| Qalam 2004 will be co-ordinated by Aditya Seth.
The course gives participants a golden opportunity to present their
concepts directly to the channel executives and representatives of
production houses. New topics have been added to this year's syllabus.
The selection process for the course included two rounds comprising
a written test and personal Interviews. The selected candidates
belong to a variety of fields ranging from amateur scriptwriting
to content / technical writing.
The goal of Qalam is to convert the aspiring scriptwriters
to real professionals and placing them in prominent production houses
and television channels. Qalam's earlier batch has produced
students who are currently working with serials like Jassi Jaisi
Koi Nahi, Kitty Party and Yeh Meri Life Hain amongst
others while some are involved in film scripts too.
Commenting on the launch of Qalam '04 Nimbus Communications
CEO Akash Khurana says, "We're sharing our hard-earned knowledge
with you and we expect you to respect and learn from what we've
accumulated over the years - quite like in the gurukul system."
With earlier batch students currently working with good projects,
Dr Khurana feels that the ruling vision of Qalam is to get
the creative talents their due.
The course is slated to run for 16-week with a minimum of three
interactive sessions per week. The weekend sessions will be longer
and the focus will be to illustrate the educational experience with
the help of video sessions. Besides this, the participants will
also be taking part in interactive sessions like discussions, ideation
and analyses.
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