Saffron kick off

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/02/2015

On January 30 Network 18 announced its 'Media Institute Initiative', which will collaborate with universities to train students in media skills. Its first partnership is in the BJP-ruled state of Chhattisgarh with the journalism university called Kushabhau Thakre Patrikarita Avam Jansanchar Vishwavidyalaya. The university is named after a former president of the BJP who hailed from Madhya Pradesh. Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh presided over the launch.

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