The Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju appeals to contractors from across the country and Vidarbha region to take the initiative in bidding process for the construction of western region of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Amravati. Mr. Jaju took a review of the construction status of IIMC Amravati campus from the officials of Central Public Works Department-CPWD and also held a meeting with the heads of the offices of Akashvani, Doordarshan, Press Information Bureau and Central Communications Bureau under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Nagpur on Sunday.

Situated in the western Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and established in 2012, IIMC Amravati is an apex institution in the field of media and communication and it is a deemed university under the Ministry of Education and an autonomous body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is being constructed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with a budgetary provision of 90 crore rupees in Badnera town of Amravati district at about 15 acres of land.

Secretary Jaju while giving more information about the construction of this campus said, the tenders are being invited on the CPWD website etender.cpwd.gov.in and the last date for submitting tenders is 27 of December. He also expressed hope that the construction of some of the educational complexes in IIMC should be completed in the academic year 2026-27.

This new educational complex of IIMC Amravati will include administrative and academic buildings, hostels for students, staff quarters as well as an auditorium with 200 seat capacity.

IIMC has five Regional Centres across the country that offer Journalism courses in English, Hindi and in the local languages. Amravati in Maharashtra Dhenkanal in Odisha, Aizawl in Mizoram, Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir and Kottayam in Kerala currently cumulatively runs the Post-Graduate courses in Journalism.