Dr. BUROSHIVA DASGUPTA

Advisor - School of Media Communications Fine Arts & Design

Email: buroshiva.d@snuniv.ac.in

Founder Editor, Global Media Journal, India Edition

Formerly, Mentor Karnavati Univerity, United world School of Liberal Arts & Mass Communications, Gujarat

Formerly, Professor/Director NSHM Institute of Media and Design (NIMD), Kolkata

Formerly, Professor/Director Manipal Institute of Communication Karnataka, India.

Formerly, Resident Editor, Financial Express, Kolkata

Buroshiva Dasgupta has been a practicing journalist for over 25 years in the media in various capacities. He worked in major Indian newspaper groups like The Statesman, The Times of India (The Economic Times), The Indian Express (The Financial Express)
While still a practicing journalist, he has engaged himself in teaching media as a visiting faculty member to universities of Calcutta, Jadavpur and Visva Bharati in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal for more than fifteen years.
He has been a Visiting Professor and the Course Coordinator of Development Communication at IDSK, Calcutta University. He has taught Development Communication at IIMC, Dhenkanal, Orissa. He has been a Member of, Board of Media Studies of Burdwan and North Bengal Universities. He has conducted several of UGC’s orientation courses on research methodology and on media issues for college & university teachers. He taught at Asmara University, East Africa, and was the Professor/Director of Manipal Institute of Communication, Karnataka. He has also been the Professor/Director of NSHM Institute of Media & Design of West Bengal University of Technology till January 2017. He mentored USLM of Karnavati University, Gujarat and he was Professor, Brainware University Kolkata.
He did his research work on New Media and New Poetics: the changing interface and was awarded Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta. He is a Ph.D. guide at Utkal and Sister Nivedita Universities. He has written several books and both research and journalistic articles. His latest work is a book chapter on ‘India’s Media Education –In Need of a Total Overhaul’ in Journalism and Journalism Education in Developing Countries, published by Nuremberg & Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Buroshiva is the founding editor of the Indian Edition of the refereed media online magazine Global Media Journal that is published from more than 12 countries of the world.

Dr. MINAL PAREEK

Director: Digital Media,Techno India Group; Dean - School of Media Communications Fine Arts & Design

Email: minal.p@snuniv.ac.in

•  May 2018- Dean (School of Media Communications Fine Arts & Design)
•  Heading the Digital Wing of Sister Nivedita University
•  Sept 2015- May 5th, 2018: Head of the Department- Amity University, Kolkata
•  Dec 2005- Jan 2014: Associate Producer Aajtak, New Delhi
•  Nov 1985’- Present: Actor/Director Rangakarmee, Kolkata
•  Granted the Ford Fellowship for 2009 in Theatre Arts
•  Sept 2019– Oct 2019: Was appointed as one of the International leader for the International Leadership Program by the US Consulate, was on an IVLP Program to US on ‘Media Literacy through Education

Abhi Mahapatra

Director PR, Amazon India

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JHUMUR DATTA GUPTA

Assistant Professor & HOD - Mass Communication and Journalism

Pursuing PhD from St Xavier’s University, Kolkata

Email: jhumur.dg@snuniv.ac.in

1ST Class fourth in Masters from Rabindra Bharati University in Mass Communication and Videography. She is a Political Science Graduate from Bethune College. She is now Pursuing her Doctoral degree from St Xavier’s University, Kolkata.

She has worked over 14 years in Audio Visual Journalism in various Channels including Etv, Kolkata TV, News Time and News 18. She was the Deputy Chief Copy Editor in News 18 for 4 years. In 2018 she began focusing into Media Education. She was the Visiting Faculty at Roopkala Kendra in Audio Visual Journalism. She is the training program organizing member and the member of the Magazine team of Indian Science news Associations.

She is now the Assistant Professor and Head in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism. She is the core member of the Examination conduct Committee and former Examination Coordinator of the Department.

Her Domain is Audio Visual Journalism, Film-Script Writing and Cultural Studies.

SAIKAT MAJUMDAR

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (GRADE - III) - MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM

Email: saikat.m@snuniv.ac.in

Prof. Majumdar’s domain area lies in Electronic Media with specialisation in Television Journalism. He has an industry experience of 18 years and academic experience of 5 years at Amity University, NSHM, Sister Nivedita University (Ongoing) and also 15 years as visiting / guest faculty member.

