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From: CHITTIBABU PADAVALA <afchittibabu@
Date: Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 12:14 AM
Subject: Journalism College Chief's request concerning the SC/ST
scholarships at the ACJ
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Please do kindly go through this mail and tell me what you think we
should collectively do about increasing the presence of Dalits in
media and media studies. Suggestions, criticisms, and offers of help
are welcome.
This is from Mr. Sashikumar, one of the most important figures in
modern Indian
Asian College of Journalism. He expressed his disappointment that not
many applications are coming from Dalits to study at ACJ and thinks it
was not due to any dearth of talent but ........
Chittibabu.
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From: sashikumar <sakumar@vsnl.
Date: 19 March 2010 09:21
Subject: Reg: SC/ST scholarships at the ACJ
To: CHITTIBABU PADAVALA <afchittibabu@
Cc: Malini <malini.acj@gmail.
Dear Chittibabu,
I write to you to seek your assistance in meaningfully enabling and
enlarging the scholarships we have instituted for candidates from
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for study at the ACJ.
As you know, the intent and purpose of these scholarships are threefold:
(a) to make the composition of our student intake for our postgraduate
diploma programme each year more diverse and inclusive,
(b) to bring the impinging inequality, injustice and deprivation in
our society - which tends to be marginalised in the mainstream news
media - in sharp focus into our radar; and thereby
(c) make for a demographic change in the class and caste character of
practising professional journalists.
I have no doubt that to realise these aims we must be able to draw the
attention of talented candidates from the Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes, who see in journalism the potential to make a
difference.
Unfortunately our experience over the last years has been that there
are not enough applications to select candidates from for the four
scholarships we already have. These are, as you know, full
scholarships covering the tuition fees and, wherever required, also
the board and lodging for the duration of the course.
In fact ,the paradox has been that while we have offers of more
scholarships (beyond the 4 already available) we find we do not have
enough takers for them. This may partly have to do with the
requirement that candidates must have a comfortable functional grasp
of English to cope with the programme., which is tested in ACJ's
entrance exam for admissions. But I suspect the real reason for the
inadequate response to our scholarship scheme is that we have not
really been able to connect with, and interest, the target group which
can beneficially avail it.
As a scholar-alumnus of ACJ, I hope your own experience will bear out
the value of the course in equipping students with the skill sets and
the analytical and reflective capabilities for professional
journalistic practice.
I rely on you to try and initiate interest in these scholarships so
that we have a talented pool of applicants to draw from, and can
really make the difference we hope to.
Admissions for the academic year 2010-2011 have been announced and the
details are available on the ACJ websites: www.asianmedia.
www.asianmedia.
Please do spread the word to your ACJ mates and other collegaues and
enlist their support in this cause. If there is anything you think we
should do to facilitate the process, please don't hesitate to let me
know.
The ACJ Registrar, Ms. Malini ( malini.acj@gmail.
contacted for any clarifications
I hope we will be able to make a break through this year.
With warm wishes,
Sashi
Sashi Kumar
Chairman
Media Development Foundation
&
Asian College of Journalism
Second Main Road
Taramani
Chennai-600113
India
(T) +91-44-22542840 / 42-47
(F) +91-44-22542839
www.asianmedia.
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