FJC-MSU student awarded Government of Gujarat’s Media Fellowship

In keeping with the initiative to create awareness across the State about the social welfare schemes and other benefits for the mass of the people, the Information Department (Mahiti Khatu) of the Government of Gujarat reached out to the Departments of Journalism and Communication in State Universities, requesting details about the top ten students from the most recent graduating batch of students.

From the profiles of  around 60 students received from five State Universities, and Gujarat Vidyapith, Devangi Gadhvi, who has completed her post graduate degree in Master of Journalism and Mass Communication (MJMC) from the Faculty of Journalism and Communication, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in June 2019 , secured the fifth position in the first merit list drawn, and the second position in the final merit list — declared on November 19, 2019. She has been awarded the Government of Gujarat’s Media Fellowship for the year 2019-2020.

The Fellowship comprises a training placement in the Information Department (Mahiti Khatu) of the Government of Gujarat at Vadodara location (other awardees have been placed at different Information Department offices all over Gujarat in urban as well as rural locations) , with remuneration of Rs. 20,000/- per month. The period of the Fellowship begins next month and entails orientation through reading material and hands-on reportage and ground implementation of media campaigns through professional journalistic and public relations approaches.