Department of Mass Communication

About the department:

The Department of Mass Communication was established in 2010. The Department is presently offering two years Masters in Journalism & Mass Communication (MJMC). The department is equipped with Video production studio and Final Cut Pro Editing suit. The department is publishing a student’s lab journal called “Silhouette”, Students blog “Spectator” and video news magazine, “Silhouette Newslink”. The department is using participatory communication for teaching and learning.

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Photo	Name / Designation	Qualification	Resume
	Prof. V. Ratnamala Professor E.Mail: mzut147@mzu.edu.in	PhD	Download
	Dr. Irene Lalruatkimi Associate Professor E.Mail: irenevarte@gmail.in	PhD	Download
	Mrs. Indira Devi Nongmaithem Assistant Professor e‐mail: indira.ngmai@gmail.com	MA	Download
	Dr. Lalremruati Khiangte Assistant Professor E.Mail: gkhiangte@gmail.com	PhD	Download
	Dr. Dheeraj Kumar Assistant Professor Email: dheerajdjmc@gmail.com / dheeraj@mzu.edu.in	PhD	Download
	Dr. Sayan Dey Assistant Professor Email: sayan03oct@gmail.com /sayan@mzu.edu.in	PhD	Download
	William Lalramhmachhuana Guest Lecturer Email: williamparis29@gmail.com		Download

Office Staff:

Ph.D. Scholars (Nos.only)

Alumni Details:

Total No.: 194

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Students Achievements: (Since Jan.2019)

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Board of Studies:

• External Members

• Meetings of Board of Studies (since Jan., 2019)

2019 – BoS (Local)

2020 – BoS (Local)

2021 – BoS (Full Board)

2022 – BoS (Full Board)

Activities (since Jan., 2019)

(Seminar, conferences, workshops etc)

• Irene Lalruatkimi Organized One Day workshop on Fake News Checking with Mizoram Journalist sponsored by Google News Initiative
• Irene Lalruatkimi Organized One Day Workshop on Fact Verification and Online Fake news checking for Mass Communication and IIMC Students, Mizoram Campus
• Irene Lalruatkimi Organized Workshop on Film Making and Photography.
• V. Ratnamala Organized a three day Community radio awareness workshop at Mizoram University in collaboration in Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, GOI in partnership with CEMCA.
• V. Ratnamala Organized a special lecture titled, “Community Radio: One voice for all” by Dr.Ankuran Dutta, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Guwahati University. This is part of the lecture series, “Media, culture and Society’.
• V. Ratnamala Organized a lecture titled, “Status of Media in Assam” by Prof. Abhijit Bora, Professor & Head, Department of Mass Communication, Tezpur University. This is part of the lecture series, “Media, culture and Society’
• V. Ratnamala Organized a lecture titled, “Media historiography with special emphasis to Second World War” by Dr. Malsawma Lailung, Guest Faculty, Department of History, Pachhunga University College. This is part of the lecture series, “Media, culture and Society’.
• V. Ratnamala Organized a lecture titled, “Print Culture” by Dr. J. Balasubramanian, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism & Science Communication, Madurai Kamaraj University. This is part of the lecture series, “Media, culture and Society’.
• V. Ratnamala Organized a two day workshop titled, “Subaltern Cinema” in the Department of Mass Communication, Mizoram University.
• V. Ratnamala Organized a Lecture on “Relevance of Gandhi as Communicator” by Prof. Mrinal Chatterjee, IIMC, Dhenkanal, Orissa in the Department of Mass Communication, Mizoram University. This is part of the lecture series, “Media, culture and Society’.
• Dr Lalremruati Khiangte directed and organized the annual Puppet Show for the students of Grace Academy School, Kulikawn Aizawl on 12^th November 2018 as a part of their course for first semester students to teach how folk media can be used to inform, educate and entertain.

