KSMC Public Relations Club of School of Mass Communication organized National-Level Press Release Writing Competition for PG and PG Diploma students on Google Meet on 4th September 2021. As many as 30 students from the Post Graduate Journalism and Communication programme as well as other social sciences and humanities programmes from all over the country actively participated in the competition.
The event was moderated by Ms Baisakhi Mishra, Joint Secretary, KSMC PR Club, who gave a brief introduction of KIIT-DU and KISS-DU before introducing the School of Mass Communication. She spoke a few lines about the KSMC PR Club and its objectives and then acquainted the participants with the club and faculty members. The President of the KSMC PR Club, Ms Priyanshi Tripathy, welcomed the participants, offering her best wishes and encouragement.
The Executive Member of the KSMC PR Club, Ms. Aprajita Singhal, explained the competition guidelines and clarified doubts of the participants regarding the guidelines. The participants were provided with a Google form link which they were required to fill in order to receive their topics and begin the competition. The time provided to the participants was 1 hour within which they had to fill the form, write the press release and submit their work.
Ms. Baisakhi Mishra proposed the vote of thanks and encouraged the participants to participate in future events. The members expressed their gratitude towards the participants across universities such as Pondicherry University, Tezpur University, St. Xavier’s University, IIMC Dhenkanal, Chandigarh University, Central University of Punjab, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism and Communication, University of North Bengal, The University of Burdwan, MIT International School of Broadcasting and Journalism, Institute of Media Studies, SMIT, Berhampur University, etc. for their enthusiasm that marked the end of this extremely successful event.