Rank of IIMC

Can you tell me about the Ranking of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) as I want to know it before taking up any course in it?

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The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is an Indian media centre of learning funded and promoted by the Government of India in New Delhi.

It is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Its one of India's premier institutes for training, teaching and research in mass communication.

It was set up by the Government of India in 1965 on the recommendation of a team of internationally known mass communication specialists from UNESCO and the Ford Foundation.

The then Minister in charge of Information and Broadcasting, Indira Gandhi formally inaugurated the Institute on 17 August 1965.

Its mission is to create a dynamic learning and working environment which nurtures new ideas, creativity, research and scholarship and develops leaders and innovators in the domain of media and mass communication.

It is ranked among the top Mass Communication Institutes in India.


Noted IIMCians
Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan, India's first openly transgender civil servant.
Amit Sengupta, Veteran Journalist and Academician
Anshu Gupta, Social Worker, and founder of Goonj (NGO)
Chitra Subramaniam, known for breaking the infamous Bofors scandal
David Devadas, journalist, writer and columnist. An expert on Kashmir conflict, known for critically acclaimed book In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir
Deepak Chaurasia, Editor-in-chief India News
Sudhir Chaudhary, Editor in chief, Zee News
Hasleen Kaur, Actress, model and Miss India Earth 2011
Neelesh Misra, author, journalist and Bollywood lyricist
Nidhi Razdan, anchor of NDTV 24x7
Niret Alva, TV producer, co-founder Miditech
Radhe Krishan, Assistant Professor at Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies
Ravish Kumar, senior executive editor in NDTV India
Rini Simon Khanna, news anchor
Shrinivas Mishra, IIS. Formerly Dy Director( NEWS), Doordarshan.
Sonal Kalra, Editor, HT City
Sourav Mishra, journalist, livelihood interventionist, researcher
Sunetra Choudhury, journalist, and anchor of NDTV 24x7
Vartika Nanda, Head of the Department of Journalism at Lady Shri Ram College for Women
Vivek Agnihotri, Indian film director
Željko Malnar, Croatian maverick traveler, writer and TV producer
Zafar Anjum, Noted Writer, Journalist, Publisher & Filmmaker


Contact Detail:
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
JNU new campus,
Aruna Asif Ali Road,
New Delhi - 110067, India
Phone: 26742920/60
Fax : 91-011-26742462