Whistling Woods students educate youth on media

Mumbai, Nov 29 (IBNS) Students of Whistling Woods International School of Communication (WWI) are currently shouldering a nationwide campaign- Inspiration- where they will travel across 15 cities in 45 days to educate the youth on career opportunities in the media and communication industry.

After the launch event on Friday in Bandra, Mumbai, the seminar held on Saturday at Bunt Auditorium in Navi Mumbai was a great success amongst aspiring, young minds looking for an insight into the Media & Communication Industry.

The seminar unleashed copious knowledge and awareness about the Media & Communication profession through the medium of a panel discussion amongst media stalwarts.

The eminent panelists comprised of Meghna Ghai Puri, President, Whistling Woods International; Ujjwal Chowdhury, Dean WWI School of Communication; Mr. Somnath Sen, Assistant VP, Academics, Whistling Woods; Anubhav Sinha - Director, Ra.One; Manoj Bhatnagar, Producer and Montoo Singh, Owner, Haalberd PR Agency.

They threw light on issues such as, the ever-changing media industry and the increasing need for innovative, energetic and quality media professionals.

Subhash Ghai, Founder & Chairman, Whistling Woods International said, "I'm extremely humbled by the initiative that my students have taken up. A Nationwide campaign in order to spread awareness amongst the youth is not even close to being easy. However, my students have taken it in their stride to be a part of such a great cause and I'm really proud of them.

"Media and Communication is a very upcoming field and demands a great deal of innovative and quality professionals. The aim is to let the youth know about it and WWI is striving to do just that!"

Felicitated with the 'Young Communication Achiever' award were accomplished young personas that have made it big in the field of Media & Communication.

Those felicitated were Priya Rajesh, Head Marketing, Cinergy Independent film services; Chaitanya Chandratre, Actor & Anchor (Marathi) and Jason Kotian, Brand Manager - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. Having set foot in the industry and making it big within a short span of time, they were astounding examples for all the budding aspirants present at the event.

The event later comprised of an entertaining evening consisting of various contests - the photography contest, poster-making contest and film-making contest. The students exhibited abundant creativity and showcased tremendous talent throughout every contest.

It was a start to the nationwide series of multi city campaigns which will now move on to other cities like Indore, Pune, Goa, Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Bangalore, Kolkata, Nagpur, Nashik, Chennai, Jaipur and Guwahati.