The ever growing media industry is growing rapidly at present. Adding to their assets, the Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication was set up in 2003 for people who aspire to pursue careers in print journalism, public relations, advertising, event management, new media etc. They will also be skilled in various fields like Television News, Videography, Video Editing and programming for the Indian Film Industry after they finish the course and will be offered recruitment opportunities in reputed companies of media.

The aspirants can choose to attend an entrance test for post graduate admission test by Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication (AIMC PGT). The PG courses the Institute offers are affiliated to the GNDU University, Amritsar. The post graduate course in Mass Communication & Journalism is a two year full time course. For admission of aspirants, the AIMC takes into account the candidates’ extra curricular abilities and their creativity range as well as the scores obtained in the PG test and their overall academic performance so far.

Structure of AIMC PG Test

The AIMC PG test will comprise of 2 types of questions: Objective and Subjective. The objective type questions will have multiple choices of which one answer would be the correct one. It will be of 100 marks in total with 50 marks for questions from topics such as General Awareness, general knowledge and Current affairs and the rest will deal with that of the candidates chosen area. The AIMC PG is of 1 hour duration.

Syllabus for AIMC PG Test

One half of the exam is full of questions under the general category. The other half, which deals with the candidates’ chosen field, will be based on the syllabus of their bachelor’s degree course.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree for any discipline with a percentage of 50 in total. Candidates with diploma qualifications in any discipline are also allowed to apply. The exact percentage required to be eligible in such a case is there in the Institute’s official website.

How to Apply?

The application forms can be directly purchased from the Apeejay Institute Campus in Dwarka, New Delhi. A prospectus can be purchased along with the form as it would be very useful. The prospectus is charged Rs 750/- for direct purchase and if the candidate prefers to receive it by post, he/she will have to send a Demand draft of Rs 800/- (including postal charges) in favor of Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication. The D.D should be payable at New Delhi. Application forms are downloadable from this site - www.apeejay.edu/aimc.

Forms downloaded should be submitted along with a D.D of the amount, the favorable and payable conditions same as that mentioned above.

How to fill the Form?

The candidates are insisted to be very careful and attentive while filling the form. Guidelines for filling will be there in the prospectus. If in case any doubt arises, the candidates are suggested not to take a chance. The guidelines are to be referenced if ever such a situation occurs. The candidates should take sufficient time to fill the textual entry fields so that the chance of making an accidental invalid entry can be avoided. As a precautionary measure, the candidates are suggested to go through all areas in the form once it’s completed and double check it for errors. Make sure everything in the form is right and the way it should be before submitting it and do so before or on the last date of submission announced by the Institute.

Important Dates (Tentative)

The dates that follow are advised to the candidates to be kept in mind.

Last Date for receipt of completed application forms: May 1st week, 2012

Date of Entrance Examination: June 1st week, 2012

List of AIMC PG Test centers

Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi

Contact Address for the AIMC PG Test

• Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, Apeejay Campus, Institutional Area, Sector - 8, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110077
• Phone: 011-2536 7821, 2536 3979 / 80 / 81; Extn: 52 / 55 / 24
• Mobile: 8447779011
• Telefax: 25367821; Fax : 25363985
• E-mail: [email protected]

Colleges Accepting the AIMC PG Test score

Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, Dwarka, New Delhi.

Reference Books for AIMC PG Test

The books given below will be of great use for the candidates. A few of these will help with the general questions.

• The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2011 by Edgar Thorpe.
• The Pearson Concise General Knowledge Manual 2011 by Edgar Thorpe.
• General Knowledge, Current Affairs and Who’s Who by Khanna.
• Mass media and media policy in Western Europe by Peter Humphreys
• Media management in India by Dibakar Panigrahy, Prasanna K. Biswasroy
• Media policy and globalization by Paula Chakravartty, Katharine Sarikakis
• Media research techniques by Arthur Asa Berger
• Communication theory and research by Denis McQuail, Peter Golding, Els de Bens
• General knowledge Manual by UPSC Portal Editorial board.
• General knowledge Manual by Barry O’Brien.
• General knowledge Digest by TMH
• Computer General Awareness by Alok Kumar.
• Encyclopedia of General Knowledge and General Awareness by R.P Verma.

Coaching Centers for AIMC PG Test

• Ariestechsoft
• Pathway
• Resonance
• Brillant Tutrals
• Career Makers
• CRB Excelsiors
• CTDI
• Gyan Bindu Academy
• Kalinga IAS
• Pathfinder Academy
• S N Institute
• Saini School of Economics and Commerce
• Science Point

Study Plan

Study plan is something not to be taken lightly. To develop good general and current affairs knowledge, the candidates have to read a lot. So, basically creating 2 schedules for the exam would not be a bad idea. One schedule to read a lot to improve the General awareness and current affairs knowledge and the other to learn and revise those that the candidates studied in their Bachelor’s degree or diploma courses. Efficient exploitation of time is vital. The candidates should be very well prepared and very much ready by the time of the exam. As they are aspiring to go into the media field, they should be smarter, wiser and more confident.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The AIMC will upload the results in www.apeejay.edu

Score Validity

The scores are of a validity of just a year.