About EMRC New Delhi

                

Name of the Centre	Anwar Jamal Kidwai – Mass Communication Research Centre (AJK-MCRC)
Name of the Director	Prof. Iftekhar  Ahmed
Date of Inception	1982-83
Address	AJK-Mass Communication Research Centre Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi – 110025
Telephone No.	(+91-11) 26987285, 26987338, 26986812 ,        26986813, 26986832
Fax No.	011-26986811
E-mail Address	mcrc@jmi.ac.in
Website Address	www.jmi.ac.in/aboutjamia/centres
Number of Positions Sanctioned	149
Description of the Centre	The Mass Communication research centre was establised in 1982(it started functioning in 1983) by Anwar jamal Kidwai, the then Vice chancellor of jamia Millia Islamia.                                                          To strengthen the foundation of university-based media education UGC set up programme production centres in different universities. The first such centre was set up at the MCRC. As a result, apart from being a teaching institution, the MCRC became a leading production centre of educational programmes.
Any Additional Achievement of the Centre	The AJK-MCRC has played a very important role in the expansion of communication infrastructure in the country. In last three decades, MCRC has produced a generation of film-makers and media professionals who had addressed important social, cultural and political issues of the country through their documentary films, fiction films, through print and new media.
Name of the Host University	Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Vice Chancellor of the Host University	Prof. Talat Ahmad
Address and Telephone Number of the Host University	Jamia Millia Islamia, (A Central University By an Act of parliament)                                     Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg,                   New Delhi – 110025
Telephone No.	(+91-11) 26981717, 26984617, 26984658, 26988044, 26987183
Fax:	+91(11)2698 0229
Website and E-mail of the Host University	www.jmi.ac.in

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