PR EDUCATION

Perhaps the greatest contribution of the Chennai Chapter to the growth and professionalisation of PR in India has been the promotion of PR Education and Training.

As early as 1975 the Chapter, in affiliation with the University of Madras, introduced the 3-year full-time B.A. (Public Relations) course.

Every student, who completed this course, has proved his worth in the field of Public Relations. Four batches of students completed the course since its inception.

When this course was discontinued by the University, a one year part-time Post- graduate Diploma in Public Relations was started by the PRSI Chennai Chapter
and twelve batches have since passed out. Each batch had, among others, PR
and Management professionals from the Public and Private Sector, two Deputy Inspector Generals of Police on its rolls.

We also helped the Kothari Academy for Women organise the one year part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations for 3 years.

At the express request of Southern Railway, South Eastern Railway and Integral Coach Factory, we organised two 45-day Full-time Diploma Courses in Public Relations exclusively for their Public Relations personnel.

In collaboration with the National Institute for Management Studies, a part-time
one year Postgraduate Course in Public Relations was organised at Karnataka Sangha School, Chennai. Since 1998, the one year part-time Postgraduate
Diploma in Public Relations offered by the PRSI Chennai Chapter was successfully converted to a one year Distance Education course.

An MoU was signed between PRSI CHENNAI Chapter and CITY SCHOOL OF MANAGERIAL SCIENCES (a division of Campus Abroad) on 13th December, 2004 for conducting PG Diploma in Public Relations. The first batch passed out in 2005.

The course is conducted at:

City School of Social and Managerial Sciences,
Vijaya Complex, 2nd Floor,
Annanagar (W), Chennai 600101.
Phone: 044-26153030/26150303
Email: info@city-schools.com