Category: Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Mr. Kalyan Ranjan – Chairperson
Mr. Ritesh Verma
Mr. Prabhat Upadhyay
Mr. Shreesh Chandra Singh
Ms. Deeksha Saxena

Rules & Criteria

1. IIMC Alumni, having completed PG Diploma course at IIMC, can apply and get benefits under this scheme. Applicants should seek reimbursement only as per rules listed below. No advance or urgent assistance request will be considered.

2. Applicants can seek assistance only against IPD and Emergency medical bills. OPD is excluded and won’t be considered. Those who are entitled to medical coverage from employer or self shall not be eligible for the IIMCAA Medical Assistance.

3. Recommendations from 3 Registered Members of IIMCAA or 1 Lifetime Member of IIMCAA is mandatory for submission of request. Applicant may request IIMCAA Members to write to alumni.iimc@gmail.com for the same from their registered email id. State chapter/ Sub chapter resolution duly passed by a meeting will serve the purpose.

4. Medical Documents Required: A. Prescription B. Medical Report C. Bills D. Discharge Slip E. Payment Slip.

5. Income Documents Required: An alumnus with less than 4,00,000 INR annual income is eligible to apply for the fund. Documents List-

A. 6 Months bank statement of salary account/ account receiving payments for freelance/ consultancy works.
B. IT return of previous year
C. Pay Slip, if applicable
D. Self Declaration stating annual income and no medical insurance coverage, duly signed by the applicant

6. The subject line of the email should be – IIMCAA Medical Fund Request (Name, dept, batch, current city).

7. All documents should be self attested, scanned and submitted electronically via e-mail to alumni.iimc@gmail.com

8. Any application not in compliance with rule no 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be rejected without furnishing any reason. Seeking documents will not be the liability of IIMCAA. Supplying all required documents will be the responsibility of the applicant only.

9. An applicant may get maximum assistance of 20,000 INR in one year and not more than 50% of his/ her medical bills.

10. IIMCAA will decide the final amount of assistance based on its assessment of reports and other relevant documents. It will hand over cheque of approved amount to the beneficiary.

11. IIMCAA reserves the right to reject all/ any application without furnishing any reason.

12. Allocated fund for a specific financial year shall be consumed during the aforesaid period only or returned back to IIMCAA. It will not be carried forward to next financial year fund. Total pay-out shall not exceed 25% of the total fund per quarter effectively making 25% fund available for disbursement each quarter. Lapsed fund of one quarter will be added to next quarter but at the end of the financial year, lapsed fund will be surrendered back to the central committee for IIMCAA organisational expenses.

13. List of beneficiaries will be published on IIMCAA Website www.iimcaa.org with amount.

14. The IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund Committee will meet every month to consider and decide the applications. It can meet whenever it feels the requirement, in case of an emergency.

15. The IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund Committee and/ or the Central Committee can overlook any/ all above rules to help alumni in extraordinary medical situations.

16. The IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund Committee and/ or the Central Committee can change any/ all rules at any stage.

17. The Central Committee can discontinue the IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund any time without furnishing any reason and absorb the fund, if any.

Thanks & Regards,

General Secretary

The Central Committee met on 24 February, 2019 at IIMC HQ, New Delhi. IIMCAA President Mr. Prasad Sanyal presided over the meeting that was attended by members of the committee and active members of the IIMCAA.

1. CC termed the Annual Alumni Meet- Connections 2019 and IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2019 Function at IIMC HQ on February 17th, 2019 a success.

2. CC discussed the available funds for chapter meets. It decided to drop plans to host Connections 2019 in four cities that includes Bengaluru, Dubai, Kathmandu and Tashkent. Respective chapters may host the meet if they are willing to do so.

3. CC discussed the total sponsorship amount for Connections 2019 and allocated 5 Lakhs for IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund in 2019.

4. CC discussed IIMCAA Scholarships and allocated 50,000 INR for two scholarships by IIMCAA. There will be total 10 scholarships of 25000 INR each in 2019 with the help of alumni and well wishers of IIMC.

5. CC rejects all allegations levelled by the Jharkhand Chapter vide resolutions passed on February 17 and 24, 2019 as baseless. Further, we express anguish at the intemperate language used and inappropriate attitude demonstrated in these resolutions.

Mr. SK Dubey has been authorised by the Jharkhand chapter to interact and decide on their behalf. The Central Committee also resolved to authorise Mr. Dubey on their behalf, to mitigate the issues in an appropriate manner.

