The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has discontinued its Postgraduate Diploma course in Hindi Journalism at its Amravati centre for the current academic year. This IIMC centre was established four years ago at the initiative of former President Pratibha Patil to provide professional journalism education to the youth of Vidarbha.
According to a Times of India report, the institute’s Regional Director, Raj Singh Kushwaha, said the course requires a minimum of 10 students, but it did not receive sufficient admissions this time either, leading to the decision to shut it down. Kushwaha mentioned that the few students who had enrolled in the Hindi journalism course have been transferred to the institute’s Jammu centre.
