Information Department interaction with Mass Comm and Journalism Students of MSU

Session conducted for making students aware of the social media tools handled by Information Department and Government

Information
Department of Gujarat, Vadodara office’s Deputy Director B.P Desai chaired the
sessions with students of Mass Communication and Journalism of MS University
of  Baroda on Friday. The session was conducted to make students aware
about social media tools handled by the department and government. He was
assisted by Devangi Gadhvi, working in the same department under Chief
Minister’s Fellowship program and also an alumni of the FJC department, MSU.

Dr. Nidhi
Shendurnikar, Assistant Professor and Dean of Students of Faculty of Journalism
and Communication welcomed the officials from Information department. The one
on discussion was held to make students aware of Information Department, its
working and how different social media tools like facebook, instagram, twitter,
youtube, website, can be helpful for them to get updated with the current
affairs and programs and schemes by Government.

The
session started with an interaction between Devangi Gadhvi and students, making
them aware about the Information Department, how it works as a bridge between
Government and public and making them aware of differnet activities of
Information Department. Further B.P. Desai made students aware of the different
prevailing schemes, programs of Government and the way Information Department
works and how it is beneficial to public as well as Government.

Desai
also discussed about the digital world and how it is available on finger tips
to get updated about the latest happenings all across the world. He informed
the students about the use of different social media tools and activeness of
Information Department on the same tools by providing information and making
them aware of the current affairs, different schemes and information related to
Government. 

He
further shared about various publications, schemes of Government and
distributed the ‘Gujarat Rojgaar Samachar’, ‘Gujarat Pakshik’ publications with
students and also distributed an informative card giving details about social
media tools handled by Information Department which also includes a QR Code for
directly linking with the website of Information Department of
Gujarat.