Dear Friends,
Anhad is starting a Media Institute from April 15 in Kashmir. Need your support and wishes.
shabnam Hashmi
Anhad Institute of Media Studies
The journey that has led us to the opening of AIMS began in 2005. Anhad went to the valley to provide relief material to the residents of far flung areas of Tangdar and Uri. The small beginning in the remote villages of Tangdar over the past few years gave birth to new ideas and work expanded to over 35 villages providing livelihood support, computer education and running nursing courses for the girls. Anhad’s office in Srinagar became a vibrant youth centre with regular film screenings and discussions, book reading and poetry sessions. Anhad has since organised a student documentary film festival and a youth convention in Srinagar.
Discussions with students at the film festival showed us that there was a need felt strongly by the youth for an institute that could impart knowledge, both technical and that of the philosophical nature, in the arena of media. Anhad in order to serve this need has decided to create a Media Institute that will create working liaisons among scholars, professionals, educators, parents and the youth.
This media institute will not only be an institution of theoretical learning, but its students will be involved actively in the field, studying, helping Anhad raise awareness and mediating on Anhad’s behalf when media performance and other critical issues of public interest arise. AIMS would therefore be an autonomous institution dedicated to the highest quality of education, research and production. It is based in Srinagar, at the heart of the Kashmir Valley.
The institute shall facilitate professional training for students in the disciplines of documentary film-making, broadcast journalism, photography, advertising, media research and other related fields. The endeavour is based on a firm belief in the potential of mass media to act as a catalyst for socio-economic change. Such a potential can only be realised through deployment of innovative techniques, dedicated teaching, creative production and excellence in programming skills that naturally address social issues.
The institute boasts of a wide range of sophisticated and latest digital technology and equipment such as cameras (video and still), editing software, studio equipment and lights that will help the students keep pace with the technology in the market. A posse of experienced and dynamic faculty, the crème de la crème of media practitioners, filmmakers, photographers, journalists and all that would regularly come to the institute as visiting-faculty. An extensive film library and round the clock internet and editing facility are some of the factors that lend a cutting edge to AIMS in the field of media education.
Vision, Aims and Objectives
The AIMS is envisioned with the aim to train and shape highly skilled professionals for the burgeoning video, television and advertising industry by providing the state of the art facilities to its students. The institute’s broad mission encapsulates the need to impart a holistic education having a sound amalgam of theoretical and practical learning. It aims to stimulate the creative potential of its students and to cultivate a scientific temper for probing social events. On the solid foundation of latest research in the field of media and communication, the students will be encouraged to creatively explore the audio visual medium for social change. They will be motivated to try out innovative ideas and forms and to come up with alternative media practices in the domain of documentary filmmaking as well as broadcast journalism. To this end students will be provided with state of the art facilities for production of programmes, documentaries, serials, talk-shows, etc. They will be encouraged to experiment with latest digital and analogue technologies.
The courses are designed to give an edge to practical hands-on training and they will be subjected to regular upgrading. The institute is expected to keenly follow the volatile technological scenario and the job requirements. AIMS would facilitate higher interaction of the students with the industry in the form of internships and collaboration with media agencies, TV channels and production houses. In the long run AIMS plans to introduce animation, graphic design, web design courses as well as run community TV and Radio stations.
In all, the main objective of the institute would be to prepare its students for a leading career in TV channels, production houses, advertising firms, MNC’s, media research and educational institutions, non-governmental organisations, etc.
PG Diploma in Broadcast Journalism
Duration: 12 Months (Full Time)
Eligibility: Graduation Degree from a university in any discipline.
Admission process: Interview and Portfolio.
Course aim: The rapid proliferation of satellite TV, private channels and news media has created an unprecedented demand for skilled reporters, anchors, writers, news editors, camera person, producers, etc. The course is designed to equip the students with professional journalistic skills for joining this ever expanding universe of TV industry. Through the illustrated classroom lectures, practical exercises in the form of studio productions and news simulations and workshops with media professionals, the students learn to write, report, anchor, shoot and edit their own programmes. They get a-hands-on-training on lighting equipments and sound recording. The core objective of the course would be to teach the methods of objective news reporting and to demystify news and its status as a saleable commodity. The course stresses on the need to use news as an agent of political critique. The students also get exposed to the limitations and potentials of news in shaping the social changes.
