Booming Opportunities To Secure Media Jobs Await The Indian Youngsters
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Booming Opportunities to Secure Media Jobs Await the Indian Youngsters

A report by PricewaterhouseCoopers states that the media and entertainment sector forms a 35,000-crore industry in India and it is estimated to grow over the next few years at the rate of about 19 per cent. It is also been stated that there has been a huge investment  in the  media sector  during recent times and it included investment in the infrastructural facilities  comprising broadband internet connectivity, home cable television, digital cinema and multiplexes. These have even led to media jobs opportunity in the country.

The media and the entertainment industry is one of the most emerging and the fastest growing industry in the India economy right now as assessed by the government. The major driving forces taking the industry to such heights happen to be the privatisation and growth of radio channels, liberalisation policies of the government, digital formats for film production and distribution and many more. They are indeed some of the key factors backing up the exponential growth. So, no wonder the hike in media jobs in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and the other major cities could be noticed alongside the growth of the sector itself.

The media sector has opened up to the private enterprises and foreign investors to a great extent and the economic liberalisation and reforms in India catalyzed the process. The proliferation of the print media and the Television and radio networks   also led to the creation of the online media platform. Hence options for media jobs got enhanced by leaps and bounds. This in turn has created newer and better job opportunities for the young media professionals in the country.

The expanding media jobs scenario is also due to more and more investment s by the large industrial groups in the mass media sector. The domain which benefited much due to this is media management and journalism. The leading names among the companies taking major initiative in the investment are many and along with that many of the global players are also weighing the prospect of investing in India, for instance Financial Times of London invested in Business Standard, India and Henderson Global has invested in The Hindustan Times.

The job aspirants should be happy to know that the market for media jobs extended from print to electronic media and therefore starting from press information bureau, Central Information Service, media agencies to of Internet communication and journalism every field came into the threshold of the industry offering ample job opportunities. With the massive growth of the growth of broadband Internet in India newer platforms like content writing, website development and designing evolved and   hence the requirement of capable manpower is booming at present.  So media jobs in Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai are just not the only options right now, there are requirements in every city and town round across the country.

 Umpteen Mass communication and journalism training institutes are coming up in course of time to keep the availability of professionals with adequate skill set at par with the need of manpower by the booming need of the industry for both fresher and experienced professionals. Specialised training modules on various aspects of media studies are being developed as they are getting mandatory for the ones aspiring for careers as reporter, correspondent or columnists. A degree in journalism is preferable for these and on the other hand a management degree is preferable for jobs in the commercial side of media business.


So, if  you have a  panache  towards writing, journalism, reporting and media management, the media jobs is the perfect choice and will assure a  of the most promising future.  So explore the   prospective career options in the print, electronic and online domain

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