DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
University of Hyderabad

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  • Prof. BP Sanjay

  • Prof. BP Sanjay had his basic academic training in communication and journalism in Bangalore and obtained a Ph.D from Simon Fraser University, Canada.  He taught at Madras University and MS University, Tirunelveli before he moved to University of Hyderabad as a Professor in 1995.  He was involved in studying the historic SITE experiment and his professional expertise and interests are in the areas of political economy of information and communication technologies, development communication, and international communication.  He has been associated with various national and international bodies that chalk out policies on media education and research. He was the Director of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi. Prof. Sanjay was the Pro Vice-chancellor of the university. In March 2009 he was appointed as the First Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Tamil Nadu,Thiruvarur.  After completing his tenure on March 3, 2014, he has rejoined the Department.

     

    Phone: +91 40 2313 5508

    Email: [email protected]
     

  • Prof. Vinod Pavarala

  • Prof. Vinod Pavarala has a dual masters in Sociology, and Communication & a Ph.D from University of Pittsburgh (USA).  He taught at the University of Pittsburgh , Virginia Tech ( Blacksburg , USA ), and IIT-Bombay before joining University of Hyderabad in 1995.  Has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University in 1998-99.  Prof. Pavarala was part of the international faculty team of University of Pittsburgh's Semester-at-Sea, teaching on board the SS Universe Explorer that sailed around the world in 2003.  He teaches development communication, cultural studies, and research methodology.  Currently researching and publishing on "ICTs, Development and Democracy". His book, co-authored with Kanchan K. Malik, Other Voices: the struggle for community radio in India was published by Sage in 2007. He is also the author of Interpreting Corruption: Elite Perspectives in India (Sage, 1997). He serves on the Boards of Studies of several universities & is on the national level committees on media education.  He is the Founder-President of the Community Radio Forum--India. He also leads the Unesco Chair on Community Media.

     

    Phone: +91 40 2313 5501
    Email: vpsn AT uohyd DOT ernet DOT in
     

  • Dr. P. Thirumal

  • Dr. P. Thirumal graduated with an M.S from Bangalore University and a Ph.D from Pondicherry University. He taught Science and technology Communication at the Department of English, Pondicherry University and also co-ordinated a vocation-based Journalism course at the Community College, Pondicherry University. His teaching and research interests include Theory and History of Media, Meta enquiry relating to Emancipatory project of Dalits, and Enabling histories of Technologies and Communities . Dr.Thirumal has published in national and International journals and his writing focuses on social and cultural history of mainland media including the North Eastern Region of India. Recently, he has been working on the idea of Borderland media history vis-à-vis the received national media histories of nation states. He is one of the leading international scholars in Media History. He is currently the Head of the Department.

     

    Phone: +91 40 2313 5503
    Email: ptsn AT uohyd DOT ernet DOT in
     

  • Vasuki Belavadi

  • Vasuki Belavadi graduated with MA (Communication) from University of Hyderabad. He worked for about 11 years in the Print, TV and NGO sectors in various capacities like City Reporter, Correspondent, Sub-editor, News Producer & Programme Co-ordinator.  He has taught at Manipal Institute of Communication and Tezpur University. He specialises in video production & has good grounding in radio programming & production too. His research interests include pedagogy of video production and community media. He is the author of Video Production (Oxford University Press, 2008), the first to be published in India. Vasuki Belavadi conducts capacity sharing training in Participatory Video, particularly for children & adolescents. He also manages EXTENSIONS, a blog electronic media.

     

    Phone: +91 40 2313 5505
    Email: vbsn AT uohyd DOT ernet DOT in

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  • Dr. Kanchan K. Malik

  • Dr Kanchan K. Malik obtained her PhD in Communication from the University of Hyderabad (UoH). With a dual Master's degree in Economics and in Mass Communication from Panjab University, Chandigarh, she worked as a journalist with The Economic Times, New Delhi for two years before settling for a career in academics. She taught post-graduate Journalism and Mass Communication courses as a regular faculty member at Kurukshetra University & GND University for over 9 years before joining UoH. She has published research papers on media interventions by non-governmental organizations for empowerment at the grassroots level. She was also a consultant on media content development and publications with the Byrraju Foundation, Hyderabad. She has worked on the project "Religions, Ethics and Attitudes towards Corruption" as part of the Religions and Development project of the University of Birmingham. Her scholastic interests include, Print Journalism; Community Media; Gender Media and Development; and, Media Laws & Ethics. Her book (with Vinod Pavarala) published by Sage (August 2007) is titled Other Voices: the Struggle for Community Radio in India. She is also an active member of the Community Radio Forum of India and associate editor of the e-newsletter - CR News brought out by the department in partnership with UNESCO. 

     

    Phone: +91 40 2313 5506
    Email: kkmsn AT uohyd DOT ernet DOT in 
            

  • Dr. Usha Raman, Head

  • Dr. Usha Raman  obtained her Masters in Journalism and Ph.D in Mass Communication from University of Georgia, USA.  Her teaching interests include news reporting and feature writing, specialized writing (science, technology, environment and health), science/health communication, and new media.  Her research has been in the fields of cultural studies of science, health communication, clinician-patient communication, children's media, and social impact of new media.  Before joining the University of Hyderabad, she was Associate Director and Head, Communications, at L V Prasad Eye Institute, where she handled internal and external communications as well as communication skills training for different professional groups.  She is the Editor of Teacher Plus, a monthly magazine for schoolteachers in India                        (www.teacherplus.org) and writes a fortnightly column for The Hindu's Education Plus, titled Backpacker's Guide to Living & Learning. She is also the author of Writing for the Media (Oxford University Press). Follow her blog What are words worth? 

     

    Phone: +91 40 2313 5507
    Email: ursn AT uohyd DOT ernet DOT in  
          

  • Dr. E. Sathyaprakash

  • Dr. E. Sathyaprakash graduated in 1998 with a Masters in Communication from University of Hyderabad and obtained his PhD from Osmania University in 2005. He has earlier worked with ETV News, Hyderabad as an Assistant Producer, and with TMG Enter Television, Bangalore as Producer - News and Supervising Producer - Current Affairs. He also served as Communication Officer for CARE, a voluntary organization funded by USAID for a year. Dr. Sathya Prakash joined University of Hyderabad , Communication Faculty in 2003 and now teaches Video Production and Media Management. His research interests include Communication Policy Studies, Film Studies and issues relating to Representation in Media. He has co-edited Cinemas of South India (Oxford University Press).

     

    Phone: +91 40 2313 5504
    Email: espsn AT uohyd DOT ernet DOT in