| MUMBAI:
Whistling Woods International (WWI) is now entering into the television and broadcast
industry with a new one-year specialised course - TVBS (Diploma in Television
and Broadcast Studies). WWI
is a film, animation and media arts institute promoted by Bollywood filmmaker
Subhash Ghai. The
institute claims that TVBS, endorsed by the television industry, is in-sync with
the current trends and requirements combined with practical training. The curriculum
for this course has been designed by the industry professionals especially for
the industry. Skilled
guidance, expert training, industry internships are part of this course which
will ensure students understand the structure and working of all departments in
a channel and a production house. WWI
president Meghna Ghai Puri said, "The biggest gap in the television and broadcast
industry is the need for a course which goes beyond theory and is based on live
situations and market realities. The fact that working industry professionals
are involved in this course would mean that the students will get to know the
current trends and working environment of the industry. Further, there are many
modules within our curriculum, which are unique to WWI TVBS."
Those
professionals in the Associate Advisory Board (AAB) of TVBS include Aaj Tak ED
and CEO G Krishnan, Colors SVP, head-creative & content Ashwini Yardi, Star
Plus senior creative director programming Vivek Bahl, Sun Direct CEO Tony D'Silva,
Real director Sunil Lulla, Pix business head Sunder Aaron, Cell18 CEO Zubin Driver,
Bawa Broadcasting founder Cyrus Oshidar, Optimystix founder Sanjeev Sharma, Mobile2Win
MD and CEO Rajat Jain and Journalism Mentor founder Shishir Joshi.
Lectures
in the course will start on 10 August. | 
