The School of Applied Creativity

Where Imagination Meets Innovation
MICA students exploring communication, technology and society

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Overview

In the age of AI, imagination is your defining advantage. Welcome to where creativity becomes craft, passion becomes profession, and ideas become impact.

Welcome to MICA’s School of Applied Creativity – India’s boldest response to the evolving landscape of value creation. Here, we don’t just celebrate creativity; we teach you to harness it, scale it, and turn it into meaningful economic and societal impact. Whether you dream of crafting campaigns that move millions or building content empires in the digital age, this is where your imagination learns to innovate, where your passion finds its purpose.

Two Certificates, Infinite Possibilities

PGCM-AMC
For minds drawn to the craft of advertising – where copy, art, and strategy come together to build the work brands live by.
PGCM-DMMC
For minds building for the platforms brands actually live on – content, performance, and creator-led communications that move audiences at scale.

The Philosophy That Drives Us

Imagination is the New Currency

While machines master logic, humans master imagination. We’re preparing you for the Imagination Age – where your creative thinking becomes your competitive advantage.

Create, Amplify, Monetise, Manage

It’s not enough to create great content. You need to understand the business of creativity, the economics of influence, and the strategy behind viral moments.

Culture Meets Commerce

Your creativity gains power when it understands cultural contexts, commercial realities, and human psychology.

What Makes This Revolutionary

Industry-First Approach

CCC fills a 70-year gap in advertising education – finally, formal training for the creative minds who’ve been “stumbling” into roles.

Mentorship from Legends

Learn directly from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and industry stalwarts who’ve shaped creative industries.

End-to-End Learning

From strategy and ideation to execution and monetization – we cover the complete creative journey.

Real Portfolio Building

Graduate with a portfolio that recruiters actually want to see, built through real briefs and live projects.

Where Your Creativity Takes You

  • Creative Directors who understand both art and strategy
  • Content Strategists who build brands through stories
  • Campaign Architects who create culture-shifting ideas
  • Creative Entrepreneurs who build content empires
  • Brand Storytellers who make products into movements

The MICAn (Creative) Edge

  • Workshop-Style Learning – Theory and intensive practice through real briefs, photography modules, and filmmaking projects.
  • Industry Connections – 40-day internships with leading agencies and direct access to creative industry leaders.
  • Cultural Intelligence  – Understand how creativity works across India’s diverse cultural landscape.
  • Technology Integration – Master tools from Photoshop and After Effects to AI-powered creative platforms.
  • Community of Creators – Join the campus where every wall is a canvas and creativity buzzes through the air.

Infrastructure details like: fire and safety certificate, barrier free build for disabled and elderly

Sr.No.DetailsView Information
1Fire-Safety-Certificate-MICA
The validity period of 2 years and the expiry date is 31/08/2028
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2Barrier-free-Build-by-Architect
The validity period of 3 years and The expiry date is 31/08/2028 
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Affirmative Action/SC/ST Committee (STATUTORY)

Sr. No. Member
1CTSO (Lead) – Nirja Sharma
2Faculty/Anchor for Environment & Creativity AI Centre (Co-Lead) - Harmony Singanporia
3Faculty – Deepika Meena
4Staff representatives – Bhikabhai Chauhan
5Staff representatives – Manu Parmar
6Staff representatives – Jaydeep Vaghela
7Secretary: Kruttika

IQAC & Assurance of Learning

Sr. No. Member
1Registrar (Lead) - Professor Panda
2Dean & Principal (Designate) – (Co Lead) – PK Sinha (Prof. Sinha will continue to play this role post his becoming Dean & Principal)
3Controller of Examinations (Lead Assurance of Learning) – Niyati Bhanja
4Dean & Principal – Githa Heggde (Prof. Heggde will continue once she transitions to her new role)
5Director & CEO – Jaya Deshmukh
6Associate Dean Knowledge – Suresh Malodia
7Head of FRC – Rasananda Panda
8Head of CLIP – Pooja Thomas
9Faculty – Harmony Siganporia
10External Review Member – Amrita Randhawa (MICA Alumni)
11External Review Member – Arun – Accenture Song (MICA Alumni)
12External Review Member – Maya Indira Ganesh (TBC)
13Secretary: Sethu Iyer

Institution Industry Cell / Placements (Including Summer Internship)

Sr. No. Member
1Head of External Relations & Growth (Lead) – Indranil Banerji
2Executive Advisor – Strategic Initiatives (Co-Lead) – Githa Heggde (Githa will play this role even when she is Dean & Principal)
3Dean & Principal (Designate) – PK Sinha (Sinha Sir will continue to play this role when he becomes Dean & Principal)
4Associate Dean – Academics – Santosh Patra
5Faculty - Bikram Bindra
6Faculty – Govindrajan
7Director & CEO – Jaya Deshmukh
8CMO – Ruchi Tewari
9Management Trainee – CEO’s Office – Strategic Initiatives – Kuldeep Raj
10MICA 2026 leaving placecomm member – Akhilesh
11MICA 2027 SPC sitting member – TBC
12MICA Committee List 2026-27 5
13Student MLS Lead 2026 - TBC
14MAA Board Placement Enabler – Navneeth L V
15Secretary: Harjeet

Institution’s Innovation Council – IIC (Entrepreneurial Initiatives)

Sr. No. Member
1 Faculty & IIC Lead: Adwait Mardikar
2 Faculty (Co-Lead): U T Rao
3 Faculty/ Anchor Technology in AI Centre – Viral Nagori
4 Faculty – Ashutosh Yadav
5 Faculty – Saurabh Pandya
6 Faculty – Sukaran Thakur
7 Director & CEO – Jaya Deshmukh
8 Dean & Principal (Designate) – PK Sinha
9 Secretary: Pooja Sharma