• What type of Photography is used most these days?

The entire world is going digital and also in photography, DIGITAL is the in thing now as now as it is easy to use and less complicated and also anyone can get exposure on Photography

• What are the things that you get to learn in BMM in photography?

In BMM, there are very limited lectures on photography. Also to get more exposure on the same, I would advise people to go for further studies on the same.

• What are the different avenues for Photography?

Yes, there are ample avenues in the field of Photography!! One could choose for Personal shooting, Freelancing, Press Photography, publishing, Model Photography, Event Photography, table top etc…

• How does one get started in the field of Photography?

One could start with trial and Error method, freelancing as well as work as an ASST.PHOTOGRAPHER under a reputed person / organization

• What is the infrastructure required to start a photography studio?

You need to have a complete understanding of the way photography works and then go in for your own initiative. Well you need CAMCORDERS, PROCESSING LABS, and a minimum hall of 15*20 ft for Shooting.

• Explain processing lab in a short way?

After clicking your images, there are machines and chemicals that are required to develop your photographs and the place where this takes place is known as a PROCEESING LAB

• Any piece of advice that you would like to share with our students?

Follow you dreams, and chase them wildly. Go in for a complete understanding of the subject!!

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• How did you enter this profession of teaching and training?

I always had a flair for teaching and educating the youth is what I have always been keen to do. So I decided to take up teaching. I have aslo been the chairperson of UNIVERSITY for BMM

• Being a coordinator, do you also teach any subjects?

Yes

• How has been your career graph over the years and change in role at different levels?

My career has always been challenging and very enjoyable so far, being the coordinator as well as the Head of Department for BMM in KC college

• And now as a Cordinator how are the responsibilities different from that of a Teacher?

I get involved in more of administrative work and this actually sometimes hinders me from helping my students.

• Tell us something about the college

Well, KC is a great college and yes it is really coming off age especially for BMM since we have great infrastructure to support the requirements of our students!

• What are your future plans for the college?

Well, we are striving to get more and more international linkages, so that we get the best exposure for our students and give them more learning

• What are the extra curricular activities in your college?

Extar Curricular activities include ORIENTATION for our first year students,BLITZKREIG, annual festivals,and guest lectures

• There has been a lot of news about BMM being introduced in Marathi? What do  you feel about the same?

I appreciate the same and feel it is a great initiative. Students get to learn about media in their own language and this really imparts more knowledge to more and more youngsters.

• How has the mindset of the students changed over the years in respect of their career and their values of discipline and culture?

 They are willing to learn more and grasp more knowledge. Also many of them want to go in  for internships and they have also become more job oriented

• And as a person what is your mission, long-term objective or goal?

I want to make KC BMM be the best education for the youth

• Is there any placement assistance that the college provides after students graduate from your college?

Yes

• Is there any other course that your college provides?

Yes, BA, B.COM,BAF, BSC,B.SC (Bio technology)

• And if a student has failed to secure admission into your college by say 2 or 3 marks, then is there any other way that he can get in or any quota?

Yes, Sports, Reserve and other culture Quotas

• What are the prospects after BMM?

The field of media is very vast and hence some join JOBS, some Masters In Media, Communication and advertising

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• How did you enter this profession of teaching and training?

I always like teaching. After doing BA , I did Master of Labour studies from Maharashtra Institute of Labour studies. My teacher Prof. Radhika Ramasuman had always encouraged me and told me that I could be a great teacher.

• Being a coordinator, do you also teach any subjects?

Yes, the main reason, I entered this profession was for my flair for teaching. I do teach subjects like SOCIOLOGY but I share it with another professor because being a coordinator, I also get tied up in a lot of other administrative related work

• And now as a Coordinator how are the responsibilities different from that of a Teacher?

As a teacher, you teach. Some kinds of ethics are important as a teacher to oneself. I am teaching because I have a passion for it. Being a coordinator you have to shoulder many responsibilities and als o the development of the course rests on your shoulders to a very great extent.

• What are your future plans for the college?

We want to motivate students to become responsible media people. And that’s the reason we have a weeklong orientation for our first year students in order to help them guage through the basics of MEDIA. In this they get to know,what they have to do for the next 3 years.

• What are the extra curricular activities in your college?

