IIMC to set up branch in Kashmir

Director of IIMC Sumit Tandon told the sources that they are working on the modalities of setting up IIMC's branch in Jammu and Kashmir.If everything works according to their plan they will have an IIMC branch in Jmmu and Kashmir by the next academic session 2012-13.

He also said that there will be a discussion between both the Central and State government about the location and the number of seats the institute should have.

IIMC currently has branches in New-Delhi and Dhenkanal in Orissa . It was set up in 1965 on the recommendation of a team of internationally known mass communication specialistsfrom UNESCO and the Ford Foundation.