PG Diploma in Documentary Film Production
Duration: 12 Months (Full Time)
Eligibility: Graduation Degree from a reputed university in any discipline
Admission process: Interview and Portfolio.
Course aims: The course focuses primarily on production, practices and fiction/ non-fiction discourses as an arena of creative expression for socio-political change. It seeks to redefine and problematise the documentary by negotiating the concepts of subjectivity and deconstructing the binaries of fiction\non-fiction, real\unreal, etc, to create an increasing cross-pollination of genres. The course is designed to prepare the students towards a creative and professional approach to video production and filmmaking through regular exercises, workshops, classroom lectures and screenings of visual, developmental and conceptual communication skills. The students are exposed to the history, theory and contemporary practices of documentary film and mass communication research. Extensive practical exercises in camera, lighting, editing, research and scriptwriting, sound recording and post production prepare the students for their final diploma film as well as enable them to further pursue their careers in television, production houses or as independent filmmakers. The students are encouraged to challenge the traditional mode of documentary production by experimenting with form and content and also through creative application of ideas for social change.
Admission Procedures and Rules
Application Form and Portfolio
Students should submit a portfolio along with the application form consisting of evidence regarding participation in extra curricular and/or media related activities during their student days. The portfolio may include examples of their published writing, photographs, music, painting, certificates of dance or theatre performances, evidence of social work and any other creative activities.
The students are expected to attach photocopies of their works and certificates and not to append audio and video tapes with the portfolio. The original products or recorded examples of candidate’s work can be brought at the time of the interview for further consideration. In the first round the candidates would be selected on the basis of their academic performance, their participation in extracurricular activities and the essay that they are required to send with the application form. The selected students would be intimated through telephone, institute’s web site and by post as well. However, it would be the responsibility of the students to seek information about her/his selection after the due date. Institute does not take any responsibility of any postal failure, telephone or web services.
The number of candidates called for interview will be two times the number of seats in the order of merit. At the interview stage the candidates would also be assessed on the basis of their individual portfolios.
Admission Schedule
Availability of Prospectus and Forms from March 21, 2009
Last date of submission of application forms and portfolios: 1-04-2009
Display of the list of candidates called for interview: 5-04-2009
Interview dates and place: April 6,7, 2009, AIMS Srinagar
Display of the first list of candidates selected for admission: April 8, 2009
Last date for fee submission & completion of admission formalities for the first list : April 10, 2009
Display of the second list of candidates selected for admission: April 11, 2009
Last date for fee submission & completion of admission formalities for the second list : April 13, 2009
Orientation: April 14, 2009
Classes Commence: April 15, 2009
How to Apply
Prospectus with application form can be obtained in person by paying Rs. 100 in cash or through post by sending non-refundable demand draft of Rs. 125 in favour of Anhad Institute of Media Studies payable at Srinagar from AIMS, 10- Sona Manzil, Rajbagh, Srinagar-190008.
Application forms can also be downloaded from the institute’s web site
www.aimskashmir.org ( WILL BE UP BY 22 MARCH, 2009)
In case the application form is downloaded from the website demand draft of Rs. 125 drawn in the name of Anhad Institute of Media Studies, payable at Srinagar could be attached with the application form.
AIMS takes no responsibility, whatsoever, for any delay in postal transit or non-receipt of application form, interview information or any other communication regarding admission.
AIMS would provide limited residential accommodation for those applicants who are selected for the interview, to be held in AIMS, Srinagar with nominal payment and on first come first serve basis. Those who would like to avail this facility would have to convey their request to the Administrator AIMS well in advance.
The candidates have to submit attested copies of following documents along with the application form:
- Certificate of date of birth
- Mark-sheets of the examinations passed
- Portfolio regarding his/her earlier media related activities
- Passport size photographs on application form
- Certificate of income of both parents if seeking scholarship/ sponsorship
Support for Economically weaker sections
Scholarships and partial grants would be awarded to the deserving candidates. In this regard the decision of the management would be final.
