'Many students opt for the course after English honours. We keep the eligibility criteria high. Students must get 65% in aggregate and 65% in languages to seek admission,' says principal Dipak Kar. 'We teach students radio and television journalism and public relations,' faculty member Tapasi Ghosh adds.

Kar thinks students are queuing up for such courses as the number of recruiters are very high. Even IT companies recruit students for their communication department.

Shikshayatan College offers three-year undergraduate course in mass communication and journalism. Jamia Milia Islamia, Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) in Chennai, Indian Institute of Mass communication (IIMC) at Delhi and Dhenkanal offer diploma in journalism and television after a bachelor’s degree. Admission details of ACJ can be downloaded from www.asianmedia.org.

A written examination is conducted at various centres, followed by a personal interview. The college also offers placements. Students planning to apply for IIMC can find details on www.iimc.nic

Jamia Milia offers a Masters in mass comm (50 seats), convergent journalism (20 seats), and one-year diploma courses in development communication (40 seats), broadcast system maintenance (20 seats), still photography and visual communication (20 seats) and graphics and animation (20 seats).