Our Faculty

International

1. Coordinator, AI4 Media Global Research Association for AI-based research in Media.
2. Coordinator and First Point of Contact, UNESCO Media Alliance, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi.
3. Coordinator and First Point of Contact, UNESCO MIL Cities Project, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi.
4. Active Local Chapter member, Google News University Network (from 2019).
5. Panelist, proposal for the INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MIL CITIES (ICIDCMIL), UNESCO at USP, Brazil (2023).
6. International Scientific Committee member, UNESCO MIL Cities book “MIL Cities: indicators, metrics and cases” (FFLCH-USP/PROLAM-USP, 2022).
7. Member, Southeast Asian Media Studies Association (SEAMSA), 2023–2024.
8. Featured expert in IndiaAI Portal (MeitY umbrella programme), 2023.
9. Member, International Society of Substance Use Professionals (from July 2024).
10. Member, Digital Communication Network Global (DCN) (from August 2024).

National

1. Local Chapter SPOC and SWAYAM–NPTEL Brand Ambassador, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi (2018–present).
2. Certified FactShala (India Media Literacy Network) trainee, supported by Google News Initiative and DataLEADS.

Academic Contribution

1. Contributed the knowledge with innovative and attractive courses, influenced in curriculum development for the course started in Distance Education of Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.
2. Member in Board of Studies, Dept. of Visual Media and Communication, Amrita School of arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi.
3. Doctoral Committee Member, Department of Visual Communication, School of Arts and Sciences, Mysuru, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
4. From 2018 to 2022 serving as departmental head in Department of Visual Media and Communication, Amrita School of arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi.
5. A Local Chapter SPOC Member and SWAYAM- NPTEL’s Brand Ambassador in Amrita School of arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi from 2018 to present.
6. Represent IIT Madras Online Degree Program as Institute Representative (IR) for the Nov 22, 2020, Qualifier I exam.
7. Active Local Chapter of Google News University Network from 2019.
8. Department Research Academic Coordinator from 2018- 2022 in Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi.
9. University Level Research Committee member from 2022 onwards in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
10. Coordinator, AI4 Media Global Research Association for AI based research in Media.
11. An editorial board member of the prestigious “International Journal of Social and Educational Sciences – USBED”.
12. Subject Expert in Board of Studies, Department of Animation, Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, Madurai
13. Associate Member member of the UNESCO-UNAOC UNITIWN on Media andInformation Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (from now “Network”) with MICA Ahmedabad from 2022

Academic Projects

Project Proposed

1. Proposed a project titled” Combining art and environmental awareness” to ministry of environment forest and climate change, India
2. Proposed a project titled “Identifying the challenges in online teaching/learning process in the higher education institutions of Kerala” to Association of Indian Universities.
3. Proposed Project titled “Communication for Social Change and transformation among tribal in Kerala” to Department of Science and Technology, India.
4. Proposed Project – Asia-Pacific and Bay of Bengal Media Grants 2018 to Earth Journalism Network

Seminar/Webinar/Training Programme/Workshop/Internships Attended

1. Internship training on Radio Production from Radio Mirchi, Madurai in 2008
2. Internship training on Television Production and Management training from JAYA television Network, Chennai in 2009
3. Internship training on Animation Film Production training for Maya, Coimbatore in 2010
4. Online Film Editing Course training from UGC-CEC in 2010
5. Attended Film Appreciation Course organized by Media research center, Department of philosophy, The Madura College, Madurai and Federation of Film Societies of India (S.R), Hyderabad on 14 -17 August 2008.
6. Participated “Two days Hands on Workshop on Script writing and story boarding” organized by the Department of Communication, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 13 and 14 August 2012.
7. Attended Two days national conference on Grassroots Communication for Development (under the auspicious of UGC SAP) organized by Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University on 25-26 February 2011.
8. Presented a research paper entitled A Study on Non Verbal Communication in Animation Movies in ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on New Media in a Globalized Society organized by Department of Sociology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 14 December 2012.
9. Participated “Two days State Level Seminar on Social Responsibility of the Media” organized by Department of Visual Communication, Periyar E.V.R. College (Autonomous), Trichy on 13 and 14 March 2014.
10. Participated “Two days film fest on disability issues” organized by the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 16 and 17 March 2012.
11. Participated “Ten days Training programme on Converting Classical Tamil
12. Literature into Digital Video Production” organized by the Department of Communication, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 10 and 19 December 2013.
13. Participated in “International Conference on Transformation of Economy through Digitalization Management Perspectives” organized by Amrita School of Arts and Sciences on 28th and 29th March 218.
14. Attended National Seminar on Medicinal Plants organized by Kerala Forest Research Institute on 7th December 2019
15. Successfully completed “Understanding Research Methods” from Coursera on    23.04.2020
16. Successfully completed “Public Health Reporting” conducted by UNICEF 23.04.2020
17. Successfully completed “Multimedia Storytelling” course conducted by Google Training Centre 24.04.2020
18. Successfully completed National Level COVID-19 AND AROGYA SETU general awareness quiz organized by NSS Unit of Sri Venkatesa Perumal College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Puttur-517583 Andhra Pradesh on 28.04.2020
19. Successfully Participated  in Online Faculty Development Programme on” Contemporary Tools as Techniques for Teachers and Researchers in Higher Education: Experience of using Virtual Classrooms” held on 9th May 2020 at Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bengaluru (Association with AICTE)
20. Successfully completed the online workshop on Universal Human Values on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education during 25-29 April, 2020 as organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
21. Intercultural Dialogue about the COVID-19 Pandemic by Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network, Deakin University on 23 September 2020
22. Freelance Hacks – Juggling Commercial Work With Journalism by HackPack.press on 20 October 2020