Facilities at AIMS
Production Facilities
Institute would train students in video technology using latest analogue and digital equipment for professional and students’ programme production. A fully equipped studio for multi-camera production facility is prepared. AIMS would also train students on high-end as well as low-end shooting and editing systems. A sufficient number of video and still cameras have been acquired. The institute aims at frequently updating its technology and capability of technical staff to keep pace with the changes in the market.
Library
A library with video viewing facilities is located in the institute. It is a plentiful source of films, video programmes and textual reference material. With the help of a rich collection of books, journals, films and music on CDs and DVDs, encyclopaedias etc. it serves both academic and production needs of the students.
Cafeteria
We expect the students to work on their projects during odd hours; hence a cafeteria for students and staff members of the institute has been created. It provides basic refreshments and eatables like tea, coffee, soft drinks, snacks, etc. Canteen charges are payable in cash at the time of purchase.
Internet Facility
The institute has made arrangement for twenty-four hours internet connection. Round the clock, at no cost internet facility is available to the students.
Advisory Board
Prof. K N Panikkar, historian and social commentator, former Vice- Chancellor, Sree Sankaracharya University, Kalady, Kerala, is an established historian of international repute. An outstanding academic luminary, he holds prestigious Visiting Professorships in many Universities in India, Europe and America.
Mahesh Bhatt is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Bhatt’s early directional career consisted of acclaimed art parallel films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam and Naam. In 1987 he set up his own banner Vishesh Films. He is one of the most recognised film directors of the Indian film industry.
Siddharth Varadarajan is a well known journalist. He works for The Hindu as its Strategic Affairs editor. After studying economics at the London School of Economics and Columbia University, he taught at New York University for several years before joining The Times of India as an editorial writer in 1995. In 2004, he joined The Hindu.
Tarun J. Tejpal is a journalist and publisher. He has been an editor with the India Today and The Indian Express groups, and the managing editor of Outlook. He has also written for several international publications, including The Paris Review, The Guardian, The Financial Times and Prospect. In March 2000 he started Tehelka. In 2001, Asiaweek listed Tejpal as one of Asia’s 50 most powerful communicators, and BusinessWeek declared him among 50 leaders at the forefront of change in Asia.
Dr. Agha Ashraf Ali is a celebrated academician, remarkable teacher and a philosopher. A professor, a scholar, a man of ideas, Dr. Agha Ashraf Ali combines sufi school of thought of human love and glory with the ethos of modern education. He has heavy contributions in the field of education.
Gauhar Raza, a scientist by profession, is a leading Urdu poet, social activist and documentary film maker engaged in popularizing the understanding of science. An electrical engineer by qualification, Raza received his M. Tech from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. For the past 25 years, Raza has worked in the area of Communications He is also experienced in all aspects of video production, planning, directing, post-production work, and dissemination. He has produced 30 video documentary films during the past 20 years.
Visiting Faculty
Rakesh Sharma began his film/TV career in 1986 as an assistant director on Shyam Benegal’s Discovery of India. His broadcast industry experience includes the set up/ launch of 3 broadcast channels in India: Channel [V], Star Plus and Vijay TV. He has now gone back to independent documentary film-making. Documentaries Final Solution and Aftershocks made by him have won several national and international awards.
Anand Patwardhan has been making political documentaries for nearly three decades pursuing diverse and controversial issues that are at the crux of social and political life in India. Many of his films were at one time or another banned by state television channels in India and became the subject of litigation by Patwardhan who successfully challenged the censorship rulings in court.
Anjum Rajabali is an independent, professional script writer and has been writing scripts for feature films for the last 12 years. Apart from writing features independently, he has also collaborated on scripts with some well-known names in the film industry including Govind Nihalani and Rajkumar Santoshi. Anjum is a script consultant with iDream Production, Mumbai, as also the Course Consultant for the one-year Certificate Course in Screenplay Writing at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
Naghma Sehar, Associate Editor and Senior Anchor with NDTV India, Naghma has been working as a television journalist since 1999. Some of the big events that Naghma has extensively covered have been spending a fortnight in Tamil Nadu in the worst hit areas of Tsunami, Mumbai serial train blasts, Kashmir elections 2002 amongst others. Through her show, Salaam Zindagi, a popular talk show that covers sensitive topics like transgender, drug abuse, etc. Naghma has managed to carve a niche for herself with a dedicated audience.