Arindam Basu

Senior Faculty - Mass Communication and Journalism

Masters from University of Calcutta in Journalism and Mass Communication

Email: arindam.b@snuniv.ac.in

A topper in Masters from University of Calcutta in Journalism and Mass Communication, he is an English Honours graduate from St Xavier’s College. A recipient of the Santosh Kr Ghosh Memorial Award, he has worked for over 15 years in media in various houses including United News of India, NewsX and Sports Illustrated. In 2010 he started his boutique PR Agency Carpe Diem Communique Pvt. Ltd. In 2020 he began focusing completely into academics, though he had been a visiting lecturer at University of Calcutta, Women’s College among other institutions for over a decade.

He is now a Senior Faculty in the Journalism and Mass Com Dept. here at Sister Nivedita University. Reporting, editing, advertising and public relations are his core papers.

He is a published author with three books to his name—a personal memoir on Calcutta named Millennium Memories, a collection of short stories named Everything You Never Expected and an academic book The Reporter which he co-authored with Sujoy Dhar. He has also been featured in a sports anthology—The Best of Indian Sports Writing.

Satyajit Samanta

Assistant Professor - Mass Communication and Journalism

Email: satyajit.s@snuniv.ac.in

Prof. Samanta’s domain area lies in Advertising, Event Management, Graphic Designing, Film Making, Photography, Cinematography & Editing with specialization in Advertising, PR, Events & Graphic Designing. He has an industry experience of 5 years as a Creative Director & Media Manager in MTV Roadies X2, Kiff, Fifa U-17 World Cup, AIFF - Hero I-League, BPC India Pvt. Ltd.& Feature Films. His academic experience includes 1 year as Guest Lecturer at the Institute Of Management Study & 2 years (ongoing) as a Faculty at Sister Nivedita University

NAMASHISH SHARMA

Assistant Professor - Mass Communication and Journalism

Email: namashish.s@snuniv.ac.in

Prof. Sharma’s domain area lies in Audio & Video Production, A/V Integration, Live Setup & Support, Guest Relations, and PCR. He has experience of 4 years in Community Radio Broadcasting and 1 year in the Broadcast Television Industry, He has worked as a Technical Executive and Client Servicing Expert and holds an academic experience of 2 Years

Joydeep Mukherjee

Assistant Professor - Mass Communication and Journalism

Email: joydeep.m@snuniv.ac.in

Prof. Mukherjee’s domain area lies in Advertising and Public Relations with a specialization in Marketing, Research, Brand Management, AD/PR. He has an industry experience of 11 years with KANTAR IMRB and GfK Mode in Client Servicing, Business Consulting, NBD, Thought leadership, and team management with the academic experience of 1 year (ongoing) as an assistant professor at Sister Nivedita University, Guest faculty in ISBM, SIMC (Market Research).

KRISHNENDU DAS

Assistant Professor - Mass Communication and Journalism

Email: krishnendu.d@snuniv.ac.in

Prof. Das is a dynamic professional with experience of 15+ years in Industry and academics from the field of Animation and VFX. He has worked as a Supervisor for "Creative Things Animation Studio'', Creative Head for "Bluesquirrel Studio'' Team Leader at Kagiso Interactive, South Africa, and Senior Faculty "Arena Animation".

Suman Chakraborty

Visiting Faculty - Mass Communication and Journalism

Email: suman.c@snuniv.ac.in

Prof. Chakraborty’s domain area lies in Writing, Editing, and Publishing with specialization in Critical and Editorial Writing, Literature and Visual Arts, New Media. He has industry experience as the Founder & Executive Editor, Roman Books (Kolkata & London) and Founder and Director, Compass Institute (Kolkata) with an academic experience as Former Visiting Lecturer, De Montfort University, UK, Former Visiting Lecturer, University of Derby, UK (Partly British Council Funded Indo-UK Collaboration), Masters from the University of Glasgow, UK and Guest Faculty at Sister Nivedita University for 2 years (ongoing).

Atashi Bhattacharya

Visiting Faculty - Mass Communication and Journalism

Email: atashi.b@snuniv.ac.in

Prof. Bhattacharya has domain area in Mass Communication, Media Laws and Ethics and Anchoring with specialization in Film Studies, Communication Theories & Cultural Studies. She has industry experience of 1 year as an English Presenter at All India Radio (Kolkata) with an academic experience of 9 years as a SACT at Surendranath College for Women (ongoing) & 2 years as a Guest Faculty at Sister Nivedita University (ongoing).

