[1] The institution started in a small rented place with the journals, newspapers and periodicals totaling 73 in number, donated by his teacher, Rameshwar Guru, has, over the years, grown to be housed in an 11,000 sq.
[4] It has since been approved by many universities as a research centre for journalism related studies and is funded by the state and central governments.
[1] Vijay Dutt Shridhar, who is involved in social activism,[5] has authored four books,[6] Bhartiya Patrakarita Kosh,[7][8] a 2 volume chronicle of the history of journalism in the Indian subcontinent from 1780 till 1947, Shabd Satta[9][10] a historical narrative of 150 years of journalism in Madhya Pradesh, and the third one, Choutha Padav, the history of Bhopal covering 1000 years.
[1] His latest work, Pahela Sampadkiya, is an anthology of editorials appeared in various Hindi newspapers with Shridhar's commentary.
[1] Shridhar received the Bhartendu Harishchandra Award for his work, Pehla Sampadakiya, in the Mass Communications and Journalism category in 2011.