Friday’s 57th convocation at New Delhi’s IIMC featured a compelling keynote from Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan. He felicitated graduates while lauding the institute’s six-decade odyssey in training journalists and communicators pivotal to India’s democracy.
Celebrating IIMC’s 2024 deemed university status, Radhakrishnan anticipated its enduring stature. He highlighted incubation centers promoting media ventures, vital for navigating change.
Media reinvention via AI, data, storytelling flair, and social media was his focus—altering production and consumption paradigms. AVGC’s expansion in animation, VFX, gaming, comics drives creator economies. Initiatives like AVGC-XR Mission under PM Modi foster elite skills; Sansad TV internships were pitched.
The pen’s leadership role: truth-grounded views propel progress. ‘Write truth undauntedly for Viksit Bharat,’ he urged. Prioritize veracity over ratings. A.N. Shivraman’s example showed journalism’s power to inspire leaders.
Social media’s boon-curse: more voices, more fakes and polarization. Operation Sindoor exemplifies multi-front vigilance. Media: change-makers boosting troops’ morale.
With economic boom, digital growth, global rise, communicators unite and inform. Spotlight successes with challenges for balance. Creative fields: ethics-driven impact.
Tech evolves; journalism’s truths—precision, equity, answerability—abide. ‘Truth in heart equals victory,’ he concluded, banking on graduates for India’s aware evolution.