Whistling Woods International (WWI), Asia's largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute promoted by Subhash Ghai, which has been providing talented professionals to the film fraternity, will now also train students for the Television & Broadcast industry. WWI today announced a new “One year specialized course – TVBS (Diploma in Television & Broadcast Studies).

TVBS opens a world of opportunities for all those attracted to a career in television and broadcast media. This one year specialized course, endorsed by the television Industry is in-sync with the current industry trends and requirements combined with practical training. TVBS is the only course in India, which will train students on complete working knowledge of the industry. The curriculum for this course has been designed by the industry professionals especially for the industry. Skilled guidance, expert training, industry internships are part of this course, which will ensure students understand the structure and working of all departments in a channel and production house.

Speaking on the need for designing this one of its kind curriculum Meghna Ghai Puri, President, WWI said, “The biggest gap in the Television & Broadcast industry, is the need for a course which goes beyond theory and is based on live situations and market realities. The fact that working industry professionals are involved in this course would mean that the students will get to know the current trends and working environment of the industry. Further, there are many modules within our curriculum, which are unique to WWI TVBS.”

India is being considered as a media and entertainment hot-bet. International companies looking for a share of this market pie are setting up their offices here. Scores of new TV channels are being launched very year. Coming of age, the Indian media and entertainment Industry is getting progressively professional and efficient and more opportunities are being created for specialists. “The TVBS course is an extension of WWI corporate vision, which is to provide practical knowledge in every field of media and entertainment”, said Mr. Subhash Ghai, Founder and Chairman, Whistling Woods International. According to the FICCI KPMG Media & Entertainment report 2009, the industry is expected to grow to INR 472.6 billion in the next 5 years at a CAGR of 14.5% making media and entertainment as one of the fastest growing industries, which will automatically open new job opportunities for freshers in this industry. “As the need for trained professionals in this field is growing exponentially, this TVBS course from WWI will cater to opportunities in the Television & Broadcast Industry and contribute to hundreds of job prospects in the future”, Mr. Subhash Ghai further added.

Renowned professionals from the television industry form the Associate Advisory Board (AAB) of TVBS; Sunil Lulla, Director, Real, Sunder Aaron, Senior VP & Business Head, Sony Pix, Zubin Driver, CEO, Cell 18, Cyrus Oshidar, Founder, Bawa Broadcasting, G Krishnan, ED & CEO, Aaj Tak, Tony D’Silva, CEO, Sun Direct, Sanjeev Sharma, Founder, Optimystix, Ashwini Yardi, Senior VP, Head-Creative & Content, Colors, Vivek Bahl, Senior Creative Director, Programming, Star TV, Rajat Jain, MD & CEO, Mobile2Win and Shishir Joshi, Founder, Journalism Mentor.