Seminar/Webinar/Training Programme/Workshop Organized

1. One Day Workshop on Wildlife, Nature Conservation & Media Reporting – 16.11.2011with Marianne de Nazareth Former Asst. Editor, The Deccan Herald, Freelance Web & Print Journalist Adjunct faculty: St Joseph’s PG college of Media Studies
2. Special Session on TV/Video/Documentary – 22.11.2011                with Mr.Menon Madhu soodhan Madhav, Film Maker/ Director, Decode communications, Ahmadabad, Gujarat
3. Special Seminar session on Basicsof Media and Radio/Audio. (IJNET) 15 .03 .2011              Mr.S. Annamalai, News Bureau Chief, The Hindu , Madurai and Mr. B.M.Karthick RJ, Radio Mirchi, Madurai
4.  Two Day Hands–On Workshop on Script Writing and Story Boarding – 13.08.2012 & 14.08.2012 with Mr. Sathyamoorthy – Film Director, Chennai
5. One Day Workshop on Gender, Masculinity and Media – 22.08.2012         with Mrs.Bimla Chandrasekar, Director, EKTA, Madurai
6. Mona Mozhi, Exclusive Screening of Short Film& Appreciation – 25.09.201 Appreciation & Discussion With Jayachandra Hashmi, Short Film Director & Team
7. One Day Workshop on Television Production – 28.09.2012            Ashwin B.Sonone, Associate Professor, FTII, Pune
8. One Day Seminar on information Access and knowledge Gap – 08 .03 .2011          Professor Heinz Bonfadelli Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Dr. Annelies Debrunner, and Founder, Debrunner Research Project, Zurich, Switzerland
9. Career Counselling Programme Topic: Hiring Plans and Global Employment – 27.11.2011 with Dr Pon Mohaideen Pitchai Senior HR Advisor, Dubai, UAE
10. Ten days Training Programme on Converting Classical Tamil literature into Digital Video Production – 10th December – 19th December 2013              Central institute of Classical Tamil Funded programme
11. Organized a two-day newsroom training program on Google tools on 8th and 9th July 2019.Geetika Rustagi, (former social media manager NDTV, former community engagement editor at Hindustan times , Media lead at optimum info system for Google news lab)
12. Organized International Seminar on IDEATION, ILLUSTRATION AND THEATRE was held on June 20th. Ms. Lynne is an Illustrator, Designer, Adjunct Professor, Lecturer at Pratt Institute, New York and Mr. Kannan Menon , Producer, Director and an Actor, handled the sessions.
13. Organized Virtual Webinar Session with Tina Peji, a Digital Learning Leader ad CAS coordinator, conducted a webinar session for the faculty of ASAS. The training session was conducted on the 2nd of August, 2019.
14. Organized Virtual Webinar session on Media Management and strategic communication was conducted on 10th October 2019 by Tapesh Chandra Gupta from Chatishghar.
15. An International workshop on photography was organized in collaboration with “Srishti” on 14th September 2018. Leonard Goh, an avid photography educator, photographer and published writer led the workshop.
16. Organized as a Co Convener “National Workshop on “The Art of Writing Effective Research Papers” On 30th and 31st August 2018
17. Organized one day workshop on Cinematography was conducted by renowned Cinematographer Sri. Prakash Velayudhan Malayalam Film Industry on 7thSeptember 2018
18. Organized an interactive session with Ms.Anjali.R.Nair, sub-editor of The Times of India newspaper on the ‘Challenges and opportunities of print media’ on 22nd January 2020,
19.  Organized an interactive session on “Creation of Manual Advertisements” with Prof. Rahul M.Weldode, Head, Visual Media Department, Adarsh Chitrakala Mahavidyalay in Aurangabad, Maharashtra on 29th January, 2020.
20. Organized an interactive session on “Design for Arts and Process of Digital Advertising” with Shasawat Srivasta, Visiting faculty, Digital Communications, IIM New Delhi on 17th February, 2020.
21. Organized Three-day training programme on Film Making in the name of “Cinemates 2020 “on 17th – 19th February, 2020.
22. Organized Three day Inter College event “CAMERA SPEAKS 2020” on 4th -6th March 2020.
23. Conducted Animation Workshop on February 2019 as a convener in Department of Visual Media and Communication, Amrita School of arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi.
24. Conducted Radio Production workshop in subsequent years of 2017 & 18 in Department of Visual Media and Communication, Amrita School of arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi.
25. Organized DAKSHINA in UNESCO’s WYSD on 15 JULY 2020 and 2021.
26. Organized a training webinar- ‘Identify and Debunk Misinformation & Fake News’ on 21st August 2020
27. Virtual Vidyamirtam Session 2020 on ‘Public Health and Community Media during Covid-19’ on 16th October, Friday
28. Organized Virtual Vidyamirtam Session on “Role of Media and mass communication theories in the global pandemic “. with Prof. Dr M.J.P (MARK) DEUZE from University of Amstredam on 9th November 2020.
29. Organized Virtual Vidyamirtam Session on “Intellectual Property Right and its importance in Visual and Mass Media”. with Dr .Vidyamotta Jhaa from Supreme court on November 2020.
30. Organized Virtual Session on Redesigning Pedagogy for Skill based Learning.
31. Organized international Seminar on “Role of Media in Community and Social Development” with Prof. Sarath Menon
32. Co-Organizer of International Webinar – Transcending borders – Finding Cinematic Voices for four-day series.
33. Organized a three-day Faculty Development Programme on National Education Policy 2020 on 20th -22nd January 2020
34. Organized ‘Meet the Scholars’ was a global webinar conducted by the Department of Visual Media and Communication on 18th, 19th and 20th November 2021 in association with Communication today, a bilingual media quarterly journal. The initiative sets the foundation for the inauguration of the forum, ‘R4 Research’, an exclusive Media research platform.
35. ‘Meet the Author,’ a global webinar on 30th November 2021, as a precursor for the inauguration of ‘The Amrita Media Literacy Forum,’ an exclusive platform in creating Information and media literacy via media and communications studies. Prof. (Dr.) Anubhuti Yadav, Head, Department of New Media, Course Director, Advertising and Public Relations, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi
36. Organized ‘ISMER 2022” International Symposium on Media Education and Social Change on 21st, 22nd  and 23rd  April 2022.

