tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post7172097931083312554..comments2023-10-22T18:00:17.273+05:30Comments on Let Us Communicate: Disconnect between academics and the PR industry in IndiaDr. Meenakshi Upadhyayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05673437079205909812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-84694592107089916172010-11-09T18:08:47.919+05:302010-11-09T18:08:47.919+05:30Hello Mam,
Thanks for understanding our problems....Hello Mam,<br /><br />Thanks for understanding our problems. I just went through your rest of posts and found it very valueable and helpfull for us. Keep it up!Kalpana Baranwalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-50861630492019851302010-10-22T15:53:14.036+05:302010-10-22T15:53:14.036+05:30Totally agree Nimesh.We need more understanding pr...Totally agree Nimesh.We need more understanding professionals like you.Dr. Meenakshi Upadhyayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673437079205909812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-78274754478281918532010-10-22T15:45:54.890+05:302010-10-22T15:45:54.890+05:30The irony of the situation is that the same PR pro...The irony of the situation is that the same PR professionals keep calling and emailing journos for an appointment with their clients, and they don't understand the situation underlined above when journos do the same with them. <br /><br />It should be responsibility of the top management in every organisation, to give specific instructions to all employees to show equal interest in students and academicians to help them out, just like they do in every profitable deal. <br />Its a moral responsibility of them towards the same academics which made sure they are earning and being respected. <br />--<br />NimeshNimeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292464097463209826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-48412162798352288632010-10-22T11:14:34.600+05:302010-10-22T11:14:34.600+05:30I guess you are right C.R but the good apples get ...I guess you are right C.R but the good apples get crushed along with the bad apples which is unfair.Dr. Meenakshi Upadhyayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673437079205909812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-31994362128355417782010-10-22T09:48:50.994+05:302010-10-22T09:48:50.994+05:30Many of the educational institutions just collect ...Many of the educational institutions just collect fees and admit students. For the sake of sending them to internship, they allot agencies. These students are not interested in the agencies they join. They spoil the reputation of the College and Course too.<br />We cannot expect the agencies to screen the students before an internship. It is the job of the educational institution.<br />I have the same problem with Journalism. A student who cannot write in English is sent to to an English Newspaper.<br /> How can I expect professionals to teach them English, when we teachers are unable to do that?<br />Hence this compulsory internship has to be dealt with proper care.<br />Only when we bridge this gap, professionals will treat our students as juniors.C.R.Jayaprakashhttp://www.crjayaprakash.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-78126080248758365262010-10-21T16:35:36.015+05:302010-10-21T16:35:36.015+05:30I guess you making a point here Soumya! Thanks for...I guess you making a point here Soumya! Thanks for your input.Dr. Meenakshi Upadhyayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673437079205909812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-67219237390616741312010-10-21T16:32:28.414+05:302010-10-21T16:32:28.414+05:30That is really sad Moksh.But I guess you shouldn&#...That is really sad Moksh.But I guess you shouldn't get disheartened so easily.Teachers like you are needed in academics.Dr. Meenakshi Upadhyayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673437079205909812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-62057130291180829372010-10-21T16:27:17.772+05:302010-10-21T16:27:17.772+05:30Thanks Meenakshi for this valuable post. I also ha...Thanks Meenakshi for this valuable post. I also had the same experience when I was a student myself. But now that I am a professional I can guess where the problem lies. Unlike most other industries, where you have to be sound in your basics to succeed, PR is something which chiefly stands on the ability to persuade the media, (at least thats the scenario in India). All other things become secondary. As such, a very good PR student of the past may not remember the basics after 4 years into the industry though he/she might have become a successful PR professional by building sound media relations. This is more applicable to the PR scenario of India, where the industry is still at a nascent stage. As a result, they prefer to avoid the questions of a PR student who is sound in his/her basics though lacking in industry experience. I have seen Account Managers who doesn't even know the name of Arthur Page and naturally shy away from the queries of a student.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145210462844050357.post-77447463717930208132010-10-21T16:15:40.453+05:302010-10-21T16:15:40.453+05:30I have been teaching public relations in a few col...I have been teaching public relations in a few colleges in Mumbai. Because of this clear disconnect, and bureaucracy in some colleges and not giving freedom to PR practitioner to imbibe the PR skills, share leanings and approach in the students. <br /><br />I have decided to give up on teaching after three years. <br /><br />More so, I had taken up on teaching to touch lives of students, which i feel that i have been able to do that, specially, when out of the blue, i get a FB update, or a tweet or even a message or a call. I feel that i was able to bring about some change. <br /><br />but then could not take the bureaucracy of balancing theory and practicals in PR.moksh junejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815176433263812559noreply@blogger.com