Webchutney Partners 9.9 School Of Convergence To Train Job-Ready Graduates In Digital Media

Online, May 16, 2012 (Newswire.com) - An Indian digital media agency, Webchutney, and a Delhi-based media school, 9.9 School of Convergence (SoC), have joined forces in an academy-industry partnership designed to develop and promote SoC's Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Media Communication (DMC).

The partnership will ensure that the school's graduates are best prepared for careers in the burgeoning digital media industry.

Webchutney and 9.9 SoC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Webchutney will collaborate with 9.9 SoC to develop the DMC curriculum according to industry needs and standards, and provide faculty, internships and placements for 9.9 SoC students.

The 9.9 SoC Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Media Communication, an India and indeed global first, is a one-year, full-time programme which combines courses in content creation, strategic communication and digital communication to provide students with the broad set of skills and perspectives they need to embark on careers in digital media.

According to Rahul Nanda, Chief Operating Officer, Webchutney, the agency will provide a number of four-month internships for 9.9 SoC students during the final term of the academic year and will have the right of first offer to students during the recruitment period. Digital marketing strategists and experts from Webchutney are invited to participate in interviews in the admissions process for the DMC program.

"Partnerships like this really help to close the gap between studies and practice-giving students both the perspective and the skills they need not only to replicate what is happening in the field, but to become innovators and leaders in it," 9.9 SoC Dean of Academics, Dr. Eric Saranovitz, said.

Established in New Delhi in 2001, the 9.9 School of Convergence offers world class education in the fields of Media Studies, Journalism and Communication, employing a combination of international and local faculty highly experienced in the media and wider communications sectors to ensure graduates are job-ready. The school's PG Diploma in Applied Journalism and Media Communication and PG Diploma in Digital Media Communication, together with its programme in Global Media and Communication and Centre for Communication Excellence, bring the best professional and academic practices to the classroom in order to train and educate present and future writers, editors, journalists, communicators and media professionals in the traditional and digital media. 9.9 SoC graduates have found placements at Network18, NewsX and Walt Disney, among other media houses.

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