St. Aloysius College to hold Media Manthan-2012 on Jan 20, 21

Mangalore, January 18: 'Media Manthan', a two day national level seminar and media fiesta will be held on 20 and 21 January, 2012 at St Aloysius College, Mangalore.

Media and Environment- Leveraging Media Power to protect our Environment – is the theme of the two day event, stated a press release issued by Laxmi Shenoy, Convener, Media Manthan.

The event will offer a healthy blend of knowledge generation and display of talent by various participants and scholars. Various papers on diverse topics touching on media and environment will be presented by senior/junior lecturers, scholars and graduate/post-graduate students, it said.

The idea behind the two-day festival is to enhance the abilities of the students and give them an opportunity to exhibit their talent. Intercollegiate level competitions involving various media related themes such as Ice-breakers, RJ Hunt (Radio Jockeying), Drop Cap (News Bulletin), In-Grid (Story Board), Shutter Bug (Photography), On Air (Live Reporting) and Mobile Frames (Mobile Movie) will be conducted simultaneously, the release said.

Media-Manthan 2012 is open to students and general public and there is no registration fee.

Last year's Media Manthan was adjudged a grand success, with the theme - Media and Manipulation - touching upon the irregularities in media coverage and reporting. With speakers and veterans from various fields expressing their opinions, the two-day seminar encouraged the media professionals to be fair and unbiased in their work, the release said.