The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is inviting applications for admission to Post Graduate Diploma Journalism courses for the session 2021-2022. These courses would be run across six campuses including one in Jammu.

The process for admission started on July 20, 2021, and the last date for online application is August 9, 2021. The entrance tests for all courses will be held on August 29 and exam results will be declared on September 10.

The online application form and IIMC Bulletin for admissions are available on www.iimc.nta.ac.in and www.iimc.gov.in

The six IIMC campuses are in New Delhi, Dhenkanal, Aizwal, Amravati, Kottayam and Jammu.

IIMC offers eight courses – PG Diploma in Hindi Journalism, PG Diploma in English Journalism, PG Diploma in Public Relations & Advertising, PG Diploma in Radio & Television and Regional Language Journalism courses on Odia, Marathi, Malayalam and Urdu.Regional director of the Jammu campus, Prof Rakesh Kumar Goswami, said. The Jammu campus runs the PG Diploma in English Journalism course.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the entrance test, which will be a Computer Based Test (CBT). The test will be held at test centres in 25 cities across the country.

Prof Goswami said this year, there will be two separate entrance tests on August 29, 2021, Sunday. One test will be from 10.00 AM to 12.00 PM for Four (04) courses – PG Diploma in Hindi Journalism, PG Diploma in English Journalism, PG Diploma in Public Relations & Advertising and PG Diploma in Radio & Television. The second test will be held from 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM and it will be for the Regional Language courses – Odia, Marathi, Malayalam and Urdu. Each Test will be of two hours (120 minutes) duration and will comprise 100 multiple choice questions (MCQ) on General Knowledge & General Aptitude including a few general questions from the field of Media & Communication carrying 100 marks.