(Dr) Sanjay Sen Gupta

Associate Professor & Head (Fine Arts and Design)

Masters in Painting from GCAC Kolkata (2002), and PhD (2014) in Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from the University of Calcutta.

Email: sanjay.sg@snuniv.ac.in

A practicing artist, researcher, writer, and educator based in Kolkata. Masters in Painting from GCAC Kolkata (2002), and PhD (2014) in Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from the University of Calcutta. Has been teaching various aspects of Drawing, Painting, Design and Composition since 2002. Has brought to light the oldest wooden idol ever found in West Bengal and arranged for its safe custody to the State Archaeological Museum (2010). Coordinated an Erasmus+ Faculty Exchange Program with Art Consortium, Spain (2017-8). Edited a Special Issue of The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design (2018). Won NTICVA Small Study and Research Grant India (2018-2019). Presented research papers on various aspects of Bengal Art in national and international seminars and conferences; and has published in various reputed journals. Invited as guest speaker and resource person by University of Calcutta, The Asiatic Society, Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Government College of Art and Craft, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture etc. Exhibited artworks in solo and group-shows in Kolkata, Delhi, and Mumbai. Now working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Centre for Indological Studies & Research, RKMIC Kolkata. A Member of the Editorial Board of The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design; and an Advisory Board Member of Ahana. Visited Bangladesh and Spain on different academic and research assignments.

DR. SOMA BHOWMIK

Assistant Professor - History of Art (Fine Arts and Design)

Bachelors and Masters in History of Art from Visva-Bharati University, PhD on Curatorial Possibilities in Contemporary Art from VB.

Email: soms.b@snuniv.ac.in

An art-historian, curator, critic, writer and educator based in Kolkata and Santiniketan. Bachelors (2012) and Masters (2014) in History of Art from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, she completed her PhD on Curatorial Possibilities in Contemporary Art from VB. She curated several shows of modern and contemporary art in Kolkata and Delhi – showcasing both senior artists and young practitioners – in association with various significant galleries. She delivers frequent lectures on History of Art and Curatorial Possibilities in national and international platforms. She also coordinates Art Appreciation Courses, Seminars, Workshops, and thus creates opportunities for art-practitioners, viewers and enthusiasts. As a Curator, she has worked with CIMA Art Gallery, Maya Art Space and Emami Chisel Gallery in Kolkata. She was a Guest Faculty at Amity University Kolkata, and Government College of Art & Craft Kolkata, and has also been the Director of ArtsAcre Foundation. As a prolific writer and critic, she has published many essays and reviews in various national and international journals and art magazines. She was the Associate Editor of ArtEast Magazine (2015-), and the Editor of the journal Art Fact (2018-). She has authored a monograph on Hirendranath Dutta published by Rajya Charukala Parshad, Information and Culture Department, Government of West Bengal, and a book named DO I MIND.

MEENAKSHI SENGUPTA

Assistant Professor - Painting (Fine Arts and Design)

Pursuing Ph.D. at Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan Masters of Fine Arts from Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda, Gujarat

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A practicing artist and educator based in Kolkata. Bachelors (2011) in Painting from Government College of Art and Craft Kolkata (CU) and subsequent Masters with Gold Medal (2013) from MS University Baroda, she is continuing her PhD on Gender Representation and Marginalization in Colonial and Post-colonial Indian Subcontinent at Kala Bhavana, Visa-Bharati University, Santiniketan. She received Nasreen Mohamedi Award (2012), Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (2016) and Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Award (2018). She has held solo exhibitions -- ‘Flavour Chart’ at Gallery Maskara (2013), ‘Some-body, Any-body, No-Body’ at Sakshi Gallery Mumbai (2018), and one in Kolkata. Her works have also been exhibited in various national and international platforms like – POC Festival, Marseille, France; Art Brussels, Belgium, Geukens & De Vil Gallery, Antwerp; Kochi Muzirus, Biennale, India Art Fair and others. She was part of Khoj Peers Share Programme (2013), and the fall Visiting Artist Fellow at South Asian Institute, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA (2016). She is currently represented by Sakshi Gallery in India and Shifting Frames in France, and has also engaged herself with the academia for more than four years.

