Affiliation & Recognition
School of Broadcasting & Communication is affiliated to Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Asia’s only journalism university, (established a decades earlier at the behest of India’s former Prime Minister, Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi with the view to impart quality education and training in mass media.)
The vice president of India is the (‘Kuladhyaksha’) Chancellor of the University. The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh is the Chairman of the General Council, which is the supreme decision making authority.
The University has collaborated with leading newspaper and media houses for conducting degree programmes, which are practical and employment oriented. The University has an established alumni working with leading television channels and publications in India.
The Pedigree
Late Shri Pt Makhanlal Chaturvedi
April 04, 1889 – January 30, 1968
Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvediji (1889-1968), after whom the Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication has been named, was an ace poet, writer and journalist who acquired nationwide renown not only for his literary creativity and might of his pen but also for his undaunted participation in the national struggle for the freedom of India.
Panditji was a true disciple of Shri Balgangadhar Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, and was a rare combination of Tilak – like fiery patriotism and sacrifices and Gandhian non – violence, self-abnegation and simplicity.
He was the illustrious Editor of “Prabha” and later “Karmaveer”, the journals which hit out at British imperialism and inspired the contemporary generation to throw off the yoke of alien slavery.
The British rulers repeatedly incarcerated him and his journals forcibly closed down with forfeiture of security deposits by the Government time and again. But the British excesses could not be nd the will of the valiant patriot – poet, who, once out of jail, indefatigably restarted his publication to mount assaults against the British imperialists as well as inner weaknesses and evils of the Indian society.
After freedom was won in 1947, Panditji refrained from seeking a share in power and continued to exhort people through speech and writing to toss off social evils and build an exploitation-free, equitable society as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi.
A famous Poem “Pushp Ki Abhilasha” of Panditji, is presented in his own handwriting:
Today, the university has become an institution of repute in various disciplines ranging from journalism, mass communication, public relations, advertising, photography, radio, television, cyber journalism, videography and printing technology.
The Vice-President of India is the Chancellor of the university. The Chief Minister of the province of Madhya Pradesh is the Chairman of the General Council, which is the supreme decision making authority. The council includes a member of the Lok Sabha, a member of the Rajya Sabha, chairman of the Press Council of India, 10 members representing different states of the country – five of them appointed by the chief ministers and five representing five Indian languages.
University Status
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism is a statutory University. The UGC has issued an official memorandum No. 9-4/92 CPP-1, dated 27th November 1992 in this regard.
- The University is a member of Associations of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) London.
- The University is a member of Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
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