSH Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA TERI C MCLUHAN Visiting Professor of Film, New York University, USA DR. PADMESH GUPTA Oxford Business College, Oxford, UK JOHN SHAW ADVISORY University of Central Lancashire, UK ALAN EVANS Cardiff University, UK COUNCIL ROBERT STEWARD Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Australia PROF. CHRISTOPHER TURNER SOORAJ BARJATYA The University of Winchester, UK Renowned Director PROF. DEWANAND MAHADEW JAVED AKTHAR Spinoza University, The Netherlands Renowned Film Writer DR. JAVED LEHGIRI SATISH KAUSHIK Former Vice Chancellor, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute Renowned Director & Actor of Science & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan SANTOSH BHARTIYA MADHUR BHANDARKAR Former member Parliament, Editor - Chuathi Duniya Renowned Director MS. MALTI SAHAI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI Former Director, Directorate of Film Festivals, Govt. of India, Former Minister of State for Information and New Delhi Broadcasting in Govt. of India DR. M. MUSHARRAF HUSSAIN GIRJA VYAS Management Expert, Bangladesh Former Minster of State for Information and SAEED MIRZA Filmmaker, Mumbai Broadcasting in Govt. of India P. MURARI SALMAAN KHURSHID Former Chairman, Indian Institute of Mass Comm., New Former Minister of Water Resources Member of Delhi Lok Sabha PRAYAG RAJ SHAH NAWAZ HUSSAIN Film Writer & Director Former Indian federal minister & a politician of BJP MR. PAHLAJ NIHALANI Film & Television Producer Dr. Lalit Bhasin A.S. BEDI Senior Lawyer, Supreme Court Producer / Director BHASKAR GHOSH Former Director General of Doordarshan AZIZ BURNEY Former Editor, Sahara Urdu ACADEMIC BRIJENDRA SAHAI Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of U.P. RAHUL DEV COUNCIL Editor, Aaj Samaj ROB LYNES Director, British Council, India 5 6 7 Subhash Sagar FROM THE I believe that if your aim is to change the world then journalism is the strongest PRESIDENT’S weapon and on account of this thought, Asian Education Group is enthusiastically imparting journalistic education through it’s school of journalism and mass DESK communication at Marwah Studio. SANDEEP MARWAH Marwah Studio is the first professional film and TV studio complex in North India through it’s Asian Academy of Film & Television, AAFT contributing tremendously to the growth of Media and School of Digital Marketing, School of Cinema, School Entertainment Industry all around the world. It is not of Mass Communication, School of Fashion & Design, only the training ground to many media professionals School of Animation, School of Advertising, School of but also a shooting floor for many creative and Fine Arts & Performing Arts, Asian Institute of Hospitality brilliant projects. This studio is churning out thousands & Tourism, Asian Business School, Asian Law College, of talented people hailing from various parts of the and Asian School of Business. world and is inspiring millions in million ways under the We are aware that rendering the industry relevant banner of Asian Education Group which has been exposure is equally necessary for preparing students extensively involved in promoting education in Asia to be excellent professionals in print and electronic 8 journalism, cinema, radio, television, AWARDS & ACCOLADES computer centric multimedia & digital fields because the best kind of learning is that is Edushine Excellence Awards 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year beyond those four walls. Most Preferred Media & Art Award On this account we launched the Institute by Assocham By Centre for Education International Journalism Centre (IJC) with Growth & Research (CEGR) The Edutainment Award the strong motive of providing significant 2015 National Media Excellence journalism education to the aspiring as For Best Media School Award well as established journalists and lending By Media Federation of India all the possible support to them under Delhi Gaurav Award 2015 (MFI) which, Global Festival of Journalism is being National Award at Vigyan Bhawan organized every year on the 12th, 13th & Honored by Prime Minister 14th February as an initiative to keep all the of Tibet H.E. Dr. Lobsang Pride of India Award 2015 established journalists well-informed about Sangay For Contribution to the the current practices of good journalism. Chairman World Peace, Universal This 3 day mega event comprises of various Indo-Czech Republic Film & Brotherhood and Media Cultural Forum workshops, seminars, interactions, book World lunch, and poster release followed by Chairman beautiful cultural evening to celebrate the Indo-Romania Republic Honored by Prime Minister exchange of knowledge. Film & Cultural Forum of Nepal Shri Khadga Initially there wasn’t any day to acknowledge Prasad Sharma Oli As Chairperson for IndoNepal the efforts