MAINAK CHAKRABORTY

Assistant Professor - Painting (Fine Arts and Design)

Masters in Painting from the Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta

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A practising artist and educator based in Kolkata. Bachelors (2015) in Painting and subsequent Masters (2017) in Painting from Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta (CU), UGC-NET qualified (2018). He received Dilip Dasgupta Memorial Gold Medal Scholarship for securing First Position with First Class in BFA; Award in Drawing, West Bengal State Akademi (2016); Award in Drawing, Emami Chisel Art Gallery (2016); Rabindranath Tagore Award, GCAC (2016-17); Award in Drawing, Birla Academy of Art and Culture (2018); All India Silver Medal in Drawing, Kalanand, Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation (2018); Kolkata City Award, Kalanand, Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation (2019); Award in Drawing, Camel Art Foundation (2019); Award in ‘Graphics-Composition’, International Exhibition-Competition ‘??????? ???????’, Saint-Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (2021); Award in ‘Graphics-Academic Landscape’, International Exhibition-Competition ‘Artist’s View of the World’, Saint-Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (2022). He worked as an Assistant Professor at the School of Fine Arts, Amity University, Kolkata.

Kaushik Halder

Assistant Professor - Sculpture (Fine Arts and Design)

Bachelors (2012) in Sculpture from Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata, and subsequent Masters (2014) from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan

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A practicing artist, sculptor and educator based in Kolkata. Bachelors (2012) in Sculpture from Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata, and subsequent Masters (2014) from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, he also attended Integrated Training Programme at National Bal-Bhavan Delhi (2010). He was awarded Gold Medal at the Annual Exhibition of RBU (2012), Aranya Special Award by RAD (2013), National Award in Sculpture in the 55th National Exhibition of Art by LKA, Charukala Award by Rajya Charukala Parshad (2014), Governor Award at 80th Annual All India Fine Arts Exhibition by AFA (2016), Junior Fellowship in Sculpture (2014-15) by the Ministry of Culture, GOI (2017), West Bengal State Award & Fellowship, Kalananda Art Contest Award by PDF (2018), Infosys Special CIMA Award (2019), Honourable Mention International Award-2019 at FAIEMW Bhopal (2020), and many more. His works have been showcased in exhibitions in Kolkata, Bhopal, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangladesh. He has also participated in Wooden Puppet Workshop organised by WBSADDMVA (2011), National Workshop on Playing with Glass & Flame at Shilpa Sadan Visva-Bharati, Workshop organised by SBI at SSVAD (2014), International ‘Ceramic Dome Tagore’ Project by New Earth UK and Kala Bhavana, One month Residency at KAG Hyderabad (2015), and ‘Paper Potential’ Circle-19 at PAR Bombay (2019). He has engaged himself with the academia for more than five years now.

DASARATH DAS

Assistant Professor - Printmaking (Fine Arts and Design)

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A practicing artist, printmaker and educator based in Kolkata. Bachelors in Printmaking from Indian College of Arts and Draftsmaship (RBU) Kolkata in 2012, and subsequent Masters from University of Calcutta (GCAC) in 2014. Recipient of Gold Medal at ICAD Annual Exhibition (2012), National Scholarship (2013), Best Award in Printmaking at GCAC Annual Exhibition (2014), Lalit Kala Akademi Research Scholarship (2015), Best Award in Printmaking by Emami Chisel Art (2017), CIMA Award (2017), Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation Kalanand Grant, DGM Award at Dhoomimal Gallery New Delhi, Fellowship at Ravi Jain Memorial Exhibition (2021) and VAS International Artist Group Award (2022). Besides many national and international exhibitions in Kolkata, Nagpur, Delhi and abroad, he also participated in Uttarayan Art foundation Residency (2014), 18th International Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, Ulsan International Woodcut Printmaking Festival, Lalit Kala Akademi National Art Camp (2018), and 3rd National Tagore Exhibition (2021). He has more than eight years of teaching experience.

Anujeet Chatterjee

Teaching Assistant - Applied Art (Fine Arts and Design)

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A) & Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A) in Applied Art from Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata.

