The Department of Studies in Communication was set up in the year 1973 with the activity taken by the then Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University Dr. H. Narasimaiah.
Dr. E K Eapen, a specialist in the field of Communication was welcome to head this Department of Communication.
A cosmic system of prominent writers and correspondence specialists and academicians were associated with the underlying phases of the improvement of the Department.
Dr. A V Shanmugan, UNESCO specialist and teacher, advancement correspondence IIM, Dr. Nateshan, UNESCO expert on Broadcasting, Dr. H K Ranganath, UNESCO specialist in customary media, Sri. Kuldeep Nayar, famous columnist and previous High Commissioner to Great Britain, Dr. Bashirudin, Prof of news-casting and previous minister to Qatar and Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, Dr. A W Khan, Former Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi Open University, Prof. Satish Bahadur, Film, and TV Institute of India, Pune.
Dr. N V K Murthy, Director, Film and Television Institute of India, Prof. N V Thirtha, Head Department of Education, Bangalore University.
These prominent people were engaged with instructing and scholarly projects of the Department. Consequently, Prof. B A Shridhara, Prof Leela Rao, Sri. Ramesh and Prof. Balasubramaniam joined as employees of the Department. Afterward, Prof. H S Eshwara Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin who had before worked at Mysore University succeeded Dr. Eapen as the Chairman of the division. Along these lines, Prof. B A Shridhara, Prof. K Puttaraju, Prof. Leela Rao filled in as the Chairpersons of the Department and at present Prof. Jagadeesh Prakash is the Chairman of the division.
The division was the first to perceive the development of Television in India and the above all else office to have created CCTV offices to prepare the understudies in the generation of Television and Radio projects.
The office was energized by the UGC with the authorization of six presents of Readers on extend Six free particular parts of correspondence with the idea of building up a School of Communication viz., Journalism, Satellite Communication, Communication Policy and Planning, Advertising and Public Relations, Rural Communication and Communication Research.