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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