A. J. K. Mass Communication Research Centre
College of mass communication in Delhi, India
A. J. K. Mass Communication Research Centre (AJK MCRC) is a mass communication research centre located in New Delhi, India and a constituent institute of the Jamia Millia Islamia. The full form for AJK MCRC is Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre named after its founder Anwar Jamal Kidwai in 1982.
A. J. Kidwai established the MCRC in collaboration with York University, Toronto and the Canadian International Development Agency. The CIDA provided the MCRC with a range of sophisticated production equipment while York University sent the first generation of teachers. The team from York was led by distinguished documentary filmmaker James Beveridge, a close associate of documentary pioneer John Grierson, founder of the National Film Board of Canada.
Academics
The centre offers courses including PhD in Mass Communication, Master of Arts courses in Mass Communication, Convergent Journalism, Development Communication, Visual Effect and Animation, postgraduate diploma programmes in Acting, Broadcast Technology, and Still Photography and Visual Communication.
In 2019, the centre launched Master of Science program in Mathematics Education in partnership with Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi.
Facilities
Production facilities
The AJK MCRC has analogue and digital systems for programme production. There are three television studios for multi-camera productions and DV and HDV cameras (PD-150, PD-170, HVR Z-1, DSR 570 and Panasonic DVX 100) with accessories for single camera shoots. Other production equipment includes final cut pro non-linear editing machines of the G5 series, with dual processors for film & video, Avid Adrenaline Media Composers, Arriflex 16 SR III film cameras, Steinbeck film editing machines, digital audio work stations, sound studio, multimedia lab with software for print journalism, and still photography units.
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