The Times of India was the first major media house to set up a professional media school. It set up the Times School of Journalism in 1985 in New Delhi.
It was almost a decade before another media company — the Indian Express Group — set up the Asian College of Journalism in Bangalore in 1994. The School that was set up under the aegis of the B.D.Goenka Foundation was transferred to Media Development Foundation in 2000.
Among the regional language newspapers, the credit for setting up the first media school goes to Eenadu, which set up the Eenadu Journalism School in Hyderabad.
However, in recent years more and more media companies are setting up their own media schools. Two reasons are assigned for this trend. The first is to train youngsters to meet the immediate staffing needs of the media house; and the second is to create a revenue source.
The 10 media schools that are owned by media houses are:
1. Times School of Journalism
New Delhi
Website: http://tcms.in
2. Eenadu Journalism School
Hyderabad
Website: http://ejs.in
3. Pioneer Media School
Noida
Website: www.pioneermediaschool.com
4. Jagran Institute of Management & Mass Communication,
NOIDA
Website: http://www.jimmc.in
5. Manorama School of Communication
Kottayam
Website: www.manoramajschool.com
6. Express Institute of Media Studies
New Delhi
Website: http://exims.in/
7. NDTV Broadcast Training Programme
New Delhi
Website: http://ndtvmi.com/
8. The Tehelka School of Journalism
New Delhi
Website: http://tehelka.com/Source/default.asp
9. The Statesman Print Journalism School
Kolkata
Website: http://www.spjs.co.in/
10. TV Today Media Institute
New Delhi
Website: http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/
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