Of Critics and Learning

“Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident”, said A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who sadly is no more. His invigorating speeches and inspiring books have whipped up entire generations to embark the voyage of learning. The United Nations Organization has declared that the birthday of Abdul Kalam, 15^th October be observed as the “World Students Day”, henceforth.

Abdul Kalam was a lifelong learner and asked us all to live in the same way.  Extending on this theme, Fuel Media Solutions Pvt. Ltd.  a leading event management company in Bangalore, brings to you the next in the career profile series – that of being a critic. A person who, no matter which the field would be required to do extensive reading, have clarity of thought and speech and present a balanced view of the topic/issue being discussed.

The requirement would be for a person with sound knowledge of the subject, necessary education required to supplement his knowledge giving his/her comments on the subject which holds importance can be called a critic.

Critics require tremendous amount of knowledge in the field he/she gives his/her judgments and comments on. They have to keep themselves abreast with the demand of the times and understand the changes to give their critical viewpoint. 

Critics require a disciplined taste, historical and theoretical knowledge and a deep understanding of author's, filmmaker's, or painter's complete work.

Courses in journalism, English, communication play a crucial role in becoming a critic.

Bachelor of journalism is of 3 years

Food critic,film critic, literary critics are a few jobs in this area

PAY PACKET:

For a seasoned food critic the remuneration is around Rs.40, 000-60,000 per month but it depends a lot on the advertisements the newspaper and magazine are getting and on its circulation.

 Critics generally give their comments in magazines, newspapers, and television which form their major source of income. They are handsomely paid by the media.

INSTITUTIONS OFFERING THIS COURSE:

Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Mudra Institute of Communication

Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication

Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media

University of Calcutta