Research plays a key role in both the programms (MCJ & Ph.D) offered by the department. For the completion of MCJ programme, each student has to do a small scale research on any media related topic and submit a thesis of the same. The thrust areas of research include uses and gratification studies, research on media user perceptions, development communication, film studies, cultural studies and research on media history & rhetoric. As a part of publicizing our research works we publish ‘Communication and Media Studies - An Indian Research Journal’, (ISSN 2395-1559)a Bi-annual peer reviewed Research Journal devoted to Communication and Media research