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Manipal Institute of Communication 
Motto Inspired by Life Established 1997 President Dr. Ramdas M Pai Location Manipal, Karnataka, India Campus Manipal Director Prof. Varadesh Hiregange Website http://www.manipal.edu/mic/ Manipal Institute of Communication (MIC) is an affiliate to Manipal's Manipal University (formerly known as MAHE) group of institutions. It is a college that provides undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate degrees in media, communication and journalism. MIC is one of the leading media schools in the country. Started in 1997 with a postgraduate program, an undergraduate program was started in 2001, it was in response to the phenomenal expansion of media equipped with the latest communication technology, to train competent skillful professionals who are equally sensitive to social values.
The courses in MIC aim at providing students with high-level knowledge of the media and communication infrastructure in current Indian industry, and to enable professionals entering into the field with favourable experience and expertise in their area of specialisation. The current predominant emphasis is on print and broadcast media, with additional significance given to new media and the Internet. Students are expected to undergo mandatory internships in organisations in the field of choice and finish a degree with a portfolio of their work.
The Honorable Director of the college Mr. Kamath is an award-winning journalist with decades of experience in print and broadcast media. An ex president of Prasar Bharathi, India.
Situated close to Manipal's famed printing press(MPL), the college has a unique architectural style often studied by architecture students from the Manipal Institute of Technology. MIC is equipped with an impressive library and a top-level sound and video lab with some of the most modern software and equipment in the industry.
College Fest: Article 19
Article 19 is the national level media fest of the institute, participant come from across the country, and also several celebrities, including actor Rahul Bose, ad man Prahlad Kakkar, Tehelka co-founder Annirudha Bahal and many more. It is held every year in the month of February .
The Manipal Journal
TMJ or themanipaljournal.com is the only news reporting website to start from the place. Started in September 2007, TMJ currently generates more than 1.5 lakh hits per month and above 1300 story views per day. Although an initiative started and run by students of the college, TMJ remains unaffiliated to MIC or the Manipal University. The idea of being a part of more than 20 reporters, 10 photographers, sub-editors and a technical team is to explore and learn all aspects of true journalism, reporting, writing and web coding. Unpaid and true news is a rare in media but the reporters and the editorial team of this site make sure they do not fall in to that trap. Visit www.themanipaljournal.com to keep update with news in and around the student town.
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Manipal Institute of Communication [MIC]is one of the leading media schools in the country. M.V.Kamath, Honorary Director of the Institution, is an outstanding journalist and the chairman of Prasar Bharti .
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