Vision, Aim and Objective
The AIMS is envisioned with the aim to train and shape highly
skilled professionals for the burgeoning video, television and
advertising industry by providing the state of the art facilities to
its students. The institute’s broad mission encapsulates the need to
impart a holistic education having a sound amalgam of theoretical and
practical learning. It aims to stimulate the creative potential of its
students and to cultivate a scientific temper for probing social
events. On the solid foundation of latest research in the field of
media and communication.......
Advisory Board
Prof. K N Panikkar
historian and social commentator, former Vice- Chancellor, Sree
Sankaracharya University, Kalady, Kerala, is an established historian
of international repute. An outstanding academic luminary, he holds
prestigious Visiting Professorships in many Universities in India,
Europe and America.
Mahesh Bhatt
a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Bhatt's
early directional career consisted of acclaimed art parallel films,
such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam and Naam. In 1987 he set up his own
banner Vishesh Films. He is one of the most recognised film directors
of the Indian film industry.
Siddharth Varadarajan
a well known journalist. He works for The Hindu as its Strategic
Affairs editor. After studying economics at the London School of
Economics and Columbia University, he taught at New York University for
several years before joining The Times of India as an editorial writer
in 1995. In 2004, he joined The Hindu.
Tarun J. Tejpal
a journalist and publisher. He has been an editor with the India Today
and The Indian Express groups, and the managing editor of Outlook. He
has also written for several international publications, including The
Paris Review, The Guardian, The Financial Times and Prospect. In March
2000 he started Tehelka. In 2001, Asiaweek listed Tejpal as one of
Asia’s 50 most powerful communicators, and BusinessWeek declared him
among 50 leaders at the forefront of change in Asia.
Dr. Agha Ashraf Ali
a celebrated academician, remarkable teacher and a philosopher. A
professor, a scholar, a man of ideas, Dr. Agha Ashraf Ali combines sufi
school of thought of human love and glory with the ethos of modern
education. He has heavy contributions in the field of education.
Gauhar Raza
a scientist by profession, is a leading Urdu poet, social activist and
documentary film maker engaged in popularizing the understanding of
science. An electrical engineer by qualification, Raza received his M.
Tech from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. For
the past 25 years, Raza has worked in the area of Communications He is
also experienced in all aspects of video production, planning,
directing, post-production work, and dissemination. He has produced 30
video documentary films during the past 20 years.