Sohail Hashmi is a well known documentary film maker and a prolific travel writer. He has worked as a producer with PTI TV, Home TV and Executive Producer with Business India TV BiTV. From 1999 he has been working as a free lancer. Among his best known documentaries are nine documentaries on pioneers of women’s education, on Shahjahanabad and four one hour episodes on the history of Urdu.
Zafar Agha is a Delhi based veteran journalist with nearly three decades of print and electronic experience. He has worked with magazines like India Today, Tehelka. He now works as a free lance journalist. He has been writing columns in both for National and foreign newspapers. His TV prograsmme Guftagu on ETV (Urdu) is widely seen and perceived as the most watched programme in Urdu.
Satya Sivaraman is a print and broadcast journalist with over 20 years of experience in South and Southeast Asia. He worked as an audio-visual consultant for UN ESCAP in 1999-2000, he supervised the production of a regional series on the right to development called A Matter of Rights . He has produced the series Young Outlook, featuring young social activists in 25 countries round the world. Satya’s feature articles and opinion articles have been distributed by Inter Press Service (IPS) and Panos Features, and have appeared in English language newspapers and magazines across Asia
Biju Mohan works with Vigyan Prasar as Project Officer (Edusat) - In charge of Audio and Video productions and Edusat project. He has worked as programme producer in N-TV and C-DIT. He has worked as an associate professor in Jahangirabad Media Institute. He has contributed towards Curriculum development. He specialises in film appreciation, visual language, theory, videography and non-linear editing.
Rakesh Andania has been making documentary films for over 15 years. He has worked as a producer-director with prestigious Television channels & companies. His films were nominated for the competition section at International science Film Festival in Prague Czech Republic in Nov 2004. He directed a 13 part series “Hum Honge Kamyaab” for Young scientists on real life Challenges.
Pervez Rajan is a freelance graphic designer. He graduated from MS University Baroda in applied arts. He has worked as art director, designer, visualiser with many advertising firms and graphic design firms. Pervez’s work strives for communication solutions that disseminate information as well as entertain, engage and enlighten. His work not only forces the target audience to think and reflect but more importantly, stimulate action. His obsession with form, colour and visual rhythm has its tools in his love for nature and he draws his inspiration from art, photography, music and travel. (http://pervezdesigns.com)
Subhash Kapoor is a journalist, documentary film maker with over twelve years of experience Subhash Kapoor made his debut feature film ‘Say Salaam India’ in the year 2007. He is now working on his second feature film and is also planning his first book. His past documentary work includes the award winning ‘Ramlila’ which has travelled to various film festivals across the world and ‘History of Urdu Language’ shown on Discovery Channel
Dimple Kharbanda is a Creative professional with varied experience ranging from television to advertising to films. With over twelve years of hands on experience in various genres of programming, documentaries and educational films. Strengths comprise of conceptualizing, formatting, developing ideas into concrete reality in all forms of television programming, with specialization in non fiction and a knack for fiction.
Sahir Raza was recognised as a child prodigy for his photography. He has worked extensively with DV, HD and Film cameras. He has a master’s degree in Film with a major in Cinematography and a minor in Direction from EICAR (International Film Institute, Paris)
Administrative Officer
Raoof Khanday has an experience of five years as a competent administrator. He has handledthe entire gamut of HR functions of the staff of various institutions where he worked. He has experience in supporting the directors in functions related to the affairs of the institutions as well as liaisoning with the local government officials. Raoof has excellent communication skills, is capable of multi-tasking in an IT enabled environment. Raoof is proactive and has a flair for leading a team and being a team player.
Contact Us:
Anhad Institute of Media Studies
10 Sona Manzil, Near Post Office
Rajbagh
Srinagar
Jammu & Kashmir, Pin-190008
aimskashmir@gmail.com
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