of the watchdogs of the society, Chairman Film and Cultural i.e. our diligent journalists! Realizing this, we Indo-Cyprus Republic Film & Cultural Forum Forum marked 12th February as the International Journalism Day to celebrate the endeavors Chairman Honored by International of all the great journalists of the society. Indo-Slovenian Republic Roma Cultural University, Amazingly, our close links with Mumbai Film Film & Cultural Forum Serbia Industry gives us an unmatchable standing Honored by Education drawing the highest number of students Param Shree Award 2014 Media Excellence Award by Council of India to our institute and owing to our consistent All Journalist Association efforts to maintain our effectiveness and Honored at NGY Infra efficiency, we have a record number of Icon of Noida 2014 Conclave, Noida over a thousand films since our inception, By Times of India to our credit. ISRMAX Asia 2014 Honored at Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Wishing all the budding journalists a great International Award For Promotion of Arts success for all their endeavors. 9 10 11 Message from Director SOJMC Col. Pradeep Gupta Team SOJMC has a very clear-cut aim – passion, commitment, professionalism, dedication, and excellence, amongst other things. We have built a reputation to be proud of, and shall continue to strive even harder to further improve upon it. Our strength has, and will remain, our Students. SOJMC aims to excel in practical training for every student along with academics, and impart to them the ability to think creatively. We remain in the forefront of media education, providing trained media professionals to the industry on a regular basis. We also ensure effective learning through theory, from media specific cases, learning from hands-on experience, all through state-of-the-art infrastructure and studios, in one of the finest locations in North India. All this is achieved through advanced and rigorous curriculum in core media subjects with a focus on career opportunities. Welcome to SOJMC! 12 Message from Dean SOJMC Prof. Albeena Abbas Curious. Adventurous. Persevering. Motivated. Spiritual. Are these traits which you admire and desire? If so, then the Asian School of Media Studies (ASMS) experience is designed for you. ASMS’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication is a place where your most desired goal can be reached. Acquire the knowledge and skills to become a successful media professional so you can be an independent adult too. This is done through the kind of curriculum being followed here, with more practical oriented sessions. Through a sequence of courses you can learn the skills and attitudes that can help you make a positive impact in the media world at large. The curriculum at SOJMC will help prepare you to become an articulate communicator, a careful thinker, a person who is concerned with good health, interpersonal relationships that cross, cultural boundaries. This aspect of your education will awaken inquiries into areas you never thought interesting before and it, will add sparkle and innovation to your world. The experience here is demanding, but it is eminently rewarding. You can follow your curiosity to explore new things, to encounter new ideas and opinions and discover your own capabilities. You can have the adventure of relating to people of other cultures. With the help of caring faculty members, you will have the opportunity to clarify and put in place your own values and principles. We challenge you to prepare well for the 21st century. Seize the day, seize the opportunity, and be part of the ASMS family! 13 Global Network 17000 Mediaof Professionals across 120 Countries Celluloid… a world so surreal yet a world whose images arrest the collective sub-conscience of humanity The Gods of small things leave with times yet their persona continue to haunt the children of ABOUT US a lesser God India is a nation obsessed with celluloid… living a craft of Motion Pictures, but also in the areas of fantasy spun by the ‘Merchant of Dreams’. Cinema Anima ti on, Fashi on and Mass Communication. has become one of the most powerful and popular The programmes take the students through a journey art forms today. It originated in France and soon of self discovery with major modules in the field of emerged as a form of entertainment all over Europe. cinema – Acting, Camera and Lighting, Art Direction, It arrived in India in 1896 and since then it has always Still Photography, Post Production, Cinematography, managed to create a wave of hysteria that remains unmatched. Screenplay Writing, and Script Development. Cinema is a marriage of many arts and creative There is a great emphasis on creatively molding the faculties. It is that art form which both gives to life minds of the young aspirants. An AAFT student is not and takes from it.