new delhi indian institute of mass communication iimc has signed agreements with two foreign universities for faculty exchange and undertaking joint research projects a senior information and broadcasting ministry official said on tuesday iimc recently signed two international cooperation agreements one with the queensland university of technology brisbane australia and another with university mayor in santiago chile bimal julka secretary information and broadcasting ministry said while addressing the 46th annual convocation ceremony of the institute here julka who is also the chairman of iimc said the premier institute would encourage full cooperation for collaboration with their foreign partners we will hold fruitful cooperation in terms of faculty exchange and undertaking joint research projects as well as student exchanges once the twoyear masters degree programme are launched at iimc he said stressing on the role the media plays in the lives of people the secretary urged the mass communication graduates to maintain the highest standards of ethics and morality given the massive impact the media has on the people julka also reiterated the governments idea to grant iimc the status of institute of national importance and bringing it on par with iits and iims the possibility of cooperation in shortterm training programme for officers of indian information service iis was also being explored he added a total of 306 students from the six centres new delhi jammu dhenkanal aizwal amravati and kottayam were conferred postgraduate diploma at the convocation