New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has undertaken several measures, including an investment of about ₹200-crore in infrastructure development, to strengthen its academic and training ecosystem, a government official said. The institute has also launched new programmes, modernized its facilities, and achieved significant milestones in media education and training, IIMC Registrar Nimish Rustagi said. He added that the institute, which has been declared a ‘Deemed to be University’, launched two MA programmes – Media Business Studies and Strategic Communication – in August with an intake of 80 students. “The year 2024 marked a remarkable focus on modernising and upgrading the institution’s infrastructure. The big push came in the form of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting approving proposals of almost ₹200 crore for constructing IIMC’s own campus at Amravati, Maharashtra and expansion of the campus here,” Rustagi said. These projects, he said, would come to fruition in the next two years to further boost media education in the country. “Infrastructure upgradation was carried out in 2024, almost as a mission. …