Our festival malhar is already very popular and it is organized by all the sections of the XAVIERS society. Also we conduct workshops for our students in which they get to learn more in-depth on media. The workshop is called Media week normally happens in December. We aim to give max to students beyond theoretical knowledge via these kind of workshops.

• How has the mindset of the students changed over the years in respect of their career and their values of discipline and culture?

Caliber of students is very focused. Many students know about the course, but I find somewhere down the line that patience and tolerance is somewhat missing in  the youth of today.

• And as a person what is your mission, long-term objective or goal?

To make BMM  the best course, Promote Media responsibly.

• Is there any placement assistance that the college provides after students graduate from your college?

Yes, we do have a placement cell that looks after the placement for the entire college including BMM

• And if a student has failed to secure admission into your college by say 2 or 3 marks, then is there any other way that he can get in or any quota?

Yes, there are various quotas like sports and others. We do not accept a penny as donation and sell seats.

• What are the prospects after BMM?

After BMM, one can join in an ad agency or some production house or some good journalism project

• Any piece of advice for students?

Media is very influential. The youth must take this up and enlighten the minds of people. YOU can make or break a person .So, please act responsibly!!

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Well i would just like to start off with a small quote :

“ART IS NOT WHAT YOU SEE BUT WHAT YOU MAKE OTHERS SEE” and thats precisely describes an ART DIRECTOR!!

An art director needs to have a vision and also that creativity to make others see what they cant!!

In the field of ADVERTISING, thaaert director is normally the head of the department but not necessarily thaat all of them lead!! The ART director needs to work in accordance with the COPYWRITER! The Art Director is normally responsible for the VISUAL treat whereas the COPYWRITER is responsible for the Textual TREAT!! The ART director is more involved with the PRODUCTION of the AD Campaign …The ART DIRECTOR is different from a GRAPHIC DESIGNER. The AD may have a team of Graphic Designers working under him but then, an AD is just incomplete without his team!! The major responsibility is to create some stylised aspect to the  AD that resonates well with the Viewers of the Advertisement!! As part of this team an art director will work on a brief set by the client and will be involved at every stage of the production process. As part of this team an art director will work on a brief set by the client and will be involved at every stage of the production process.

The role of an advertising art director will vary according to the agency they are employed by and the client brief.  Typical work activities may include:

• Meeting with the account management team to dicuss the clients’ requirements
• Gaining an understanding of the TARGET AUDIENCE and businiess that the Advertisemsnt is aimed at
• Working closely with the copywriter to generate creative ideas  and concepts
• Meeting with the creative director, before presenting ideas to clients
• Pitching ideas to clients
• Producing Sketches, story boards,Prints to communicate the idea to the client
• Commissioning Photographers, artsists or film makers to work on Projects

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How did you enter this profession of teaching and training?

After teaching TYBA joined BMM & BMS to teach Psychology & communication related subjects.

Being a coordinator, do you also teach any subjects?

FYBMM- Effective communication skills- I & II, Fundamentals of Mass Communication, Introduction to Psychology

SYBMM- Culture Studies, Organisational behaviour

TYBMM- Consumer Behaviour, Part of- Contemporary Isuues

how has been your career graph over the years and change in role at different levels?

Interesting & filled with new opportunities

And now as a Coordinator how are the responsibilities different from that of a Teacher?

As a coordinator responsibilities are those of not only a teacher but an administrator as well. Plus in lite sense they are those of a baby sitter as well. Syllabus completion, monitoring students overall performance, their all round development, more importantly discipline & control.

Tell us something about the college

The college offers great atmosphere which helps the students to understand the intricacies of the real world. Teachers, coordinators, principal are available for hem as & when required. There are certain common events like freshers’ party for all the self financing courses which gives the students the opportunity to meet & interact fellow students from the college.

The college has non formal culture so that the students teaching &non teaching staff are at ease.

What are your future plans for the college?

To introduce more activities that by students that are socially beneficial in nature. include more option in placement cell

What are the extra curricular activities in your college?

Everything from sports to elocution to drama plus infinite opportunities for organizing.

There has been a lot of news about BMM being introduced in Marathi? What do you feel about the same?

It shall be beneficial for student unable to do do in English medium BMM due to their vernacular background.

Tell us something about the college festivals and your students’ performances?

