The structure of such sessions varies from classroom to seminar, coffee-table to workshop formats. Here is A list of eminent guests who visited ISC:

• Workshop on “Delivering Excellence” by Mr. Kingshuk Bhadury.
• An interactive session on “Consumer insights” by Mr. Sanjay Shindgikar, Director-Brand Services, Lowe Lintas.
• Overview of the advertising world and business by Mr. Arvind Sharma, Chairman and CEO-Leo Burnett at the orientation programme of the new PG batch of 2008.
• Interactive Session on “Journalism as a career” with Mr.C. P. Surendran, Resident Editor-Times of India, Pune.
• Workshop on “Internal Communication” by Ms. Shipra Alam, visiting faculty and a corporate communication specialist.
• Language Advertising and Communication- a workshop by Mr. L.N.Baijal and Mr. Vijay Kumar from “Beyond English”, Mumbai.
• Workshop on “Corporate Identity” by Dr. Pragnya Ram, Executive President-Corporate Communications, Aditya Birla Group.
• Workshop on Branding by Anand Halve, Director, Chlorophyll: Brand Communications Consultancy.
• Session on “Corporate Social Responsibility” by Dr. Nirmala Pandit, Managing Trustee of an NGO, NAVAM, Pune.
• Deconstruction of film “The Art of Dying”. Workshop by Tom Alter, theatre and film actor.
• Democratic issues embedded in Narmada Aandolan. Film Screening and discussion. Sumitra Bhave, Social Scientist and filmmaker.
• Films by Satyajit Ray. Screening-and-workshop by Prof. Satish Bahadur, ex-professor, Film & Television Institute of India.
• "Government and the media: Collaboration or nexus?" Seminar talk by Dr. Anil Avachat, Social activist and writer.
• Healthcare Journalism, Overview by Sumit Ghosal, Medical Correspondent, Daily News & Analysis (DNA).
• Importance of public information and communication during natural calamity. Flood relief recommendations by Anil Shidore, Director-Green Earth, Pune.
• International political communication in the 21st century: Diplomacy or collaboration? Talk by Ramesh Chandran, Executive Director-Indo-U.S. Parliamentary Forum, New Delhi.
• Magazine journalism. Interactive session with Smruti Koppikar, Bureau Chief-Outlook, Mumbai.
• Media's influence on concepts of a democratic society on young minds. Research report by Lakshmi Kumar, Director-Orchid School, Pune.
• Middle-of-the-road cinema in India. Talk by Basu Chatterji, filmmaker.
• Multicamera production. Overview by Karun Prabhakaran, Executive Producer, “Kaun Banega Crorepati”, Synergy Communications.
• New trends in FM Radio industry. Presentation by Sameer Sainani, Station Director & VP, and Mauyr Chikramane, Programming Head-Radio Mirchi.
• News as representation of democracy. Issues in media localization. Seminar talk by Vinita Deshmukh, Features Editor-Indian Express, Pune.
• Review and discussion on award-wining Israeli film “God's Sandbox” with Director Doron Eran.
• Rural participation in the democratic process: The role of rural consumer. Pradeep Lokhande, Founder, Rural Relations, Pune.
• Television fiction production industry overview. Interactive session with Rafique Gangjee, VP, Balaji Telefilms.
• Television news industry review. Session with Sanju Saha, VP(HR), Star India.
• Three years later: The role of the media post-Godhra. Talk by M.V. Kamath, Chairman, Prasar Bharati.
• Un-box your brand! Advertising workshop by Ravi Deshpande, (then) CEO-Lemon Communications.
• Value-added services. Overview by Anand Raman, AGM-Idea Cellular.