"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)