Department of Commerce (Mass Media) - Activities & Events in 2017-18
Activities & Events conducted in year 2017-18
Events/Days/Activities
The
Academic Year 2017-18 commenced on 5th July, the new batch of FYBMM
learners were welcomed in a unique way as 50 students were given a tree
sapling each to plant in their building.
Keeping up with the
tradition, the newcomers were introduced to their senior batches at the
fresher’s party – Flamboyance with the theme Masala Champagne that
depicted the confluence of Indo-western influences.
The freshers were
also given a first-hand experience of being in front of the camera as a
professional photo shoot was arranged for them.
‘Iftaar party’ was organised to sensitize the students towards different cultures and religion.
The
eventful year came to an end for the class of 2018 with the farewell
‘Narzana’18’ on March 15. Keeping up with the theme “Sobo Bacchis” the
juniors bid the seniors a goodbye in a lavish manner.
Industrial Visits
- An
Industrial Visit to Chennai, Pondicherry and Mahabalipuram was
organized for the students of TYBMM, bringing along innumerable memories
as souvenirs. Students also visited an utopian village Auroville- A
self-sustained village which is of everyone but belongs to none, it
gives shelter to people from 32 different countries.
- The
students of First Year and the Second Year went to Pune for their
industrial visit. They visited ‘Shaniwar Wada’ and Gandhi Memorial.
- One day seminar on designing and communications was attended by 84 BMM students at Pearl Academy at Andheri.
The students then visited the ‘Times of India’ office, to get a better understanding of how the print media functions.
Best Practices
Taskmaster-
First year BMM students are given a set of activities every week. The
objective is to make them exposed to lot of quality media content which
helps them in excelling their creativity and temperament. The learners
are given tasks such as watching a particular film or TV series,
interviewing someone, compose or create some media content, field
observation and everything that has feasibility for an undergraduate
student. In this Practice, learners are given5-6 tasks every week. The
students are required to maintain the tasks in a notebook. For every
film or documentary, writing a review is mandatory and in the same
manner for every live experience or observation, an analysis has to be
written by the students.
Activity based learning
The students are made to organize Mock Press Conferences in the class as a PRO.
The students are given ‘Reporting’ Assignments, where they had to go in field as a Reporter to capture the real news.
Photography, Film Making, Ad Making, Radio Jockeying assignments.
Participation in all the College and Inter- College Events.