Raheja BMM has its unique & one of kind inter- collegiate festival TAKE -21. it is a one day festival packed with only media related events ( no dance fashion show). Which is a year old & students performance with respect to it is excellent as in a budget of 15000/- the fest generated a profit of 5000/-Rs despite giving only cash prices without charging any sort of fees from the participants.

How has the mindset of the students changed over the years in respect of their career and their values of discipline and culture?

The change has been gradual. I firmly believe that students’ behaviour in college is a reflection of the teachers’ attitude.

And as a person what is your mission, long-term objective or goal?

To introduce various methods of discipline, communication skills & training which will help students not only in BMM but also in the years that shall follow.

Is there any placement assistance that the college provides after students graduate from your college?

Yes. But for limited interested students only. The college also offers internship opportunities.

Is there any other course that your college provides?

All the other self financing courses; BMS, BAF, BBI, BSC. IT. BFM

Add on courses like Journalism , mass communication, travel & tourism, retail management, animation

And if a student has failed to secure admission into your college by say 2 or 3 marks, then is there any other way that he can get in or any quota?

The college does not follow any other quota besides minority & reserved( as approved by the university of Mumbai). The management seats too are converted into the open category & are allocated per merit only.

But in the scenario mentioned above the college if approved but the university tries to help the student against cancellation or in some other semester

What are the prospects after BMM?

Its helps a lot as it gives a detailed course in many areas like marketing, advertising, journalism, television, media planning, copywrting, PR etc

A person can do MBA in any of the above mentioned fields or go for a masters course in media

But having said that I must add that BMM alone is just a bachelors degree at the end of it & students are required to learn a lot more for a job that they wish to settle in

CERTAIN ASPECTS OF BMM/ MY VIEWS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE

Student should not take up bmm by just the glamour of the course. I agree that the course is very attractive & offers variety of subjects from cinema to journalism to advertising to photography to psychology so students should be well aware of the fact that there may be certain modules that they may not like or they might not have a the aptitude for that yet they will have to study them.

Bmm as most people think is about making ads & being creative. This is what I have learnt from them. Parents & student do not have an idea about the course. Many a times they enroll for it as they are getting the admission in some or the other quota so they do not want to let go of it.

1 other important aspect is the fee structure. Its 18415 approx & in the coming years will only add plus student need to spend a lot on their projects. Interested ones may spend on participation in inter collegiate events, fest the industrial visits etc. students who fails to do so may not feel like part of the class & when parents realize the financial situation it may be too late.

I am not trying to discourage students from perusing the course but I wish that all of them take it up for the right reasons.

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• Give a brief introduction about yourself?

 I am a full-time faculty with L S Raheja College and Head the Department of Business Management. (Teaching Experience – 25 years). Traveling is my passion.

• How did you enter this profession of teaching and training?

 I started my career with Lintas India as Media Executive but decided to shift to teaching as a compromise for family. But have no regrets for the same and love my work immensely.

• How has been your career graph over the years and change in role at different levels?

To be frank I just wanted to work and career was last thing on my mind after I left Lintas and even did not accept the offer of Vice Principal also. I decided to take up visiting faculty lectures at UPG and NMIMS as my family responsibilities at home front reduced.

• Tell us something about BMM?

BMM is a good course because till then we never had anything like this for students who were interested in Advertising or journalism. It is good for these industries also to get trained people.

• What are your future plans in the field of teaching?

Just continue the same way as it suits me.

• There has been a lot of news about BMM being introduced in Marathi? What do you feel about the same?

I think student should be given a choice and it should not be imposed on them.

• How has the mindset of the students changed over the years in respect of their career and their values of discipline and culture?

Present day students are far more aware and career conscious. Most of them are very clear about what they want. Your generation is far more honest and upright.

• And as a person what is your mission, long-term objective or goal?

 “Do what you enjoy so that you can give best.”

• What are the prospects or avenues opened to a student after BMM?

Career in Advertising and Media and both will witness very good growth and outsourcing also.

• Does the college selection make a difference in shaping up the career of a student in BMM or the Media field?

 To some extent, YES but the students who have it in THEM, will anyways make it BIG

• Any advice that you would like to give to BMM aspirants?

Follow your dreams and do your best.

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