EM²RC JAMIA

Name of the Centre: Anwar Jamal Kidwai – Mass Communication Research Centre

(AJK-MCRC)

Name of the Director:Prof. M. Obaid Siddiqui

Date of Inception :1982-83

Address :AJK-Mass Communication Research Centre

Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg

New Delhi – 110025

Telephone No. :011-26986812, 26986813

Fax No. :011-26986811

E-mail Address :director.mcrc@gmail.com

Website Address :www.ajkmcrc.org

Number of Positions Sanctioned:

Teaching – Professor – 06 (In Place – 05), Associate Professor – 05 (In Place-02),

Assistant Professor -13 (In Place – 08), Research Scientist – 01

Non-Teaching – Group A – 22 (In Place -22), Group B – 11 (In Place – 09),

Group C – 64 (In Place – 54),Group D – 27 (In Place – 23)

Description of the Centre:

The Mass Communication Research Centre was established in 1982 (it started functioning in

1983) by Anwar Jamal Kidwai, the then Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia.

To strengthen the foundation of university-based media education UGC set up programme

production centres in different universities. The first such centre was set up at the MCRC.

As a result, apart from being a teaching institution, the MCRC became a leading

production centre of educational programmes.

Additional Achievement of the Centre:

The AJK-MCRC has played a very important role in the expansion of communication

infrastructure in the country. In last three decades, MCRC has produced a generation of

film-makers and media professionals who had addressed important social, cultural and

political issues of the country through their documentary films, fiction films, through print

and new media.

Name of the Host University : Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Vice Chancellor :Mr. Najeeb Jung, IAS

Address : Jamia Millia Islamia,

Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg,

New Delhi – 110025

Telephone No. :+91(11)26981717, 26984617,

26984658, 26988044, 26987183

Fax :+91(11)2698 0229

Website of the Host University: www.jmi.ac.in