FACULTY OF EXPRESSIVE CULTURES,
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

Chandrabhanu Pattanayak, Commonwealth Scholar at the Doctoral Programme in Communications, McGill University, Canada; Earthwatch Research Grant, Boston, USA; Presently, Dean, Faculty of Expressive Cultures, Media & Communications, HZU. Formerly, Academic Director, School for International Training, Vermont, USA; Consultant to Institute of International Education of Students, Chicago, USA; Senior Consultant to the SAARC Apex body in India, Director of Institute for Cross-Cultural Education, Bangalore and Producer at IGNOU.

Binod C. Agrawal, Ph.D, 1970 (Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A). He is also Vice Chancellor of Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun, formerly Director, Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad. An international communication expert and was the project leader for SITE social evaluation.

Sehdev Kumar, Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Expressive Cultures, Media & Communications, Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun; Professor Emeritus, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto & University of Waterloo, Canada. Formerly Visiting Professor, Institute for Philosophy and History of Science & Technology, University of Toronto; Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto; Massey College, University of Toronto and Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo. 

J.K. Doshi, Ph.D, 1969 (Social Anthropology, Sagar University, Madhya Pradesh), Formerly Dean, College of Forestry and Hill Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttar Pradesh.  Extensive work in social research and education.

Krishna Kumar Verma, Ph.D, 1970 (Anthropology, Ranchi University, Ranchi)  Formerly Professor and Head, Anthropology and  Sociology, Division, A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna. Has been associated with national and inter-national research projects in demography, communication, women, tribal and development studies.

Anita Dighe, Director, Directorate of Distance Education, has a Ph.D. in Communications Research from Ohio State University, 1973.

Jai Chandiram, Currently, Media Advisor SSA, IGNOU; Formerly, Executive Director: Fortune Institute of Communications and Television, Commonwealth of Learning, consultant and trainer; Television Consultant at the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting and Development, (AIBD), Kuala Lumpur; headed the Department of Television at the Film and Television Institute , Pune , Central Institute of Education (CIET-NCERT), Educational Media Production Center of Indira Gandhi National Open University (EMPC-IGNOU); Managing Trustee, IAWRT  : Chapter India;  Executive Director Media, at the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA and retired as Deputy Director General. Doordarshan.

Barun Das, B-Tech from IIT-Madras and PGDBM from IIM-Calcutta. CEO of Zee News Limited; Advanced course on Globalization and Leadership in London School of Economics (LSE). Previously, held various senior managerial positions in sector leading companies like MCCS (owner of Star News, Star Ananda and Star Majha channels), Astro All Asia Networks Plc. and the India Today Group, ABP Group etc. He specializes in cross country operations, equity transactions and international business development, both in India and abroad. He spearheaded the bidding for SUN-Astro joint venture to acquire maximum number of licenses in the Phase II of FM licensing. He has redefined the business process for winning brands like Business Today, Star Ananda etc. 

Gopal K. Gupta, Retired as Director of Programmes of Doordarshan; Unesco Resource Person at Kualumpur;Consultant Advance Training in Development Communication UNESCO-AIBD; UNESCO Consultant – Adoption & Utilization of Educational Media Resources in Developing Countries Kenya, Nairobi; UNESCO Resource Person Planning for Future Man Power Development – Incorporating Periodic Changes – Alma Ata USSR; Associate Professor MCRC Jamia Milliya Islamiya; Visiting Faculty to FTTI Pune; Worked as Co-ordinator in SITE experiment on behalf of Doordarshan.

Naveen Mishra, Assistant Professor, ERASMUS MUNDUS Scholar, M.A. (Journalism and Media, University of Aarhus, Denmark, University of Amsterdam, University of SWANSEA, WALES), M.A. (Journalism, Napier University, Scotland), Formerly worked as Media Researcher with European Centre for Conflict Prevention, The Hague. within Globalization with specialization in War and Conflict Reporting, Aarhus University, Denmark, Amsterdam University, Netherlands and Swansea University, U.K. Formerly Research Assistant with European Centre for Conflict Prevention, The Hague.

Shalini Ramola, Faculty Associate, B.Sc. (H.N.B. Garhwal University) and MBA (H.N.B. Garhwal University) and has 3 years working experience..