Why Study Journalism at Parul University? Inside the Delhi Media Leadership Tour!

You cannot learn journalism from a textbook alone. That belief sits at the heart of how Parul University teaches Journalism and Mass Communication, and in August 2026 it took a striking form: a six-day Delhi media leadership tour that put students face-to-face with some of the most influential journalists in the country and inside the newsrooms where India’s news is actually made. For any student wondering what studying journalism at PU really involves, this tour is the answer.

Over six days, students learned directly from a remarkable roster of India’s leading journalists and editors, the kind of access most media students never get:

• Rajat Sharma – The Chairman of India TV. He shared his views on credibility, ethics, and free & fearless journalism!
• Padmaja Joshi from NDTV & Rajdeep Sardesai from India Today – Alongside top anchors & editors across Aaj Tak, they talked about building a career in journalism!
• Shuja ul Haq (PTI) on news verification, and Saurabh Agarwal (TV9) and Pratima Sharma Kumar (Live Hindustan) on the craft and discipline of the profession.
• Editors at Republic (Niranjan Narayanaswamy and Ram Mohan Sharma) and actor Taapsee Pannu at the Jagran Film Festival on media, representation, and the newsroom of the future.

The tour went behind the scenes at India’s major media houses: India TV, NDTV, TV9, Republic Media Network (described as Asia’s largest integrated newsroom), News18, the India Today Network (Aaj Tak), Press Trust of India (PTI), Hindustan Times, and Live Hindustan. Students also visited the Parliament of India, the Jagran Film Festival, and landmarks including India Gate and Humayun’s Tomb, connecting the institutions they will one day report on with the craft of reporting itself.

This was not a sightseeing trip; it was a working education in modern journalism. Across the six days, students learned:

• Live reporting under pressure – Delivering a 60-second piece to camera at India Gate with just ten minutes to prepare.
• How news is verified – From PTI’s three-source rule to the multi-source checks inside television newsrooms.
• How a TV newsroom actually works – From the assignment desk to the control room.
• The business behind the news – Including how newsrooms make money and the “Chinese Wall” between business and editorial.
• The new frontier of AI and deepfakes – How a newspaper is physically impact at nearly 100,000 copies an hour.

A tour like this is not an add-on; it reflects how PU’s Faculty of Liberal Arts teaches journalism. The BA in Journalism and Mass Communication and the MA in Journalism and Mass Communication lay a strong grounding in reporting, media ethics, and media law with real studios, media labs, and continuous industry exposure through interactions, internships, and immersive experiences like this one. The goal is simple: students should graduate as journalists, not just as people who studied journalism.

Prachi Sen’s experience on the Delhi Leadership Tour, Parul University!

The message students heard again and again, from Rajat Sharma’s “free, fair, and fearless” to Padmaja Joshi’s advice to find a niche, was that journalism is built on knowledge, curiosity, verification, and storytelling. Learning those things from the people who define Indian journalism, inside the newsrooms where it happens, is an education no classroom can replicate on its own. For a student serious about media, that combination of academic foundation and real-world immersion is exactly what makes Parul University’s journalism programs worth investing.