Network18 and St Stephen's College join hands for education inclusivity

New Delhi: Network18, promoters of popular news brands CNN-IBN and IBN7, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with St Stephen's College under its unique Media Institute Initiative (MII).

The MoU gives shape to "Citizenship & Cultural Richness" - a joint Initiative by St Stephen's College and Network 18 towards educational inclusivity.

As part of this understanding, St Stephen's will offer a certificate course in "Citizenship & Cultural Richness". Under the Course, St Stephen's College will hold weekly classes conducted by its regular faculty and distinguished alumni including top serving and retired judges, bureaucrats and renowned academicians.

The lecture content will be hosted across the digital and social media platforms of Network18 (ibnlive.com & ibnkhabar.com) and St Stephen's College (www.ststephens.edu).

CNN-IBN and IBN7 will align their unique award winning Citizen Journalist Show with the above course. The idea is to encourage the citizens enrolled in the course to become Citizen Journalists and highlight issues and problems around them as faced by the common man.

Under MII, Network18 engages with top academic institutions across the country and abroad through a structured and collaborative approach. The MII endeavor is aimed at deepening the academia - industry interface through seminars, internships, guest lectures and other interventions for sector specific capability enhancement.

Lauding the joint initiative, Valson Thampu, Principal, St Stephen's College, Delhi, said, "The journalistic fraternity holds exciting educational resources. Media is a sentinel of the health of our culture and society. The partnership between St Stephen's College and Network 18 is an exciting prospect that holds out immense benefit for the country."

Commenting on this unique initiative, Umesh Upadhyay, President, News, Network18 said, "Media has a key role to play in developing citizens who are aware and informed - a key prerequisite for a healthy and vibrant democracy. This partnership between St Stephen's and Network 18 will play an important role in creating responsible citizens who will constructively contribute to the growth of the country."