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The Institute maintains close contacts and professional relationships with a
number of news organizations, academic institutions and corporations. Many
of our faculty members, full-time, part-time and guest lecturers, are
professionals in senior positions at major media institutions. We maintain
active partnerships with several journalism-related organizations in India
and solicit their participation on an ongoing basis.
The journalism community in India recognizes the quality of our program and
the caliber of our students. Our graduates are now working in CNN, CNN-IBN,
Times Now, Rediff, Google, Reuters, Press Association-UK, major newspapers
and many other leading media houses. Further, we have placed graduates in
internship programs with the prestigious New York Times and Scripps Howard
Program in the United States.
IIJNM career placement services aggressively market our graduates to leading
media organizations. We maintain constant contact with human resource
departments at these organizations, developing a relationship that provides
our graduates with the best career opportunities. As the leading school of
journalism in India, it is our priority to ensure the highest placement of
our students.
Career
Placement Week at IIJNM
Nearly
all the students at IIJNM have been placed. Most students
have multiple offers.
Companies that came to recruit include
CNN IBN, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC TV18, Newswire 18, NewsX, Times
Now, BIG FM, Deccan Chronicle, Times of India, Indian Express,
Reuters, CMPt, IDG, Press Association UK, Sakaal Publications,
Infomedia, DNA, Bangalore Mirror, TV9 and other consulting
firms.
Salaries this year have ranged from about
Rs. 2 lakh per annum to about Rs. 5 lakh per annum.
Students
and recruiters have both been happy with the Placement Process.
"As always, a very useful visit,"
said Margaret Hicks of The Press Association, UK and India.
"The students are very bright and obviously taught
well," she added.
"Some students were exceptionally good
in their walkthroughs and live chats," remarked Shreeti,
the HR manager of TV9. "We are impressed."
Shumita
Mahajan, Assistant Editor of Sakaal group of publications
found the students very focused, and Nabanita Guha, Senior
Manager, HR, INX News said that the students had great team
spirit.
Muralidhar Swaminathan, News Director of
CNBC TV 18 said that the company had a good experience.
"There is a lot of enthusiasm in the batch."
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