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The Trivandrum Press Club, Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram), was established in 1965. The founders include the southern Indian state's legendary journalists--K Balakrishnan (Kaumudi), KC Sebastian (Deepika), KC John (The Times of India), R Sampath (The Hindu), PR John (Malayala Manorama), PC Sukumaran Nair (Kerala Kaumudi) and RM Manackalath (Mathrubhumi).
They were soon joined by others like M Sivaraman, who had just then returned to Kerala after an illustrious career with Reuters and MS Mony (Kerala Kaumudi).
The building they identified, right opposite the Central Stadium, was then the official residence of the Sergeant at the Secretariat. The Governor Bhagvan Sahay ordered the release of the building to the Club for a minimal rent. Then two prominent members of Trivandrum citizenry, Sreenivasa Karayalar and P Ramaswamy Pillai, came to the aid of founding fathers.
Bhagvan Sahay inaugurated the activities of the Club, attending the first ‘Meet-the-Press’ programme in the small building on February 8, 1967. Soon, the Club became the hub of media activities in Thiruvananthapuram.
Initially the membership fee was fixed at Rs 5. A constitution was adopted and the first executive committee elected PR John as president, PC Sukumaran Nair secretary and KC Sebastian the treasurer. Within a week, the membership swelled to 20.
Very soon, the founders succeeded in getting five cents of land adjacent to the building allotted to the Club. EMS Namboothiripad, who became the Chief Minister for the second time in 1967, laid the foundation stone of the Press Club Building on April 17, 1968. A bank loan of Rs 35,000 was sanctioned on condition that the executive committee members should stand guarantee for the loan. That triggered a crisis.
The person who bailed out the Club was MS Mony, who subsequently took over the reins as the Chief Editor of Kerala Kaumudi. He offered to stand guarantee for the loan along with the other committee members. The three-storied building was inaugurated on May 19, 1969 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Soon it started spreading its wings. The Institute of Journalism, the first journalism institute in India to be run by professional journalists, started functioning in 1968. The founder-director of the Institute was the legendary Reuters Correspondent M Sivaram whose vision and foresight soon made it a premier journalism training centre in India.
Almost every major media organization in India and institutions in the filed of mass communication have an alumnus of the Institute. The Institute offers a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in journalism (PGDJ) and a Certificate Course in Electronic Journalism. In keeping with the changing needs of the time, the Institute has introduced new subjects of study, particularly in areas such as visual media and online journalism, with a fully-equipped laboratory. Catering to the changing times in 2006 the Institute showcased a new course for Citizen Journalists, another first in the country.
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