Hi there so to answer your question let me tell you 

Archa, the IIMC conducts an entrance exam for the Post Graduate Diploma Courses every year. The institute is specially acclaimed towards the professional career in the Media Industry and hence it's recruitment for the PG Diploma Courses and Diploma Course in Development Journalism is selective and depends upon your performance and knowledge about the subject. It specialises in various fields of both Print and Electronic Media and offers a quality education in multi-languages. 

The Admit Card for all PG Diploma Courses has already been released in the official website of IIMC. You can check it in http://iimcdiplomacourses.asrb2014.org/AdmitCard.aspx with your registered Date of Birth, Mobile Number and URN. 

The Entrance Examination for Odia/Urdu/Marathi/Malayalam Journalism is on 25th May,2019 and for PG Diploma Course in Journalism Hindi/English, Radio and TV Journalism and Advertising and Public Relations is on 26th May, 2019. The Examination Pattern will be based on your knowledge and insight in General Awareness, Analytical and Aptitute Skills, Social Consciousness, Language Skills, ethics and values, Lateral thinking abilities and your understanding about the opted course. The examination timing for the Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Urdu, English, Hindi is from 9am-11am and Radio & TV, Advertising & PR is at 3pm-5pm. 

Please check the official website again for any other future updates and recheck your respective centre details. Do enquire again if neccessary. All the best Archa, good luck! 

Greetings Medhamahima!

Hope you're doing great.

Since I've cracked the IIMC admission paper for Journalism course I'll try to give my insight into the examination. First thing first, if you've completed your graduation in Journalism then I see no point of appearing for this exams. You will only be taught things which you might have already read during your undergraduate level. Technically, IIMC is for those who are from the different stream and want to start their career in either Radio Productions, Advertising and Public relations, or Journalism. 

Now, coming back to the question of how to pass the IIMC entrance examination? I'll sum up the tricks whole in three points: Be an active news reader(follow any newspaper), practice creative writing(abundant online course are available), Don't forget to put on your views at the time of answering the questions. If you follow these three steps I'm pretty sure you'll pass through the written exam with flying colours.

After the declaration of the written test, you'll be called for the Personal Interview round. The interview panel will be mostly Insitute teachers and professors and sometimes they call eminent media personality but that's rare. During my interview, the interviewers asked very general questions. As my dad was serving in IAF at that time so, they asked me about AFSPA, how it's affecting northeastern states. I'll recommend please go through introspection and learn about yourself. Most of the questions will be directly or indirectly based on your life experience. They want to know your personality and hence the whole PI round is all about. 

I don't recommend any book for IIMC examination. However, if you want you can go through the Journalism competitive examination book by Arihant Publication. You will become aware of most of the kinds of stuff asked during the exam. 

P.S: Don't forget to take a pencil to the examination hall. 

Hope, this will help. DO reach out in the comment section in case of any query.

All the best! :)

Cheers!

Indian Institue of Mass Communication(IIMC) offers plethora of diploma courses in the field of Journalism like Post-Graduate Diploma course in Journalism(Hindi and English),Post-Graduate Diploma Course in Advertising and Public Relations and so on for which they conduct entrance exam. 

However, there are certain eligibility norms that should be met by the interested candidate. Students who hold Bachelor's degree in any subject only can apply for this exam. Moreover, only Indian nationals are eligible to take the exam for Post-Graduate Diploma courses. For International students, however, there are other criteria.

As far as the age criteria is concerned, for General Category-candidates who are born on 01 August, 1994 or later are eligible. SC/ST/Physically Handicapped Catregory- candidates who are born on 01 August, 1989 or later are eligible. OBC category- candidates born on 01 August, 1991 or later are eligible.

Hello aspirant,

Hope you are doing well...!!!

A portion of the well known reference books one can use during IIMC Entrance Exam 2022 are: Popular Master Guide for Journalism and Mass Communication Entrance Examination, Handbook of Mass Communication (Theory and Practice), Mass Communication Journalism Entrance Examination of All Indian Universities, Success Master.

Hope this information helps you!!

All the best!!

YOU SHOULD TAKE UP A COURSE OF THE LANGUAGE YOU WANT TO CHOSE...also keep a good rapport in ooriya....f you want to be working in the media sector in Odisha, you should be proficient in Oriya/Odia language especially for print media.it would help you communicate well and write/report if you are fluent on Odia.

also, try internship in local media houses

Hi Prahalad.

IIMC only conducts exams at post graduation level. So either its IIMC-Calcutta or IIMC-Delhi , you get there only for your masters.

secondaly, At Undergraduate level there are some well known colleges that conduct exam for mass communication and jornalism.

Admissions are open and these days you have to go through entrance to get in any course. And yes, you need a minimum of 50% marks in your 12th standard from a recognized board.

Few colleges are -

• Indraprastha university
• Symbiois university
• IP College for women, Delhi University
• Manipal University

Admissions are open and forms are available on their particular official websites.

and if you have any fiurther query feel free to revert back.

i hope it helps.

if you like the answer, kindly upvote.

goodluck.

There is nothing decalred for 2018 admissions till now, but tentatively the registration window should be open in the month of April most probably in 1st week so you are advised to stay tuned with us to know all latest updates for the same.

Good Luck!!!

Hi Divya, thanks for your question.

Yes, you can appear for IIMC entrance exam provided you have completed your graduation and are born on or after 1st August 1993, (if you belong to general category). 

The application form of IIMC 2018 will be available tentatively from the last week of March 2018 in online and offline mode. You can either download the online application form or you can purchase it from the IIMC centres. The Application fee is Rs 1200 (for general category).

Since IIMC offers a lot of courses, you will have to choose the course(s) of your liking in the application form. The last date for filling the IIMC 2018 application form will tentatively be second week of May 2018.

For detailed information on the eligibility for other categories, the courses available and the entrnce exam syllabus you can refer to this Article - https://media.careers360.com/articles/iimc-entrance-exam

Since I have also done my PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, I can say from my personal experience that if you start you preparations even today and keep yourself updated with the most prominent events of this and the previous year by referring to one or two good new papers (viz. The Indian Express), you will have a very strong chance of scoring good marks in the entrance exam and acing the group discussion and personal interview. All the best with your preparations.