The Board exams fill in a lot of pressure and
nervousness. But the real journey starts post the examinations when
students have to choose a course that can help them build a satisfying career.
While traditional preferences like engineering, medical remain go to options
for the students, other courses like event Management, Journalism, Hospitality too,
are picking up fast as they come up with exciting career prospects.
Vigorous demands, attractive opportunities,
higher investments, increasing number of job opportunities are some of the
major factors that are paving way for Indian Media Industry to grow up tall in
global media market and match the benchmarks. With the advent of Social Media,
the entire demographics have changed and people have started to look at
the media industry as a highly lucrative career option.
The number of Social Media users would increase
to around 300 Million in India in 2020 as compared to 158.7 million in 2016.
With such an increase, the demand for quality professionals in the media
industry has also popped up to a certain extent. Apart from Government owned
media houses, numerous privately owned media houses have also emerged on the
scene and are offering well-paid jobs in various divisions.
University Institute of Media Studies (UIMS) at Chandigarh University is ranked among the Best
journalism and mass communication colleges in Punjab. At UIMS the primary
objective is to create talented individuals who are industry ready as soon as
they complete their education. The state of the art infrastructure and
steadfast faculty ensure quality education for all our students. In addition to
academics, ample opportunities are provided to the students to develop their
overall capabilities as budding future communicators. This is executed by
exposing students to frequent experienced industry professionals visits from
which they can learn the nuances of Media Industry. Students at UIMS have been
placed at well-known Media houses such as ABP, India News, Goldmine
Advertising, CNN-IBN, Network 18 and so on hence providing their career a
flying start. This ensures that students have an appealing and a notable
experience studying at the University Institute of Media Studies.