Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication

From the outside, anchoring looks like the glamorous peak of journalism. From the inside, India’s top anchors describe something harder and lonelier: a craft built on preparation, practice, and journalistic foundations. Here is their honest advice to Parul University students on how to become a news anchor.

10 minutes, 60 seconds of PTC at India Gate, and that’s when Parul University’s journalism students got challenged for real. See how it went, what they learned, and how they mastered PTC, Piece to Camera, with real reporters!

The new age media or cinema needs original voices with unshakable spirits and not just fake followers. Cinema doesn’t just reflect society, but it shapes how we think and see. At the Jagran Film Festival, Indian actress Taapsee Pannu shared her views on breaking stereotypes, ageism, and why films should invite the real and unshakable side of women instead of the softer ones!

A journalist’s work does not end with a byline; it ends on a press floor most readers never see. On a visit to Hindustan Times, Parul University students learned the exact, precision-engineered journey a story takes from a finished page to a physical newspaper rolling off the press at nearly 100,000 copies an hour.

Artificial intelligence can now clone a journalist’s face and voice convincingly enough to fool millions. For journalism, whose entire value rests on truth, that is an existential challenge. On their Delhi media tour, Parul University students heard from those on the front line, including Rajat Sharma, on how AI is reshaping the fight for facts.

You rarely pay for the news you read, so who does? Understanding the business behind journalism is as important as the craft itself. On their Delhi media tour, Parul University students learned how newsrooms make money, why a wall separates business from editorial, and how modern advertising really works.

A television bulletin looks effortless, with one anchor calmly delivering the news. Behind that single face is an entire machine. On their Delhi media tour, Parul University students traced a story from first tip to final broadcast across India’s biggest newsrooms. Here is how a TV newsroom actually works.

In an age of viral misinformation, how does a newsroom confirm a story is actually true before publishing it? On their Delhi media tour, Parul University students got the answer from India’s biggest news agency and its leading newsrooms, and it starts with a simple, uncompromising rule: never trust a single source.

What does it actually take to succeed in journalism? On their Delhi media tour, Parul University students got the answer straight from the people who have done it: Padmaja Joshi, Rajdeep Sardesai, Saurabh Agarwal, and more. Their advice, gathered here, is a practical roadmap for any aspiring journalist.

At the Delhi Leadership Tour, Parul University’s students meet India’s most watched journalist, Mr. Rajat Sharma. From the live coverage of 26/11 to AI deepfakes to ethical journalism, he shared his experiences with these curious minds, and they’re still in awe!

Meet India’s Top Journalists & hear their views, straight from the Delhi Leadership Tour of Parul University. Read ahead to know how students spent their 6 days in the capital of India and met Rajat Sharma, Padmaja Joshi, and Rajdeep Sardesai and visited India’s biggest media houses!

An interview asks questions. A podcast has a conversation. Vaibhav Mathur, National Head of Podcast at India Today Digital, spent an hour with journalism students at Parul University on what separates the two, why audiences now buy stories rather than products, and how to build a podcast that lasts.

Parul Institute of Design’s students met Rochelle Pinto, head of editorial content at Vogue India in Mumbai. Her exclusive session covered how fashion journalism works at all levels; she even spoke about her reading habits, parental influence, vocabulary, ethics, fashion journalism, and emotional resilience, which are required to survive cancel culture and instant feedback. How one can lead a creative team in sync with the Indian Design Imagination and by ending Western validation. She suggested students read core dictionaries and use AI limitlessly, read thoroughly and carve their craft accordingly!

At VFDF 4.0 on 9 April 2026, Matchbox Pictures co-founder Sarita Patil told PID students the producer’s role is not money management. It is three-phase cultivation: acquisition, sowing, harvesting. After 26 years in corporate film including Vice President at Viacom18 Motion Pictures, she left at 45 to co-found an independent production company. Her films since then include Scoop and IC 814.

IAS Nidhi Chaudhry: UPSC after caesarean, RBI and CAG before IAS, IGP sister, JK Rowling and KFC references, sex education article pinned on notice boards, does not eat after sunset, Zimbabwe student, KBC finalist in the room. Dr Ujwala Chakradeo spoke on breathing techniques and Vikram Poddar explained Naruto framework, Ramayana Investment Banker, 60 comedians in 2009, mind mapping, three layers, arrange marriage. Saurabh Bajaj: physicist to author and Diya Sen Gupta: Cubbon Reads inspiration.