EDUCATION
Doctorate from the Centre for South Asian Studies (2016), School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
PhD Thesis Title: The Aesthetics of Emotional Acting: An Argument for a Rasa-based Criticism of Indian Cinema and Television
MSc in Film Studies from University of Edinburgh, UK (November 2009) with Distinction, funded by the Scottish International Scholarship Program. Specialisation: Film Theory and Criticism, European, Middle-Eastern and Indian Cinema.
MA in International Journalism from Cardiff University, UK (2004) with Distinction. Specialisation:International News Production, Magazine and On-line Reporting, Alternative Voices in the Media, Reporting Science and Technology, Information Gathering & Analysis.
Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Communications Management from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, India (2001).
Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal in 1st class in April, 1997.
BA in Economics (Hons.) with Distinction from Sambalpur University in June 1996
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (UK / INDIA)
Associate Professor, Liberal Studies, Jain University, Bengaluru (August 2018 onwards)
Business Coach, MIDAS, Pune (Semester 1, 2018)
Lecturer on Post-Colonial Literature & Cinema
(with Prof. Bashabi Fraser) at Napier University, Edinburgh (Semester 1, Sept. 2016)
Course Organiser (South Asian Studies 2A & 2B) &Lecturer (Indian Cinema) Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh (2015-2016)
Course Co-Convenor& Lecturer Year 2 Undergraduate degree module South Asian Studies 2A (SAS2a), CSAS, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh (Sem. 1, 2015)
Lecturer (Indian Cinema) & Senior Tutor SAS2a & SAS2b, CSAS, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh(2013-15).
Staff Tutor in Open Studies at the University of Edinburgh (2009) Subject: Indian Cinema; Module Title: A Bollywood View of Indian Society
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