"You are the Architect of your own destiny."

A guest lecture of Sanjeev Srivastava was organised by Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Sh. Sanjeev Srivastava is the former editor of BBC Hindi. He has even worked in The Times of India in early 90’s. He was an Indian speaker from 1994 to 2009.

Sanjeev Srivastava is from Jaipur and he began his career from Jaipur itself. At times when studying for IAS exams and cracking competitive papers was in trend he was not aware of what he wanted to do apart from thinking same.

In his very first interview with The Times of India, Sanjeev Srivastava was rejected but he worked in same office in night shifts when newspapers were sent out to locals. He never lost hope and always believed in destiny. Slowly and gradually he became a journalist in The Times of India after lot of hard work .

He interacted with the students and told them about the ethics of a journalist, how self believe can change the mind set and encourage you for doing the work. According to him journalism is a profession where you can learn the most and in this profession an individual enjoys the work.

                                                                                              (Report By Manisha Chandwani)

Alfaaz Apne Apne

Budding Journalist of JU launched their Book

JAIPUR:  Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of JECRC University organised a book launch program On 18^th January . The  students of BA (JMC) wrote a book on poetries that includes six different writers which are Ajay Kasana ,Sumit Sharma, Akash Tiwari, Bhavika Joshi, Pooja Jangid and Abhishek vyas. Book has been published through Envy Post under the guidance of Pandit Aman Deep. All the poetries were collected by Akash Tiwari and the book was designed by Stuti Bafna .They worked very hard  to publish this  book. The program took place in Moot Court of The JECRC University, Jaipur. All the students and teachers of Journalism and Mass Communication Department. The guest of honor was Dr.Bhavya Soni who is a young poet and Professor in Rajasthan University. The program was hosted by Lakshit Pareek and Nilesh Bansal. In the beginning  writers presented their poetries and sher. The guest of honor Dr.Bhavya Soni came one the stage to recite his poetries. He also explained the basic grammar of slam poetry gazals. His way of orientation tempted students. Shivam Pathak asked few questions to the writers. At the end of the event the book was launched by Dr. Bhavya Soni. At last Dr. Narendra Kaushik gave the vote of thanks and praised the efforts of the students. Thus, the book launched successfully.                                                                                                      (Report By Ajay Kasana)

An Example of True Journalist : Yashwant Singh

Everyone has a story. 

Founder and Editor of Bhadas4Media, Mr. Yashwant Singh gave his warm presence on Wednesday in Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, JECRC University, Jaipur.

Mr. Yashwant Singh Founder and Editor of Bhadas4Media gave his presence in JECRC University, Jaipur. A welcome speech given by a student Pulkit Sharma and he told about Mr. Yashwant's achievements. 

He has completed his studies from Banaras Hindu University. He has earlier worked in Dainik

Jagran as Chief Reporter and in Amar Ujala. Before proceeding further a song"bam barse chahe barse goli" was sung by Rhythem Jain and Rajat. Few questions were asked by Pandit Amandeep on the topic. He has been to jail many a times and wrote a book "Janeman Jail" over there about the journey of his life in Jail. A question was asked regarding the safety of girls, "Media has become the safest place for girls" , said by Mr. Yashwant Singh. Afterwards when interactive session took place he said, "Media is a place where you are a vibrate kind of person where you can feel everything." Journalism is a life full of possibilities. Journalism proves to be the best if you like challenging people and

adventures. 

Nowadays there are so many platforms but less content. He also said Media is our home if there is anything wrong in our home we should raise our voice against it. No one publishes Media. News which are not being published in newspapers are posted on social media so that it could reach to public. There is no problem in choosing wrong ways if your motive is right. Once he has also written against his relative because they use to take bribe. The session was summed up by few questions which were asked by the students. At the end he said "Everyone has a story and anger."

                                                                                                    

(Report By Komal Rijhwani)

Ghost Riders Of Jaipur

High speed & adrenaline rush is common in 21^st century.

The statistics of road accidents in past decade have been on a high scale with 1, 37,000 lives having been lost in 2013 alone. But does that stop the youth from doing stunts on roads? No, Not at all. Illegal bike racing and illegal stunt shows are very much the in-thing for the youth of Jaipur, mainly because of internet and viral videos on YouTube. We spoke to a bike racer in Jaipur. He told us the condition of anonymity about the rules and regulations and the venues of the stunts on the sly.

For some youngsters, illegal bike racing is also a source of income.

It takes place twice a month in, Malviyanagar, vidhyadharnagar and Jhotwara.

The bikers shuffle through the places and the race is sponsored by unknown people. The price money is decided based on the betspeople place on a particular race or racer. The racer told us that 10 deaths have caused by the illegal bike races since 2015 in Jaipur.But none of those deaths was attributed to racing. The biker also told us that bike modifications are a big business because of illegal racing. The garages for these kinds of works are located in Malviya Nagar and Ajmeri Gate areas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (Report By Nirbhay Kumar, Ajay Kasana, Aryan Malik)

No Degree, No Certificate, only Skill

An initiative by barefoot college and JECRC University.

Mr. Subrojit, head of educational cell at barefoot visited the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, on January 3, 2019.

The barefoot college is a platform which connects rural communities to education, professions and advocacy. Many individuals control their lives and the well being of  communities. Mr. Subrojit was given a warm welcome by the Department and after visiting the studio he got to know about some amazing activities which takes place like the daily newspaper which is known as "The Message" is being published by the students every working day and he listened to the radio bulletin which is known as "The Voice" on the SoundCloud recorded by the students. He also appreciated The TV talk which is being hosted by the students of third year of BAJMC Department. He was glad to know about the books being written and published by the students. For more than 40 years , the Barefoot College has designed new ways to nurture and support a journey to empowerment, one village at a time , one woman at a time. We demystify and decentralize the technology and put new tools in the hands of the rural poor with a singular objective of spreading self-sufficiency and sustainability. With a geographic focus on the least developed countries , we train women worldwide as solar engineers, innovators and educators, who then return to their villages to bring electricity.

 (Report By Stuti Bafna and Bhavika Joshi)