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PGJMC

I just completed my PGJMC course.

Course code: PGJMC

Course name: Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication

Offered by: Ignou (www.ignou.ac.in)

Duration: 1 year

Papers: 4

Work experience: Minimum 2 years in press or media

Fee: Around Rs 2500.

I did this course out of my extra-curricular interest; though many people initially laughed at the idea. What has journalism got to do with chemical engineering? But I did it; though I took two years instead of one to appear for the exams.

I found the course content satisfactory. The target junta for this course are those already working in the media industry, and haven't got a formal education in the field of journalism and mass communication. As you can see, there is a mandatory requirement of two years of work-ex. (I managed it J; some things are fair in love, right?)

In case some of you want the study material, and can collect from me in Mumbai, contact me soon. Otherwise I will donate that to the nearest Ignou study centre.

Now I have plans to do at least three more courses:

o A course in disaster management

o MA in English

o MA in Political Science

Can you suggest, from where to do the last two courses? I am already doing MBA, and that is not a joke doing that from here. But I believe I can still manage to do these, if not in 2 years, then in 4. But everything is possible.

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cadence

Btw congratulations! I wanted to do a creative writing course from IGNOU.. just for the heck of it .. never found time though… perhaps there was lack of inclination or one can always find time..

lot of my friends had done MA from Himachal University through correspondence .. . then there was Kurukshetra University which was another hit for long-distance courses but IGNOU was the first choice for almost everything. (This was the scene in Delhi .. where I live ..)

Siddharth Arora

superb yaar….i like your spirit of learning and want to salute that.hats off to u friend.

vandana porwal

that’’s gr8 someitimes u should follow ur heart and do what u want to do and not what world tells u to. Best of Luck for ur other courses. Are u doing them out of interest or for professional benefit.