Loveleen Tandan, the co-director of Slumdog Millionaire is an alumna of the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia and she recently walked the red carpet at the Oscars, another team from the same Jamia Millia Islamia is heading for Cannes next month.

Farhat Basir Khan, Professor of Media and Communication at the MCRC, and two students Neal Kartik and Pranab Kumar Aich, are going to represent Asia at the Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) ceremony...... click on read more

The SWPA has created an initiative -- “Student Focus” -- that provides a unique opportunity for universities and their students to get experience within the professional field. The programme stretches across the globe.

In this competition, From each continent, ten countries are involved, with one university representing each country. The two winning students along with their professor from each continent will be flown to Cannes for workshops and lectures during SWPA Festival between April 14 and 19.

The Jamia team won the top honours for the Asia continent after beating top universities from nine countries, and will now attend the grand finale at Cannes to try and bring home the World Photography Award. The students presented pictures they took in Orissa underlining the issue of deforestation.

Prof. Khan, who has taught some prominent names of the film and television industry like Shah Rukh Khan, Roshan Abbas and Lovleen Tandan, feels this is a proud moment for both India and Jamia.

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