Information and Broadcasting can otherwise be called as media sector and this sector is governed by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in India. All the media houses in the country are controlled by this ministry.

Even though, with the entry of private players into the media sector, the popularity of government-owned media houses has reduced considerably, still this ministry is the most powerful body in the control, implementation and execution of different broadcasting material, audio, visuals, films and advertisements. This sector offers employment opportunities through the different departments functioning under its jurisdiction.

Government departments under Information & Broadcasting ministry:

Information:

• Photo division

• Directorate of advertising and visual publicity

• Press Council of India

• Registrar of Newspapers of India

• Directorate of Field Publicity

• Press Information Bureau

• Publication Division

Broadcasting:

• Content regulation of private television channels

• Community radio stations

• Prasar Bharati

• All India Radio

• Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited

Recent job notification in the Information & Broadcasting sector:

Recently, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting called for applications from eligible candidates for different job positions and the positions for which applications were invited are given below:

• Senior Deputy Director

• Chief Executive

• Accountant

• Junior Booker

• Assistant Administrative Officer

• Regional Officer

• Research Assistant

• Director General

• Administrative Officer

• Joint Director

• Chief Executive Officer

Education qualification needed for finding jobs in the information & Broadcasting sector:

The basic educational qualification needed is a degree in any discipline. However, the educational qualification needed purely depends on the position for which applications are invited from candidates. Since film & television industry also come under the ministry of Information & Broadcasting, candidates taking up courses like audiography, editing, motion picture photography and direction and screenplay, etc…can find employment opportunities in the technical side of the information & broadcasting sector jobs.

Future scope in information & broadcasting ministry:

As mentioned earlier, the information & broadcasting ministry includes three main sectors namely, films, information and Doordarshan and AIR. Since the media sector witnesses drastic change in the early 1990s with the introduction of many private players, the ministry is taking every step to introduce technological upgradation, creation of innovative programmes, modernization of programme designing and increased coverage to improve the performance of the television division. With the increasing focus of the government to improve the performance of this ministry, this sector is expected to have a very good future thereby increasing the job opportunities to the appropriate talents.