Minister interacts with students attending ‘Documentary Filmmaking’ workshop at Media Complex; Hails novel initiative
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 08: Minister for Information, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today asked the Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR) to diversify its activities by organizing regular trainings and workshops to equip the media students with core skills.
“As the media and communication sector becomes ever more diverse and dynamic, specialized degrees in the field of media and communication studies are also growing in popularity,” the Minister said while interacting with the media students at the ‘Documentary Film Making’ workshop being organized by DIPR at Media Complex here.
He said the media professionals need skills that are essential for the jobs of today and the future and not for the jobs of the past. “In this endeavor I think the DIPR can and should play a proactive role by organizing frequent interactions of the experts with the media students in J&K,” he said and added that the Department has already embarked on this mission and it now needs to be sustained.
The Minister was informed that the 12-day workshop began on 3 October 2017 and would culminate till 15 October.
A group of 23 students of the Media Studies Departments of University of Kashmir, Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora, Government College for Women, M A Road Srinagar, Govt Degree College Baramulla, Govt Degree College Anantnag, besides, two freelance media practitioners from Gurgaon are attending the workshop.
