Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication

Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication (HJU)^[1] is a state university^[2] located at Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. In similar name, but slightly different abbreviation of HJUJ, a university was established in 2012 by the Congress govt through an Act of the Government of Rajasthan which was closed in 2015 by the next BJP govt. The Congress govt returned to power in December 2018 and a new university for journalism and mass communication — HJU — was constituted through the State Legislature's Act No. 11 of 2019, at the premises of historical Khasa Kothi.

Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication

Type	Public
Established	2019
Vice-Chancellor	Sudhi Rajiv
Location	Jaipur , Rajasthan , India 26°52′15″N 75°48′17″E / 26.8708717°N 75.804616°E / 26.8708717; 75.804616
Affiliations	UGC
Website	hju.ac.in

History

Establishment

HJU, the new university, was established on March1 1, 2019. This was one of new decisions taken by the Ashok Gehlot administration in the beginning of his third tenure.^[3] It was again named after journalist and former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Haridev Joshi.^[4]

Closure of 2017

Following the 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election and the rise of the Vasundhara Raje administration, a cabinet sub-committee has recommended the closure HJUJ as well as two other institutes, Rajiv Gandhi Tribal University (RGTU) and Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University.^[3] In July 2015 the new administration renamed and moved RGTU^[5] and stopped the admission process for the following year in HJUJ^[6] redirecting students to the journalism department in Rajasthan University. This was done to "ensure that a new batch of students was not affected" by future decisions.^[7] In November 2015 Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University became the first university to ever be closed in India^[3] and in January 2016 the cabinet has decided to merge HJUJ with Rajasthan University.^[8] In March 2017 a repeal bill for the closure of the university was introduced to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, putting an end to the possibility of reopening of the bill^[9] and HJUJ became the second university to be closed in India.^[10] The courses which were taught under HJUJ have been running under Rajasthan University's centre of mass communication since then.^[1]

Re-establishment in 2019

Following the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election and the rise of the Third Ashok Gehlot ministry in late 2018, the cabinet has decided to open a journalism university afresh under the similar name.^[11] The Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jaipur Bill, 2019^[12] was introduced on 11 February 2019^[13] and passed on 13 February.^[14] On 8 March 2019 newspaper editor Om Thanvi was appointed its first vice-chancellor (VC).^[15] The university has opened its gates in the academic year 2019–2020.^[16] In August 2022, Sudhi Rajeev was appointed VC.^[17]

Academics

The university will offer three-year undergraduate (UG) programme granting a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication degree (BA-JMC), Master of Arts degrees (MA-JMC) in Print Media, Electronic Media, Social & Online Media, Development Communication and Social Work and Media Organisation, Advertising & Public Relations and six-months Diploma programmes in Functional Hindi, Functional English, Photography, DTP and Development Communication and PhD programme.^[16]

References

1. Kalra, Shyna (16 May 2019). "No faculty, but Rajasthan University's centre of journalism and mass communication will function". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
2. (PDF). University Grants Commission. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
3. "Govt shuts down Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University". The Times of India. Times News Network. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
4. . Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
5. Dutta, Sweta (19 July 2015). "Tribal University to be pushed from Udaipur to interiors of state". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
6. "Govt bans fresh admission at journalism varsity". Zee News. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
7. Dutta, Sweta (10 July 2015). "Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje government to shut down Ashok Gehlot's pet university". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
8. Khan, Hamza (12 April 2016). "Rajasthan: Citing harassment by BJP MLA, Brij University V-C quits". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
9. "Another varsity to be closed down soon". The Times of India. Times News Network. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
10. Khan, Shoeb (26 August 2018). "Govt apathy stunts growth of ancient language in Raj". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
11. Mukherjee, Deep (30 December 2018). "Rajasthan scraps education criteria for civic poll candidates". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
12. "Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jaipur Bill, 2019". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
13. "Bills/विधेयक". rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
14. "MLAs can hold positions in co-operative bodies now - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
15. "History-sheeter to be questioned". The Times of India. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
16. "Jaipur: Journalism university's first academic session from next month". The Indian Express. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
17. "Rajasthan: Sudhi Rajeev appointed vice-chancellor of Haridev Joshi University". The Times of India. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

External links

• Official website