Thanks & Regards,

General Secretary

The 1st National Council of IIMC Alumni Association met on 17 February, 2019 at IIMC HQ, New Delhi. IIMCAA President Mr. Prasad Sanyal presided over the meeting that was attended by former presidents Mr. Mukesh Kaushik, Mr. Suresh Kumar Vashisth and members of the council including delegates from Rajasthan, Punjab-Harayana-Himachal-J&K and Bangladesh Cahpters.

1. National council passed the resolution to abolish the Advisory Board Membership. A constitutional ammendment will be taken up at Annual General Meeting 2019.

2. National council passed the resolution to rename National Council as Governing Council. A constitutional ammendment will be taken up at Annual General Meeting 2019.

3. National Council passed the resolution to set up IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund. It authorised fund chairman Mr. Kalyan Ranjan to frame the rules for beneficiaries and drive the fund from May, 2019.

4. National Council passed the resolution to set up IIMCAA Scholarships with the help of alumni effective from ongoing PG Diploma batch at IIMC.

Thanks & Regards,

General Secretary

IIMC Alumni Association will award 7 Scholarships of 25000 INR each to IIMC students for next five years in collaboration with IIMC Alumni. Mr. KG Suresh, DG- IIMC & IIMCAA Patron, had called for such scholaraships at Annual Alumni Meet- Connections 2018. We have decided to start it for five years and review in 2023 whether to continue or not. Alumni may come forward and start more such scholarship in the memory of their loved ones.

1. Abhishek Bhagat Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship- By IIMC Alumni Association

2. Abhishek Bhagat Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship- By IIMC Alumni Association

3. Rakesh Ranjan Shukla Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship- By BHOR Charitable Trust/ Mr. Anuranjan Jha (1998-99 Batch)

4. Rupesh Jha Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship- By BHOR Charitable Trust/ Mr. Anuranjan Jha (1998-99 Batch)

5. Vinay Nahata Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship- By Mr. Amit Jain (2005-06 Batch)

6. Vinay Nahata Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship- By Mr. Amit Jain (2005-06 Batch)

7. Gahareshwar Bajpai Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship (Girls)- By Mr. Neeraj Bajpai (1998-99 Batch)

1. IIMC Alumni Association will award IIMCAA Scholarships to students who have applied for fee waiver/ scholarship to IIMC only. IIMCAA will take list of applicants and relevant documents of students in need from IIMC only. Students are not required to contact IIMCAA in any manner for scholarships.

2. IIMCAA Scholarships will be given to students who have not availed any scholarship/ fee waiver from IIMC.

3. IIMCAA Scholarships will be given to students with minimum 75% attendance at IIMC.

4. IIMCAA Scholarships will be given to students with minimum 50% aggregate marks in first semester and having passed in all papers at IIMC.

5. IIMCAA Scholarships will be given to students not facing any disciplinary actions at IIMC.

6. IIMCAA Scholarships will be given to students at Annual Alumni Meet- Connections every year but if first semester exam results are not declared before that, it will be declared 15 days after the results.

7. IIMC Alumni Association will form a 5 Member Committee to evaluate the applications submitted at IIMC to select the beneficiaries. 

8. IIMC Alumni Association may take help of chapters/ alumni in independent assessment of any/ all applications to ascertain to whom it should provide financial assitance.

9. IIMC Alumni Association may call/ interview applicants to should provide financial assitance.

10. IIMC Alumni Association reserves the right to award scholarships to anyone/ none based on above criteria. It may change/ modify any/ all rules above.

Thanks & Regards,

General Secretary

The National Council will meet on 17 February, 2019 at 2.30 PM at IIMC HQ, New Delhi. The Central Committee has passed following issues to be taken up at the National Council. National Council Members may raise any issue not listed in agenda at the meeting.

1. Abolition of Advisory Board Membership.

2. Renaming National Council as Governing Council

3. Rules and Criteria for IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund.

4. Any issue not listed above but raised by members present.

Thanks & Regards,

General Secretary

IIMC Alumni Association have received several requests to extend the last date for the entries which had closed on January 15h, 2019.

The deadline to accept the entries for IIMCAA Awards 2019 is being extended till 11.59 PM of 18 January, 2019 (Friday). This is last and final deadline beyond which any entry will not be accepted.

Thanks & Regards,

Anita Kaul Basu, Convenor

Simrat Gulati, Coordinator

IIMCAA Awards 2019