Azra Qaisar's Review on Lady Shriram College, [LSR] New Delhi

Lady Shri Ram College for Women introduced a three year Honours programme in Journalism in July 1995. In this short span of time, this course has developed into one of the most coveted undergraduate programmes for potential journalists in the country. The teaching methodology incorporates lectures, workshops and seminars, and emphasizes independent projects and extensive written assignments. The Principal and some members of the college faculty oversee the programme and deliver lectures from time to time in their special disciplines. A Co-coordinator assists in assigning and evaluating projects, conducts regular appraisals and facilitates the practical components of the programme. It is the attempt at LSR to imbibe the teaching-learning process with the kind of sensitivity that reconciles excellence with humanity, a pedagogy that can break free of rhetoric, shatter myths and rescue imagination and intuition using them as resources to conceive and initiate change. To do this,the students are provided a diverse faculty drawn from the ranks of academics and practitioners who take interesting Assistant Professors and conduct seminars. The department also brings out its publications Counter Talk and Spectrum. The students attend film screenings and documentary festivals as well as seminars and conferences on the media to expand their horizon of experiences and to expose them to a plethora of views. LSR takes pride in fostering students with ambition, motivation and above all the will to make a difference. To guide the Journalism Programme in its educational, professional and development initiatives, a group of distinguished experts from the media, the academic world and other professions has been formed to advise and support the College.