Expert Talks and Panelist

1. Chair the session as a speaker on “Preparation of area specific educational aids, mass media for nutrition education, mass awareness techniques, area specific action plan” conducted by Community Medicine Department, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences- Kochi held on 24^th August 2019
2. Invited as a Keynote Speaker in “International Journalism and Decision-Making: Who Is In Charge?” organized by Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Ahram Canadian University, Cairo, Egypt
3. Delivered as online expert session on “New Media for Social Change”, at De Paul Institute of Science and Technology on 27th March, 2021.
4. Invited as guest speaker for the workshop ‘Research Project Writing and Data Analysis conducted by Amity University, UP. In the 8 day Faculty Development Program he discussed research methods. The event was held on February 26 2021
5. Moderated a session on “International Journalism: A New Wave of Communication’’ in IJCON 2021. It is the 2nd Annual International Conference on “The Impact of Contemporary Changes in International Journalism between the First and the Developing World” (IJCON2021), and was organised by the Journalism Department, Faculty of Mass Communication, Ahram Canadian University, Egypt. The event was held from 22- 23 December, 2021.
6. Moderated for Global Communication Education Conclave (GCEC) on Digital Transformation of Advertisement through Visual Art on 10th January 2022.
7. Expert for two days FDP on “Research Methodology for Media Studies” organized by St. Joseph College for Communication Studies, Kottayam on 1^st and 2^nd June 2022
8. Expert Panelist UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Cities at the world Urban Forum 11 from 26^th June to 30^th June 2022 in Poland. https://events.unesco.org/event?id=3952468212
9. Member in International Organizing Committee (IOC) of Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week 2022 organized by UNESCO on 24^th October 2022 -31^st October 20222
10. Expert Speaker in UNESCO MIL Week 2022 hosted by Nigerian Government. On the topic “Ministers, mayors and experts: Dialoguing on Media and Information Literacy Cities” on 24^th October 2022.

1. Research methodology
2. Environmental Journalism
3. Online and social media Tools for Journalism
4. Health and Environmental Communication
5. E Learning Tools
6. Innovation Design and Society
7. Communication Design
8. Communication and Media Studies