• PhD in Media and Communications (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) (2015 – 2020).
• MA Media Governance, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia (2010 – 2012).
• BA (Hons) Journalism, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, 2007 – 2010.
• Teaching Experience: 3 years 6 months
• Research Experience: 4 years (excluding PhD).
Mass Communication Theory and Practice
Social media and terrorism; online violence and extremism; social media radicalisation & recruitment strategies; social media and activism; social media and virtual identities; social media and strategic communications.
Introduction to social media; Social media & citizen journalism; Media and Politics, New media and politics; Media and war; Media audiences, Mass Communication Theory and Practice; Media and society; Development Communication; Media, Laws & Ethics; Media Convergence; Digital Culture; Media and Culture Studies
• Academic member of the Australia and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA).
• Academic member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
• Academic member of the Common Grounds Scholarship.
• October 2023 – Present: Assistant Professor – II Amity School of Communication, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• March 2022 – October 2023: Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Faculty of Science and Humanities at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
• January 2023 – February 2023: Course Coordinator for a Value-Added Course, Politics and New Media at the Journalism and Mass Communication Department, SRM IST, in collaboration with Canterbury University, New Zealand and Helsinki University, Finland.
• June – August 2022 – Taught an elective course, ‘Seminar in Digital Humanities, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur (IITJ), India.
• August 2021 – December 2021: Research Assistant for Pacific Health Project in Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, College of Arts, University of Canterbury.
• July 2021 – November 2021: Postgraduate research supervisor for Professional and Community Engagement Internship; Cultural Diplomacy Research Lead for Postgraduate course, Public Diplomacy (supported by the Jean Monnet Network Reactik Fund).
• July 2021 – November 2021: Guest Lecturer and teaching assistant for communication papers: Media Audiences and Media Communication in International Context at the undergraduate level.
• February 2021 – July 2021: Guest lecturer and teaching assistant for communication papers: Media and Society and Media and Politics at the undergraduate level.
• 2016 – 2019: Responsible for course delivery of communication paper, ‘Citizen, Democracy and Public Life Online’ in collaboration with Helsinki University (Finland), Canterbury University (New Zealand) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), embracing intercultural communication and unique pedagogical practices, using Facebook and Zoom for online learning.
• 2016 and 2019: Delivered lectures on The Media and Terrorism in communication papers, Media and Politics, and course delivery at the undergraduate level.
• 2019: Course delivery for Human Services paper, Culture, Indigeneity and Citizenship and Social work paper, Policy Debates in Social Services at the undergraduate level.
• 2017: Delivered lecture on Data Surveillance and Security and Social Media and Network Studies in communication paper, Media and Social Change; course delivery for communication paper, Introduction to Advocacy Communication, at the undergraduate level.
• Best PhD presentation (3rd prize) in the Postgraduate Showcase at University of Canterbury in 2015.
• Gold medallist in MA Media Governance (two-year full-time postgraduate programme) from Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India in 2012.
• Certificate of Merit in BA (Hons) Journalism for academic achievement from Delhi University for the year 2009.
• Certificate of Academic Excellence in BA (Hons) Journalism annual examination from Delhi University in 2008.
Amity School of Communication (ASCO)