The Central India Institute of Mass Comunication (C.I.I.M.C.) run by the Institute of Educational Research and Development Affairs (I.E.R.D.A.) is registered under the following acts (1) The Societies Registration Act 1860 & (2) The Maharashtra Trusts Act. The registration No. of the Society is Maha402/86/Nagpur The Institute was born as a vision to provide better education in the field of Mass Communication and its realization came in the year 1997 after getting the permission from the Ministry of Higher & Technical Education, Govt of Maharashtra.
The Institute with previously only a select number of students and amenities is now fully equipped with an excellent library, audio-visual aids, computer, internet and a host of latest facilities.The Director of the Institute is Mr. Sunil Kumar Mishra (M.M.C.J.) who has been actively involved in University's affairs. He is a truly versatile personality - a well known media consultant and a freelance journalist, Mr. Mishra has done a lot of research work in this field. He is also the Director of the Institute of Foreign Language Studies, Nagpur.
The Institute is situated in the heart of the city V.I.P. Road Dharampeth. Nagpur is the geographic centre of the country and equidistant from all the major metropolitans. It has an excellent urban infrastructure. Many establishments of national and state importance are situated in around Nagpur. Seeing the city's strategic location and other perspectives, premier institutions like NEERI, AGMARK, WCL, MECL, RBI, National Academy of Direct Taxes, MOIL, etc. have been established here. Asia's largest industrial estate Butibori & MIDC also is a host to major corporate houses. The Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (A.I.R.) service stations keep track of the latest developments in their fields thus providing us with excellent communication. The international cargo hub at Sonegaon airport is one of its kinds in the country. The place has developed in to an educational centre with 2 prominent Medical colleges, and engineering colleges viz VRCE & LIT and other private colleges. The Ordinance factory and the strategic defense establishments also add up to the glory of Nagpur city.
Nagpur is very near to Mumbai and Hyderabad who are rich in Film/TV/Print Media Production facilities. Leading Hindi, English, and Marathi, dailies like "The Hindustan Times", "Lokmat", "Tarun Bharat", etc are widely printed and circulated here. These details are retrieved from www.ciimcom.com
Placement
The Training :
The internship-training programme is the part of the academic course. In this training students become familliar with the working and shape of the organization. Now the whole world is entering into the phase of cyber journalism. For fulfilling the need of the students the Institute has published its house journal "The CIIMCOM TIMES" on Internet.
The Placement & Career Advancement scheme :
The country needs skilled personnel's, be it in the area of advertising, Public Relations, Reporting, Acting, Video-programming, and Photo Journalism etc. Our various courses have been designed with an eye on future employment demand. For the realizaiton of the dreams of the students the Institute approaches the reputed organizations of pring and electronic media for accepting the services of our trained media personals.
