This document provides details of courses offered, faculty members, student enrolment, infrastructure, special features, equipments, student activities, awards, publications, conferences, projects, and visits of the Department of Media Studies between 2004-2010. It summarizes student enrolment trends, infrastructure developed including labs and facilities, and engagement of students in publications, competitions, and internships.

3. Courses Offered

4. Faculty Members
(2004 – 2009)

5. Enrolment Details
Course Sex 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
M.A Male 8 7 5 7 7 15 49
Female 4 8 2 7 12 5 38
M.Sc. E.M Male 8 4 1 1 - - 14
Female 1 2 3 4 - - 10
M.Phil (FT) Male 0 0 2 5 6 3 16
Female 0 0 1 1 0 7 9
M.Phil (PT) Male 0 3 13 - - - 16
Female 0 6 4 - - - 10
B. Sc Male - - - - - 17 17
Female - - - - - 8 8
Ph.D Male 3 2 1 0 0 0 6
Female 2 0 0 2 1 1 6
Total number of students 26 32 32 27 26 56 199

6. Details No of Rooms Computers Common Facilities
M.A. 2 Lab 15 computers 1. Smart Room
2. Dept. Library
3. PASM. Phil 1
B.Sc. Animation 1 2 Labs – 25
computers and 1
server
Ph.D Scholars
(UGC SAP)
1 2
Staff 7 7
Non- Teaching 4 4
Infrastructure

7. Details Special Features Equipments
TV Studio • Multi-camera shooting
with online editing
facility
• 5Nos of 3CCD Camera
• One High Definition Camera,
• Video Console with VTR
• 8 way Talkback System
• Video output Monitors 2 Nos
Edit Room • High Definition and
Broadcast quality
editing
• G5 System with FCP- 2 Nos
• Video Editing
• Audio Editing
• Professional Video Capturing Card
Gyanvani • Live Program
• Sound Booth
• 10khz Range
• Three Computers
• Audio Console
• 3 Dvd Players
• Output Audio Monitors
Infrastructure

8. THAMIRABARANI – Student lab journal
‘Thamirabarani’ - Sponsored by
Dinamalar
Each final year student edits an issue
It is circulated to all media and
Communication Departments in
Tamilnadu

9. Gyanvani
Students involved in
production
Hands on experience in the
radio station
“EARN WHILE YOU
LEARN” Scheme as
Radio Jockey

10. Student Video Projects
Themes like plight of
Beedi workers, HIV –
AIDS, child sexual abuse
etc.
The short film on child
sexual abuse by
Ms. Sasikala has been
used in awareness
programs organized by
NGOs, Judges and

11. Interactions with
Media
Professionals

12. Students’ Mano Media
Club
‘Karisal Thirai Vizha’

13. Karisal Thirai Vizha
Year No of
Participants
Details of the competitions
conducted
2007-08 100 1. Photography
2. Short Film
3. Documentary
4. Ad Mad
5. Painting
6. Folk Dance
7. Collage
8. Poster Making
9. Best Budding Journalist
10. Media Quiz
2008-09 350
2009-10 500

14. Internship and Field Visits
Internship program
One month Internship
training at media
organizations
Field Visits
Media Industry
Film Festivals
Sivakasi Printing Units

15. Research Areas
ICT and women empowerment
Educational Television
Media and Minorities
Influence of Television Content
Audience Research
New Media Studies

16. S. No. Name of the candidate Year of
completion
Research Area
1 Dr. C. Jebakumar 2009 Virtual Learning Environment with
reference to the perceived
preparedness of college students in
Tamilnadu
2 Dr. V. Ratnamala 2009 Dalits Issues and Tamil Press: The
coverage of dalit participation in
politics in the southern districts of
Tamil Nadu
3 Dr. A. Balasubramanian 2010 Institutional preparedness for E-
Governance in Indian Affiliating
Universities
Ph.Ds Awarded

17. Department Collaborations
S.No. Year Agency Purpose Present Status
1 2004 - to
till date
DINAMALAR Student Lab Journal On going
2 2004 DINAMALAR Department building
(10,000 Sq.ft)
3 2008
August
AMIC Satellite Library On going
4 2009
November
IGNOU Education Radio –
Gyanvani FM
On going

18. Batch Total No. of
students
Print
Media
Electronic
Media
Teaching Higher
Studies
Others
M. A. Communication
2002 – 2004 16 4 2 4 1 5
2003 – 2005 15 1 3 3 0 8
2004 – 2006 10 4 3 2 1 0
2005 – 2007 14 1 4 2 3 4
2006 – 2008 5 0 2 0 1 2
2007 – 2009 14 1 5 0 2 6
2008 – 2010 17 0 3 0 10 4
M. Sc. Electronic Media
2004 – 2006 9 0 1 4 0 5
2005 – 2007 6 0 2 1 1 2
2006 – 2008 4 0 0 1 1 2
2007 – 2009 4 0 0 2 0 2
M. Phil Communication
2006 – 2007 3 0 0 1 1 1
2007 – 2008 6 2 0 2 1 1
2008 – 2009 6 0 0 2 0 4
2009 – 2010 10 1 1 0 0 8
Total 108 14 26 24 22 41
Students’ Placement

