A tête-à-tête with Mr. Vinod Menon, executive director of Sri Sri centre for media studies interviewed by Vijay Shah.
Q: Hello sir, How the thought came to start a journalism college? Why journalism college?
A: Because journalism is about people and it is a voice of people. Journalism reflects the sensitivity and sensibility of society. So we start a unique journalism college.
Media is best tool to bring the revolution.
Q: How SSCMS is different from the other Journalism Colleges?
A: SSCMS is student-friendly institute. It has such flourishing locality of Bangalore city. We are providing full focus on academic excellence together with work skills. It has very innovative management system and expert management staff.
Q: As we all know at present media industries are becoming unethical. Can you assure that the SSCMS student will follow ethics in media industry?
A: Every industry has its own ethical and unethical sides. It’s totally upon a student that what he want to do. Ethics, honesty and truth will always prevail. Students have chosen the mainstream. We are providing them stress management program and lectures of Media laws and ethics as a part of their curriculum.
Q: What is your future planning for the SSCMS?
A: SSCMS has unique formula of education. Students leaving from here have given successful results. The media industry is ever growing so we can not fix standards. It has good infrastructure and number of students are increasing every year.
Q: What is real success according to you?
A: success is measured on the base of how much useful you are to the society. If you are useful to the society that means you are caring and serving your society. This your ‘Dharma’= (responsibility + commitment).Performing your ‘Dharma’ ,as much as you go in deep your ‘Swdharma’. It means what are the characteristics of your nature, your individual customized and personalized person. The position of Swdharma is real success.
