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DC Kizhakemuri Foundation
DC Kizhakemuri Foundation (DCKF), conceived in 2001 under the Travancore Cochin Legislation of 1957, is formed as a tribute to the late D. C. Kizhakemuri, founder of DC Books. The DC Kizhakemuri Foundation organises a wide range of art, education and cultural activities. DC Kizhakemuri Foundation also conducts annual literary festival, Kerala Literature Festival (KLF), with support from various writers and other organisations. DCKF always strives to achieve the principles by which D. C. Kizhakemuri lived. The foundation runs DC School of Management and Technology (DCSMAT) and DC School of Architecture and Design, which has campuses in Vagamon and Thiruvananthapuram. The institutions provides courses such as Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design (BA Interior Design), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kottayam
Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of 489,615 people, and a population density of . The total Kottayam Metropolitan area (the combined area of Kottayam municipality and its adjacent suburbs) has a population of 802,419 people, and a population density of . Kottayam is also referred to as "the City of Letters" as many of the first Malayalam daily newspapers, such as ''Deepika (newspaper), Deepika,'' ''Malayala Manorama,'' and ''Mangalam Publications, Mangalam,'' were started and are headquartered in Kottayam, as are a number of publishing houses. Etymology The royal palace of the Thekkumkur ruler was protected by a fort called ''Thaliyilkotta''. It is believed that the name ''Kottayam'' is derived from a combination of the Malayalam words ''kotta'' which means fort (''Thaliyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community FM
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by commercial (or) mass-media broadcasters. Community radio stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve. They are generally nonprofit and provide a mechanism for enabling individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories, to share experiences and, in a media-rich world, to become creators and contributors of media. In many parts of the world, community radio acts as a vehicle for the community and voluntary sector, civil society, agencies, NGOs and citizens to work in partnership to further community development aims, in addition to broadcasting. There is legally defined community radio (as a distinct broadcasting sector) in ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