• Dr.V.Ratnamala organized a interaction program for M.Phil/Ph.D scholars with Mr. Biswajit Sharma, Fullbright Fellow, PhD candidate, IIT, Guwahati on Review of literature and Personal Management On 8th October, 2020
• Dr.V.Ratnamala organized a interaction program for M.Phil/Ph.D scholars with Dr. N. Barath, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mass Communication, NEHU on “Media Modernity” on 19th ctober 2020
• Dr.V.Ratnamala organized a interaction program for M.Phil/Ph.D scholars with Dr.Roluahpuia, Assistant Professor, IIT, Roorkee, on “Deprovincializing Mizo Studies” on 29th October, 2020
• Dr.V.Ratnamala organized a one day sensitization workshop on Intellectual Property Rights and Geographical Indication Registrations in India on 2^nd November 2020.
• Dr.V.Ratnamala organized an online fact checking workshop on “Combating Medical Misinformation in India with Mr. Kaushik Bhuyan, Trainer, Health Fact-checking India training program  under DataLeads, Boom and Google News Initiative on 21^st November.2020.

• V.Ratnamala was an organizing Co-ordinator for International Web- Convention on Hundred Years of Media Education Decoding South Asian Mystique
• V.Ratnamala organized a invited lecture by Prof. K.V.Nagaraj on Research Topics – Exploring Innovative Possibilities on 10.09.2021 as part of Communication Research Lecture Series.
• V.Ratnamalaorganized a invited lecture by Prof. G.Ravindran on Apporaches to Social Media Research on 17.09.2021 as part of Communication Research Lecture Series.
• V.Ratnamala organized a invited lecture by Ms. Teresa Rehman, Editor, Thumb Print Magazine on the theme ‘Journalism in the Post truth era’ on 16.11.2021 to celebrate National Press Day. This program is organized in collaboration with Patkai Christian College, Nagaland.
• V.Ratnamala organized a invited lecture by Ms. Jeyarani, writer &Journalist on Don’t Quit and Never Quit on 31.03.2022 as part of Media, Culture and Society Lecture Series.
• V.Ratnamala organized a invited lecture by Ms. RK Srividya, Journalist on Trends of News writing on 10.09.2021 as part of Media, Culture and Society Lecture Series.
• LalremruatiKhiangteorganized Special Lecture on Career in Content Writing with Resource person: Mr. SubhadeepBhattacharjee on 1^st October 2021 in the Department of Mass Communication.
• Dheeraj KumarOrganised an international conference of the Indian academy of Applied Psychology organized by Dept of Applied Psychology, MZU as organizing committee (Press, Media and Photography)
• Sayan Dey coordinated an online lecture on Basics of Digital Photography (invited on September 20,2021
• Sayan Dey coordinated an online lecture in the Communication Research Lecture Series on September 21, 2021

• Prof. V.Ratnamala was selected as Bridge UK Kalinga Fellow for the year 2022- 2023.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized a one week GIAN workshop on Gender Equality and Human Rights during February 21-25, 2023 sponsored by Ministry of Education
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized an invited lecture on “Media and democracy in Northeast India” by Mr. Sushanta Talukdar, Editor, NEzine on 24 November 2022 as part of Media culture and society lecture series.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized a two weeks workshop on Python during November 7-23, 2022.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized a two days international conference on “Borderless Communication: Reimagining Global Mediascapes during November 17 and 18, 2022.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala Organized a two day workshop on “Social Media Data Mining for Text and Sentiment Analysis: Tools and Approaches during 29-30, September 2022.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala was co-convener for Two days Advanced Workshop on Peace and Conflict Sensitive Journalism during Oct 20-21, 2022.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized a Pre-conference colloquium on April 20,2022.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized Two days Virtual National Seminar on Realities of Marginalisation and Marginality in Media during April 21-22, 2022.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized an invited lecture by Delon Madavan, Researcher at Paris, France titled, “Qualitative Research Methodologies” on 13.02.2023 as part of Com research lecture series.
• Prof. V.Ratnamala organized an invited workshop titled Communication Research Methods by Prof. Jyotika Ramaprasad, Professor, University of Miami, USA on 27.10.2022.

Projects (since Jan., 2019)

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• Completed