Activities

Engaging audience in OTT: Workshop on 'Content Management in Digital Media and OTT Platforms' for the Media Science students

Speaker: Altamas Hamid - Manager, Bengali Original Content, Zee5

Citizen Journalism growing stronger with MoJo

Speaker: Snehasis Sur - President, Press Club Kolkata and senior journalist

Canon Brand Ambassador and Nat Geo photographer Apratim Saha conducts a workshop with Media Science students

Speaker: Apratim Saha - Currently Canon Brand Ambassador, and also works as a photographer with National Geographic, Getty Images, and Stocksy United

Understanding the art of short filmmaking: A session with the storytellers!

Speakers:

• Saptarshi Ray - Director of social media, Prayasam
• Manish Chowdhury - Chief Editor, Community Visual News Network (CVNN), Prayasam

Economics of Media

Speaker: Dr. D. Punitha, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Communication.

Learning to encode a story into a serial with Sromona Ghosh

Speaker: Sromona Ghosh - Senior Producer, Zee Bangla presented an overview of the world of teleseries to aspiring storytellers.

Veteran Media personnel conducts a session on 'Media and its Evolution'

Speaker: Saswata Chatterjee - Ex Channel Head of Tripura's 1st satellite news channel 'Voice 24 Tripura'

USA scholar speaks on the necessity of media literacy at an international webinar

Speaker: Dr. Ammina Kothari, Director, Harrington School of Communication and Media, Rhode Island

Digital Media: Exploring the Rising Landscape

Speaker: Mr. Bhaskar Sanyal - TATA Consultancy Services, Sales Director and Head of Sales for Europe, CMI

An International Webinar on Hicky’s Pioneering Gazette and the Advent of Modern Journalism

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Otis - University of Maryland, USA, Fulbright Fellow, Author of Hickey’s Bengal Gazette

In collaboration with Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan on 'Citizen Journalism in the Digital Age'

Speakers:

• Radovan Skultety - Professor, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
• Dipanjan Sinha - Independent journalist based out of Kolkata

Exploring Hicky: Bengal Gazette and Invention of Print Media in Colonial India

Speakers:

• Dr. Andrew Otis - PhD in Journalism from Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
• Ms. Moutusi Pal - Library Assistant, Central Library, Brainware University
• Bandana Basu - Librarian, Central Library, Brainware University

Mystery behind the music in radio

Speakers:

• Sreetama Ganguly - Programming Controller & Group Manager, Radio Mirchi 98.3 Kolkata
• Former RJ Swarnendu Saha - Programming Controller, 104.8 ISHQ FM Kolkata

Media studies & its prospects

Speaker: Subhashini Dinesh - Deputy Resident Editor, The New Indian Express, Chennai.

'Emerging Content: Big Screen to OTT’ Time: 11 AM

Speaker: Mr. Judhajit Sarkar - Faculty of SRFTII, FTII Pune pass-out, an independent filmmaker, writer, producer, director of ‘Khashi Kotha’, feature film ‘Kolkatar King’, telefilm ‘Ek Bikeler Golpo, ‘Ektu Ektu Kore’ etc.

Webinar on “Covid may change, but not lessen opportunities in Media”(Session II)

Speakers:

• Mr.Jayanta Ghosal - Political Editor, India TV, Former Editor, ABP Delhi
• Ms.Moupia Nandi - TV Journalist
• Mr. Subhash Mohanti - Financial Journalist/ CSR Specialist)
• Mr Abhijit Roy - Technology Storyteller
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Date:

14-08-2020

Webinar on “Covid may change, but not lessen opportunities in Media” (Session I)

Speakers:

• Dilip Cherian - Founder, Perfect Relations
• K.G. Suresh - Former Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication
• Nilasish Basu - Google, Search Ads 360 Specialist
• Mr Abhijit Roy - Technology Storyteller
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Date:

12-08-2020

Student Visit to Heritage Academy

The Department of Media Science and Journalism organised an exclusive masterclass with Prahlad Kakkar (Founder, Genesis Film Production) at Heritage Academy

Awareness camp on cyber security at Faldi High School

The outreach activity was curated in order to help the school students develop critical thinking about the media content they consume through mainstream and social media.

National Press Day witnessed Zine Fest organised by the Media Science and Journalism department

Speaker: Dr. Shatabdi Som - HOD, Department of Media Science and Journalism

“A life in a radio”, a programme to celebrate World Radio Day

Speakers:

• Mirchi Agni - 98.3 Mirchi, Kolkata
• RJ Riya - 104.8 Ishq FM

PCI President Dr. Montu Patel attends National Conference at Brainware University

Speaker: Dr. Montu Kumar Patel - President, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)

Strengthening the 4th pillar of democracy: Ayan Mukherjee's stint with TOI digital

The M.Sc 2nd-sem student from the Department of Media Science and Journalism completed one-month internship with one of the leading dailies of the country, 'The Times of India'. Ayan worked in the editorial department of TOI digital!

Educational Trip to Purulia for the students of Media Science and Journalism

Purulia is the land of Chau, a prominent dance form that has made the land artistically fertile for centuries. The students of Media Science and Journalism documented the life and livelihood of mask makers of Purulia during the three-day-long educational trip to the land of mask-makers.