School of Communication Studies

About School of Communication Studies

The School of Communication Studies at Panjab University is the pioneering school of journalism in the country, tracing its roots to the pre-independence era. It was set up in 1941 at the University of Punjab, Lahore. The founding father of the school was Professor PP Singh, who studied journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.

The School of Communication Studies has been awarded with the prestigious Chanakya award for "Business Communication School of the Year (National) 2011-2012" by the Global Conclave of Public Relations Council of India. The school also won Indy's award for Excellence in Mass Communication by the Stars of the Industry Group in the year 2013.

Our faculty members have Research Fellowships, Projects, International Fellowship and International Best Research Paper award to their credit and continue to act as consultants and trainers beyond the classroom. They are editors and serve as members of the editorial boards in Research Journals of repute. The part-time/visiting faculty of the school comprises eminent, veteran, and award-winning reporters, columnists, authors, magazine editors, documentary filmmakers, and digital media specialists.

The school prepares the students to perform a vital and challenging function of searching for the truth in complicated situations, usually under a time constraint, and communicating it in a clear and engaging manner to the public through our Print Journalism course. It also prepares the students in other professional fields of Media Management, Advertising, Online Communication, Public Relations, Graphic Design, Narrative Journalism, and Media Research. In addition, the School educates scholars of Communications and Journalism, and functions as a significant guiding force in Journalism and inculcates in students the habit of thinking of themselves as leaders for change and improvement in the profession.

The school strives to adapt to changes in the profession to respond to new developments in the way news is delivered and to prepare students to work in different environments. The coursework and syllabi are regularly updated to be in tune with the latest industry trends. In over 70 years the school has produced alumni who work not only in traditional journalism careers as reporters, editors, and broadcasters, but also are public relations executives, media entrepreneurs, advertising professionals, web publishers and journalism educators.