The list of candidates to be finally admitted to the courses are prepared on the basis of the combined marks obtained by the candidates in the written exam and in the interview. The weightage of written exam and interview is 85:15.

Medium of Instruction and Examination: Hindi and /or English and course No.5 related language also.

Fees*: Tuition fee for course no. 1 & 2 is Rs. 25,000/- each, for course no. 3 it is Rs. 57,500, for course 4 is Rs. 36,500/- and for course no.5 Rs. 15,500. *subject to revision.

Hostel: Hostel facility is available in Delhi (only for girls). At Dhenkanal there is an excellent hostel facility for both girls and boys.

Financial support and Awards: Four freeships are available for each P.G Diploma Course on merit-cum-means basis. The half freeship/ Schlorship may be withdrawn on poor academic performance or indiscipline.

Rati Aggarwal Scholarship amounting to Rs. 500/- per month is awarded to a selected female student of Hindi Journalism Course.

In addition, Sh. G.D. Grover Memorial Financial Assistance of Rs.1500/- for buying books are given to needy student of P.G. Diploma Course in Hindi Journalism.

Star TV Schlorship of Rs. 1000/- p.m. are awarded to Meritorious student of Radio & TV Journalism.

Achin Ganguly Schlorship of Rs. 1000/- p.m is awarded to a meritorious student of Advertising and Public Relation.

There is provision for financial support to needy students on merit cum means basis. Every year a committee comprising senior faculty members is constituted to select deserving candidates from among the applicants for freeships and other scholarships available for the students.

On the basis of their overall performance, a minimum of three cash awards are given to meritorious students in each course.

Attendance: Min. 75% attendance is necessary for a student to become eligible to sit in the exam, for each semester. The Director may condone the shortfall in attendance to the extent of 10% if he is satisfied that the shortfall was due to reasons beyond the control of the student.

The Diploma Courses are full-time courses and students are not allowed to pursue any other full-time or part-time job or studies. Further, they are not permitted to undertake any full-time or part-time employment during the period. If any such violation is notices, the Institute reserves the right to take suitable disciplinary action including expulsion from the course.

Eligibility: To be eligible for the award of a diploma certificate, every student will have to appear in the first and second semester examinations and secure a minimum of 40% marks and each subject.

Note: Information is liable to change.

Curriculum: Broadly, the subjects covered in each course are as follows:

Post-graduate Diploma course in Journalism (English & Hindi)
1. Communication: Concept & Process
2. Communication and Media
3. History of Press, Laws & Ethics
4. Reporting: Concept & Process
5. Reporting: Practical
6. Editing –Concept & Process
7. Editing-Practical
8. Layout Design and Production
9. Introduction to Electronic Journalism; basics of Production.
10. Advertising, PR and Newspaper Management.

Post-graduate Diploma course in Advertising and Public Relations
1. Communication Theory and Research
2. Marketing
3. Advertising-Principles, Concepts and Management
4. Advertising-Creativity & Campaign Planning
5. Public Relations: Principles, Tools and Methods
6. Corporate Communication
7. Oral and Visual Communication
8. Production Techniques and Methods
9. Media Planning
10. Advertising, PR and Advertising Research

Post-graduate Diploma course in Radio and TV Journalism
1. Communication: Concept & Process
2. Development of Media, Print/ Radio/ TV/ Film
3. News Concepts & Organisations
4. Cyber Journalism
5. Radio Journalism: Skills, Tools & Techniques
6. TV Journalism: Skills, Tools & Techniques
7. Radio News: Special Reporting & Compiling News
8. Radio Current Affairs Programme
9. Television News: Specialised Reporting and Compiling News.
10. Television Current Affairs & Production.

Post-graduate Diploma course in Journalism (Oriya)
1. Communication: Concepts & Process
2. History of Press, Laws and Ethics
3. Reporting I: Concepts & Process
4. Editing I: Concept & Process Translation
5. IT & Computer
6. Reporting II: Practical
7. Editing II: Practical
8. Electronic Journalism, Layout, Design and Production
9. Advertising, PR, Govt. Information Network, Lab Journal
10. Project work and Internship.

Admission Procedure
1. The selection for admission to all the four courses is based on a written examination followed by personal interview. Three separate examination is held i.e for Journalism courses, Radio and TV Journalism and Advertising and PR.

2. The proportionate weightage between written examination and personal interview is 85:15. (includes Group Discussion and personal interview.)

3. There is no standardized pattern for the written examination. However, following parameters of the candidates are judged:

(a) For Journalism courses:
(i) General Awareness including: Understanding of Social dynamics; Interest in Social history; Awareness of Public debates on matters of polity and economy; Awareness about international developments influencing power equation in the world and their impact on India.
(ii) Aptitude & Mental make-up
(iii) Language Capability
(iv) Analytical & Comprehension skills.

(b) For Advertising & Public Relations:
(i) General Awareness
(ii) Aptitude and Mental make up
(ii) Language capability
(ii) Analytical and Comprehension skills
(iv) Brand Awareness and recall
(iv) Qualification Skills

4. The written examination is held on all-India basis at New Delhi. Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Lucknow (U.P.), Patna (Bihar), Calcutta (W.B.), Guwahati (Assam), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Mumbai (Maharashtra)

5. Although a preference for examination centre is obtained from the candidate, the Institute reserves the right to call any applicant of written examination at any centre at his/ her own expenses.

6. A centre for written examination and interview once allotted is not changed under any circumstances.

7. All the candidates who quality the written examination is called for an interview during July in New Delhi or Dhenkanal at their own expenses. For Oriya Journalism course interview will be held at Dhenkanal (Orissa)

8. A list of candidates to be provisionally admitted to each course is prepared on the basis of the combined marks obtained by candidates in the written examination and interview.

Equipment and Facilities:
The Institute has fairly good facilities for practical training in various branches of communication. The Institute has well-equipped sound TV studios and other studio-visual facilities, besides and offset printing press.

The facility for TV and Video Production consists of Nine ENG Cameras including Betacom facility. Three studio cameras along with camera control units with synch and special effects generators and editing consoles with AB roll facility. The Institute has added Digital editing facility and also non line as digital editing facility for video.

There is a fully equipped photo lab with different types of cameras to enable students to handle various photographic assignments. The Institute also has a range of film projectors, filmstrip-cum-slide projectors and overhead projectors. Its graphic wing has very good facilities for graphic design and silk screen printing.

In order to keep pace with development in the field of communication, especially in areas of computer based editing and publishing, the Institute acquired personal computers, Multi Media Systems, Video editing equipment, IBM Pentium System, Clip Video Camera and a Desk Top Publishing System to provide facilities to students in electronic editing and computer-based graphic lay-out design and publication.

The Institute has one teleprinter circuit.

Library: Every student has to make a library deposit of Rs. 2500 which will be refunded at the end of course, provided the student does not anything to the library. Each student is allowed to borrow two books at a time of one week. If a student loses a library book, he or she must replace it or pay its price.

Publications: The Institute brings out two journals-Communicator (Quartely) in English and Sancher Madhyam (Quarterly) in Hindi.

Hours of Work: The Institute functions from 0930 hours to 1800 hours on week days (Monday through Friday), and observes all public holidays in Delhi declared by the Government of India.

Important dates: Sale of Application form: March; Last date of receipt of filled in application form: April. Entrance Examination: May.