Teaching & Speaking Engagements

Teaching

  • Japanese Culture and Society: Undergraduate module at Dublin City University, Ireland (Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)
    • Students were introduced to contemporary issues in Japan: gender relations, workplace relations, disaster management
    • Students were encouraged to present on a topic that compared Japan with another country
  • Media and Human Rights: Undergraduate module at Nazareth College, Rochester/NY, USA (Spring 2016)
    • Students were introduced to issues of human rights and justice in India, and how they are covered by different media
    • Students wrote a weekly blog on how those issues were covered in their home country (USA) and in their own backyard (Rochester, NY)
    • For the final assignment, students co-produced a life narrative of a refugee of the same age as themselves. The produced works were in the form of a film, animation film, poetry, and a song
  • Understanding Community Media: Post-graduate diploma module at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India (every October 2013-2016)
    • Students were introduced to various types of community media from across the world, and then debated on the idea of “community”
    • For the final assignment, students had to write a draft proposal for a community media project, by clearing outlining the community and their media needs
  • Media Criticism: Master’s module at KPB Hinduja College of Commerce, Mumbai, India (Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014)
    • Students were introduced to various concepts of media and communication theory, as well as examples to be able to critique various forms of media
    • For the final assignment, students had to pick a movie or news show and anlayse it critically
  • Niche Journalism: Bachelor’s module at KPB Hinduja College of Commerce, Mumbai, India (Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014)
    • Students were introduced to magazine journalism and the different components within different magazines
    • For the final assignment, students had to write a feature article of a subject of their choice, with the aim of publishing it in a magazine

Speaking

Produced by Media Evolution, at The Conference Malmö, delivered a talk titled ‘Empowering Complex Narratives’ (August 2023)


Produced by Suno India, an interview with journalist Urvashi Sarkar on her show Beyond Nation & State, on press freedom (May 2022).


Organised by Indian Copyeditors Forum, delivered an online talk titled ‘What to Pack for a 1200-km Walk Across India?’ (February 2021)