Punjabi University, Patiala, will be the first university in the state to have its own community radio station (CRS). The station will be located in the varsity's Centre for Advanced Media Studies (CAMS). The proposal got the green signal during the inaugural session of the three-day workshop on "Community Radio Awareness", jointly organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) and Punjabi University here today.
Welcoming the decision, Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh said, "Radio as a medium of mass communication has so far played the best role by generating not only active participation of its varied audiences, but also by enhancing awareness on various fronts. It is evolving as a potential force to bring a positive change at the grassroot level, especially among disadvantaged, underprivileged or marginalised section of the society."
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