jaipur four years after the centre for mass communication at university of rajasthan lost a permanent head of the department a television studio set up at the centre is now in a shambles all equipment at the studio including a computer lab a pcr setup camera stands projector screens are covered in dust stored in a damp room with heavy seepage on walls the studio which is in the basement of the pg commerce college building now has six computers in the lab pictures put up on the walls by students as part of assignments and a pile of old newspapers in a dimly lit room covered with cobwebsthe studio was set up in 2015 with an investment of around rs 27 lakh of which rs 25 lakh was received as grants and additional expenses from the savings of the department the studio was functional properly till 2018 when the centre had a permanent head for years now the centre has not had a proper head who is an expert in the field due to which it has not received much attention there is also no permanent faculty and only one course masters in journalism and mass communication is run with guest faculty after haridev joshi university was started we tried to get their students too here so that the studio would be in use but it did not work out said prof urvashi sharma who has additional charge of the centre she said now the university is planning to rebuild a mini version of the studio on the premises for students of the masters programme prof sanjeev bhanawat former head of the centre said the studio had a full working pcr unit where children could learn functioning of a television channel but it was not maintained properly now even if the equipment is sold one would barely get any money till i was there the studio was fully functional