19. Students’ Placement
Print Media
Electronic Media
Teaching
Higher Education
Others

20. Student’s Placement
Receiving Offer Letters – MAKKAL TV

21. Academic Deliberations
Sl
No
Program Details Month and
Year
Theme
1 National Conference February
2010
Media, Education and
Development
2 International
Conference
February
2009
ICT and Women
Empowerment
3 One Day Workshop October
2009
National Mission on Education
through ICT
4 National Seminar February
2008
Media and Education
5 National Seminar March 2007 Media and Human Rights
6 Training programme May 2005 Human Rights Reporting

22. S. No Date Decisions
1 3rd
July 2004 Introduction of M.Sc. Electronic Media
2 18th
March 2005 Introduction of M.Phil
3 12th
August 2005 Revision of Syllabus - M.A. & M.Sc.
4 15th
December 2006 Revision of M.Phil Syllabus
5 8th
August 2008 Revision of M. A and M.Sc. E.M courses as per
TANSCHE
Board of Studies – Meetings

23. S. No Name of the
Student
Place and
Year
Award/Achievement Event details
1 Mr. Isai Selva
Perumal
Varanasi
2005
Best Paper Presenter
Award
National Science Communication
Congress
2 Ms. Maani
Mabel
Chennai
2007
Special prize for
Documentary Film
International Women’s Day Film
Competitions, Makkal TV
3 Ms. S. Sasikala Tirunelveli
2009
Second Prize KLIK Photo Contest,
Nellai Press Club
4 Ms. S. Sasikala Chennai
2009
First Prize Photo contest, St. Thomas
College, Chennai
5 Ms. Maani
Mabel
Singapore
2010
Young Scholar
Award (Asia Pacific
Region)
Training Program
NUS, Singapore
6 Ms. A. Fatima Tirunelveli
2010
Second Prize Painting Contest, TN
Forest Department
Awards & Achievements - Students

24. Awards & Achievements - Faculty
Dr. G. Ravindran, received the Best Paper Award, at Whiter the Orient:
Asians in Asian and Non- Asian Cinema, 2006 of Asia Culture Forum,
Gwangju, South Korea in 2006
Dr. P. Govindaraju, won second
prize in the state level short film
competition held by Makkal TV on
HIV AIDS awareness in the year
2007
Dr. P. Govindaraju, received the
Academic Excellence Award,
Manonmaniam Sundaranar
University, in 2009.

25. NET Qualified Students
Year Name of the student NET
2004 Ms. V. Ratnamala 2
Mr. R. Arunkumar
2005 Mr. V. Sundararaman
Ms. V. Ratnamala
Ms.M.Blessy
3
2007 Ms. Asha Booshanam 2
Mr. Balasubramanian
2008 Mr. S. Rajesh Kumar
Ms. K.S. Krithiga
2
2009 Mr. G. Srinivasa Manikandan 3
Ms. K.S. Krithiga
Mr.S.Athiramanujam
Mr. T.K. Saravanakumar
Total 12

26. Publications
 ‘The Journal of Media Studies’ bi-annual Journal
published from our department from January 2010.
 ‘Studies in Communication: Select Readings’
published by Publications Division, M S University,
2007.
 ‘Select Readings in Media Studies’ with the
assistance of UGC SAP
 Thamirabarani- Lab Journal- each student brings out
an 8 page tabloid [Printing is sponsored by
Dinamalar]
 Arjuna, Event Newspaper - during the all India Inter
University Athletic Meet conducted by M S
University

27. Workshops Conducted
Multimedia in Education
Documentary Film Production
Short Film Production
Videography
Photography
Print Production
Nonlinear Audio Video Editing
Radio Production

28. Paper Presentations and Publications
(2004-2010)
Name Conferences Publications
International National International National
Dr. P. Govindaraju
12 10 6 6
Dr. G. Ravindran
4 8 3 3
Dr. V. Natarajan
2 5 1 1
Dr. S. Arulselvan
2 4 1 1
Mr. V. Sundararaman
1 3 1 1

29. S. No. Name of the
Staff/Scholar
Year Place of visit Purpose
1 Dr. P. Govindaraju 2004-2005 China Conference
2 Dr. G. Ravindran 2005-2006 South Korea Conference
3 Dr. S. Arulselvan 2005-2006 Sri Lanka Trainer
4 Dr. P. Govindaraju 2005-2006 Sri Lanka Teaching
5 Dr. G. Ravindran 2006-2007 Malaysia Conference
6 Dr. V. Natarajan 2006-2008 Ethiopia Teaching
7 Dr. P. Govindaraju 2008-2009 Malaysia Conference
Abroad Visits by Faculty Members

30. Completed Projects
S. No. Agency Amount
(In Rupees)
1 Tuticorin Port Trust 95,800
2 FM Radio Feed forward Study in Tamil
Nadu & Kerala
2,00,000
3 ESIC Survey (Tirunelveli, Tuticorin,
Kanyakumari Dist.)
1,25,000
4 Consultant for Commonwealth of
Learning - CEMCA on Audience
Research for Community Radio (2008)
17,000

31. Ongoing Projects
Project Agency Amount
(In Rupees)
Production of
Documentary Film
DAE – BRNS 10,19,000
Special Assistance
Programme
(DRSI)
UGC 25,17,000

32. Proposed Projects
 Considered for E-content creation by National
Mission on Education through ICT
 Proposed to apply for Affiliated EMMRC
 Proposed to set up a community radio in a constituent
college of our University.
 Initiated Need Assessment Study at Abishekapatti for
studying influence of ICT at the grassroots