the cluster innovation centre cic at delhi university has launched a new 30hour credited course in media basics we are surrounded by media all the time visual media has become indispensable and has a strong presence the idea behind starting this course was to create awareness among students about communication and how it is handled through tv channels print medium online etc and also the importance of ethics says sukrita paul kumar programme coordinator btech in humanities cluster innovation cent du we want students to develop a critical eye and understanding of communications because it affects the quality of projection and impacts people of all age groups communication through media after all is all about sociology history language and the change is the visual culture adds kumar the btech in humanities already includes a course in journalism and now the media course has been added though the new course is open to all students of cic the course will focus on electronic media and improve presentation and communication skills of the participants the areas that would be covered would include social broadcasting understanding trps environment and wildlife programming sports production and art of video editing students would get credits for the course the course will be taught by industry experts who have worked with doordarshan and also by faculty from cic brij bakshi who has a 30year experience will be the course director and goura dhawan lal will be joining as an additional senior faculty as guest faculty we have mike pandey who is an eminent wildlife filmmaker among others classes would not be conducted in the chalkandtalk mode but would be interactive she informs on completion students would be awarded a certificate