India's media industry has been witnessing a boom in the past two decades,  In view of the growing demand for trained media personnel across the country, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication decided to open more regional centres at various places. 

While the IIMC Regional Centre at Dhenkanal in Orissa has been operating successfully since 1993, two new regional centres opened this year at Amravati in Vidharbha region of Maharashtra and in MIzoram's capital Aizawl. Two more new regional centres are on the anvil.

Selection of students for both New Delhi and the other campuses is done through a common entrance examination. Students are assigned to the respective campuses based on merit cum choice criteria.

It was inaugurated on August 14th,1993

Spread over a sprawling picturesque campus, the Institute conducts PG Diploma courses in Journalism in English and Oriya, besides short term courses and workshops. Hostel facilities are available for both boys and girls.

It was inaugurated on August 8th,2011

Though there were plenty of engineering, medical and management colleges in Central India, the absence of a quality media institute was always being felt. The IIMC opened its regional centre in Amravati in the Vidharbha region of Maharashtra to fill up this vaccuum. The campus is presently located in the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University and is equipped with all modern facilities and a well-stocked library. 

It was inaugurated on August 8th,2011

Despite a proliferation of newspapers and televlsion channels in the Northeast, there was hardly any centre for media training facilities in the region. The IIMC's new regional centre at Aizawl aims to bridge this gap by training media professionals who could contribute to this ever burgeoning sector. The Institute is housed within the Aizawl University campus and runs only the Journalism (English) course at present.