PG DIPLOMA IN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION (PGDDC) - Commits Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication

PROGRAMME DETAILS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: With leading NGOs, development organizations, CSR departments in MNCs, international funding agencies, etc. based on the student’s aptitude and interview performance.

PEDAGOGY: LIVE ONLINE SESSIONS INCLUDING IN-PERSON PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

DURATION: Course can be completed within 10 months, based on the students’ performance, and satisfaction of course directors

COURSE BEGIN DATE: August 2021

ADVANTAGE: This course can be pursued simultaneously, along with a regular full time PG course

ELIGIBILITY:

Graduate from any stream with or without work experience;
Anyone seeking to up skill in Development Communication and CSR

ADMISSION: Online Application, followed by Interview and Payment of fees

EXPECTATIONS:

Good writing skills in English, Hindi and Regional Language
Passion for development and community work
Ability to connect emotionally with development work
Ability to think creatively for human development
Managerial ability to ‘walk the talk’ and sell ideas for human development
Willingness to undertake field work
Ability to work hard in a highly demanding global sector

PROJECTS:

Creating a CSR campaign
Analysing global development case studies
Compulsory cause-related field work
Drafting funding proposals
Designing social media-based communication for any three human interest issues

ATTENDANCE: Being a practical course 90% attendance (online and in-person taken together) is compulsory.

ASSESSMENT: Continuous credit-based non-exam, interaction, response and project-based evaluation with a final comprehensive viva voce.
Total: 150 credits; To Qualify: 100 credits; 1 credit = 10 hours of academic effort by the student, including physical attendance in class sessions, meeting deadlines and quality of performance in projects and assignments

COURSE DELIVERY: Online classes, field visits, with project report (and compulsory internship if student is not already working in the development sector)

COURSE DIRECTORS: Senior professionals from NGOs, international development organizations, CSR practitioners, PR and advertising, theatre, traditional media, digital media and development journalism; subject-matter experts, experienced in-house faculty. The faculty will also mentor students who are keen to explore and expand their horizons beyond prescribed projects, tests, curriculum and coursework.

Dr Mukta Banerjee
Shreyas Jayakumar-Jacob
Melissa Arulappan
Collin Timms
Jayashree Nandi
Ashish Sen
Deeptha Rao

COURSE STRUCTURE:

Paper code	Name of Paper	Credits
PGDDC 101	Understanding the Development Sector	10
PGDDC 102	Development Laws	10
PGDDC 103	Public Relations and Crisis Communications	10
PGDDC 104	Corporate Social Responsibility	10
PGDDC 105	Community Communication (Folk, Radio and Theatre)	10
PGDDC 106	General Studies and Public Policy	10
PGDDC 107	Development Reporting	10
PGDDC 108	Environmental Journalism	10
PGDDC 109	Gender Communication	10
PGDDC 110	Poverty Alleviation and Social Enterprise Development	10
PGDDC 111	Producing Development Documentaries	10
PGDDC 112	Global Case Studies	10
PGDDC 113	Internship/Field Work with Project Work/Report Submission	20
PGDDC 114	Comprehensive Viva Voce	10
TOTAL CREDITS		150
TO QUALIFY CREDITS		100

Each module will have a minimum of 10 hours of online classes, and will be divided into Basic Concepts and Advanced Theory and Practice.
The course outline is flexible and does not follow text-book prescribed modules. Within the broad framework, the most current, relevant and industry-specific topics will be discussed and projects assigned.