Placement

Internships Abroad Programme

From 2009, the Dept. has made arrangements, tapping the MoUs and its network of foreign contacts, to send at least five students abroad for internship to facilitate better opportunities for higher studies and placement for students. Mr Thevananth and Mr Akmal Rahman of II MSc Electronic Media have been invited by Aalborg University, Denmark for one month internship during January 2010.
 

Collaboration with Foreign Universities

Functional MoU with Hallym University, South Korea. Aalborg University, Denmark, proposes to have a functional MoU with the Dept.in 2010.

FOJO Sweden and University of Jaffna support their students for their studies in the Dept.
 

Long Term Research Goals

To conduct at least three research seminars every year on one leading Tamil newspaper of the present and past and publish the proceedings as a volume. 

To bring out 10 such research volumes on Tamil Journalism during 2010-2019. 

Already completed two research seminars on Dinamalar during 2009 and propose to have the third one during January 2010.