Dhaka University’s department of Television, Film and Photography today launched a television studio at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The first ever TV studio in Dhaka University is jointly financed by the Bangladesh University Grants Commission under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP).

“Study in Journalism and Mass Communication field is always practice oriented,” said Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique at the inauguration.

The TV studio consists of panel control rooms, master control room, make up room, camera, lights and other studio equipments. Although the studio will be maintained by the Television, Film and Photography department, other students of the university can also participate in the TV.

“Dhaka University authority is always striving to provide practice-based education to the students of mass communication,” the VC said at the inaugural at Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium.

Acting dean of social science faculty, Prof AJM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, also announced to open a campus based television channel named “DU TV”.