Hello Moksha!!

Exam for Odia/Urdu/Marathi/Malayalam Journalism will be on May 25,2020 and For Pg diploma courses will be on May 26,2020.Th applications for this entrance examination starts from April 17,2020  till May 01,2020.I hope this information may helps you a little bit.Good luck!!

Hello ,

As your query is that you wanted to apply for IIMC entrance exam but somehow you didn't appeared for the exam and you are confused with what next. I would like to tell you that that there is no other possible way or any other alternative. If you want to pursue your Mass and Communication studies at an higher level you have to appear for the exam. So in my opinion it will be better to prepare for this one whole year and apply next year for the same. 

Further, if any detail that you need or think we can help you with that you can let me know in the comment section below. 

I hope your query is solved.

Thank you.

Hello, 

Last year cut off was 76 marks for general category, so you can hope for nearby marks for this year.

Thank you.

Hi there so to answer your question let me tell you 

Archa, the IIMC conducts an entrance exam for the Post Graduate Diploma Courses every year. The institute is specially acclaimed towards the professional career in the Media Industry and hence it's recruitment for the PG Diploma Courses and Diploma Course in Development Journalism is selective and depends upon your performance and knowledge about the subject. It specialises in various fields of both Print and Electronic Media and offers a quality education in multi-languages. 

The Admit Card for all PG Diploma Courses has already been released in the official website of IIMC. You can check it in http://iimcdiplomacourses.asrb2014.org/AdmitCard.aspx with your registered Date of Birth, Mobile Number and URN. 

The Entrance Examination for Odia/Urdu/Marathi/Malayalam Journalism is on 25th May,2019 and for PG Diploma Course in Journalism Hindi/English, Radio and TV Journalism and Advertising and Public Relations is on 26th May, 2019. The Examination Pattern will be based on your knowledge and insight in General Awareness, Analytical and Aptitute Skills, Social Consciousness, Language Skills, ethics and values, Lateral thinking abilities and your understanding about the opted course. The examination timing for the Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Urdu, English, Hindi is from 9am-11am and Radio & TV, Advertising & PR is at 3pm-5pm. 

Please check the official website again for any other future updates and recheck your respective centre details. Do enquire again if neccessary. All the best Archa, good luck! 

Greetings Medhamahima!

Hope you're doing great.

Since I've cracked the IIMC admission paper for Journalism course I'll try to give my insight into the examination. First thing first, if you've completed your graduation in Journalism then I see no point of appearing for this exams. You will only be taught things which you might have already read during your undergraduate level. Technically, IIMC is for those who are from the different stream and want to start their career in either Radio Productions, Advertising and Public relations, or Journalism. 

Now, coming back to the question of how to pass the IIMC entrance examination? I'll sum up the tricks whole in three points: Be an active news reader(follow any newspaper), practice creative writing(abundant online course are available), Don't forget to put on your views at the time of answering the questions. If you follow these three steps I'm pretty sure you'll pass through the written exam with flying colours.

After the declaration of the written test, you'll be called for the Personal Interview round. The interview panel will be mostly Insitute teachers and professors and sometimes they call eminent media personality but that's rare. During my interview, the interviewers asked very general questions. As my dad was serving in IAF at that time so, they asked me about AFSPA, how it's affecting northeastern states. I'll recommend please go through introspection and learn about yourself. Most of the questions will be directly or indirectly based on your life experience. They want to know your personality and hence the whole PI round is all about. 

I don't recommend any book for IIMC examination. However, if you want you can go through the Journalism competitive examination book by Arihant Publication. You will become aware of most of the kinds of stuff asked during the exam. 

P.S: Don't forget to take a pencil to the examination hall. 

Hope, this will help. DO reach out in the comment section in case of any query.

All the best! :)

Cheers!

Indian Institue of Mass Communication(IIMC) offers plethora of diploma courses in the field of Journalism like Post-Graduate Diploma course in Journalism(Hindi and English),Post-Graduate Diploma Course in Advertising and Public Relations and so on for which they conduct entrance exam. 

However, there are certain eligibility norms that should be met by the interested candidate. Students who hold Bachelor's degree in any subject only can apply for this exam. Moreover, only Indian nationals are eligible to take the exam for Post-Graduate Diploma courses. For International students, however, there are other criteria.

As far as the age criteria is concerned, for General Category-candidates who are born on 01 August, 1994 or later are eligible. SC/ST/Physically Handicapped Catregory- candidates who are born on 01 August, 1989 or later are eligible. OBC category- candidates born on 01 August, 1991 or later are eligible.

Hello aspirant,

Hope you are doing well...!!!

A portion of the well known reference books one can use during IIMC Entrance Exam 2022 are: Popular Master Guide for Journalism and Mass Communication Entrance Examination, Handbook of Mass Communication (Theory and Practice), Mass Communication Journalism Entrance Examination of All Indian Universities, Success Master.

Hope this information helps you!!

All the best!!

YOU SHOULD TAKE UP A COURSE OF THE LANGUAGE YOU WANT TO CHOSE...also keep a good rapport in ooriya....f you want to be working in the media sector in Odisha, you should be proficient in Oriya/Odia language especially for print media.it would help you communicate well and write/report if you are fluent on Odia.

also, try internship in local media houses