Year 2023

Two students from the Department of Media Studies are selected for the Parliamentary Internship Program under the Inclusive Participatory Processes Project (IPP) implemented by the National Democratic Institute, (NDI) in Sri Lanka. The National Democratic Institute, Sri Lanka (NDI), a USA-based NGO, has called for the nomination of final year students and recent graduates of Faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Law…

Mr.G.Michal Bavan, Student of Media Studies awarded a scholarship including financial assistance in the remembrance of ‘Late. Ashwin, Cartoonist’ by the Jaffna Press Club on 23rd of September 2023 at Jaffna Press Club.The scholarship is awarded annually to the selected student from Level II who satisfies the following requirements.• Merit pass in Level I in B.A. Degree programme • Student who…

The Level I Semester II students demonstrated their knowledge and creative talents on ‘Theories and Models of Communication’ by conducting a class exhibition on the 06th and 20th of September 2023 at the New Arts Examination Hall and Management Hall respectively. Class exhibition conducted under course unit ‘Theories and Models of Communication’ (CMC 12013) of the curriculum of the Bachelor of…

Media Studies Students participated in the Photojournalism Workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) collaborating with the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) for Undergraduates in Journalism held on the 14th of September 2023 (Thursday) at the Hilton Colombo. The applications were called from university students from around the country. The following students from the Department of Media Studies participated…

A Popular Actor from the Tamil Nadu Cinema Industry Mr. Black Pandi visited the University of Jaffna and had a discussion with students of Media Studies on 05th September 2023 at Seminar Hall, Faculty of Arts.Lingeswaran Madurai, known professionally as Pandi has acted in several Tamil films and Television shows. He is known for his role as "Pandi" in the popular…

Shri Raakesh Natraj, Consul General of India to Sri Lanka in Jaffna along with Shri Nagarajan Ramaswamy, Consul (CPV & PIE) visited the Media Lab of Media Studies on 05th of September 2023 (Tuesday) and discussed the development of the Department of Media Studies.The first time a Consul General of India visited the Media Lab with the officials of the Consulate…

Department of Media Studies organized the event to introduce the Book ‘நினைவு நல்லது’ (Ninaivu Nallathu) written by Mr.P.Wickneswaran, a veteran Tamil Broadcaster on the 29th of August 2023 at the Library Auditorium of University of Jaffna.‘நினைவு நல்லது’ (Ninaivu Nallathu) is a memoir of a Tamil broadcaster for more than fifty years and it is the collection of columns written by Mr.P.Wickneswaran…

In order to enhance the professional exposure in journalism to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to send the students to media institutes and relevant outlets to make them familiar with professional media exposure in addition to the academic inputs. On par with the above, Level III Semester II students visited St. Joseph’s Catholic…