Email: anujeet.c@snuniv.ac.in

A graphic designer and educator based in Kolkata. Bachelors (2014) and Masters (2016) in Applied Art from Rabindra Bharati University, he was a recipient of ‘UGC Rank Holder Scholarship’ (2014-2016), and UGC-NET qualified (2022).  He taught art & craft at Kolkata Nandanik, and was the co-editor of magazine ‘Nandanik Samay’ (2014-2018). He was an exhibition trainee at BITM (NCSM, Ministry of Culture, Government of India), and has worked as a graphic designer at Digiscope Media Solutions Studio LLP.

Chayanika Dey

Visiting Faculty - Fashion Design (Fine Arts and Design)

A graduate in Fashion Technology from Wigan & Leigh College Kolkata, she has also done CAD Tech in Fashion from the Academy of Suburbia.

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A working Fashion professional based in Kolkata. A graduate in Fashion Technology from Wigan & Leigh College Kolkata, she has also done CAD Tech in Fashion from the Academy of Suburbia. With more than twenty-years of industry experience, she was selected as a Designer from Eastern Zone in the Lakme Talent Hunt. She has worked as a Senior Design Associate of Kiran Uttam Ghosh, and the Chief Designer at Usha Creations. She was also professionally engaged in various capacities with Weavers Studio, Sreepriya Exports Pvt Ltd, Designer Anamika Khanna, Ritu Kumar and Paromita Banerjee. Besides being the owner of Vedaa Designer Ensembles, and a partner of Red Paisleys, she has also been a Fashion Faculty at Wigan & Leigh.

Tanmoy Nandi

Assistant Professor - Product Design (Fine Arts and Design)

Bachelors (2014) and Masters (2018) in Design from Silpa Sadana, Visva-Bharati University, and UGC-NET qualified (2019)

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A practicing designer, researcher and product consultant based in Kolkata and Shantiniketan. Bachelors (2014) and Masters (2018) in Design from Silpa Sadana, Visva-Bharati University, and UGC-NET qualified (2019). His work has won West Bengal State Award for Ceramic in Kalanand Art Contest in 2018. With specialization in the mediums of ceramic and glass, he has been working on various projects with the National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad – along with other organizations and industries – since 2014. On behalf of State Institute for Development Arts and Crafts, Orissa, he documented their Silver Filigree Craft tradition. As a product designer, he represented India in the 7th episode of Uronto Residency Art Exchange Program in Bangladesh, and also participated in an International Workshop on ‘Architecture, Art and Lifestyle of Santali people,’ organized by In-Field Design Studio of Japan. He worked as a Guest Faculty at the College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath at Bengaluru. At present, he is pursuing his PhD in Design from Visva-Bharati University.

Barata Sarkar

Assistant Professor - Design History and Fashion (Fine Arts and Design)

Masters in Retail Management from Sikkim Manipal University (2015) and in Art History from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University (2021)

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A practicing designer, researcher, and educator based in Kolkata. Masters in Retail Management from Sikkim Manipal University (2015) and in Art History from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University (2021), with UGC-NET (2021). Added qualifications in Apparel

Manufacturing (2005), Dyeing & Printing, Textile Designing (2006), and Needle Craft & Knitting (2015). Has taught various aspects of Fashion CAD, History of Fashion, Design Idea, Craft Documentation, Entrepreneurship Development, Traditional Textiles etc at ATDC Kolkata (2008-19). Has worked as an Assessor for AEPC Kolkata (2011-3), and presently is an Empanelled Designer under DCH (since 2020) and an Assessor (Handicraft) for Samarth project – both under the Ministry of Textile, Government of India. As a freelance Fashion Designer at Kothari Hosiery Pvt. Ltd., she has also worked as a Guest Faculty for INIFT, Rajarhat. Her MFA Dissertation thesis on Colonial and Post-Independence Craft and Design Trajectory of India with Special Focus on Santiniketan has paved the way of her research inclination.

Ananya Dalal

Assistant Professor - Printmaking and Graphic Art (Fine Arts and Design)

Pursuing her PhD in Printmaking from Visva- Bharati University, Masters (2018) in Graphic Art from MS University of Baroda.

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A practicing artist and printmaker based in Kolkata and Shantiniketan. Bachelors (2016) in Printmaking from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Masters with Gold Medal (2018) in Graphic Art from MS University of Baroda, and UGC-NET qualified (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2022). Her work has won National Scholarship by Ministry of HRD, Government of India (2016-8), National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi (2017), State Academy Award by Government of West Bengal (2019), Jury’s Choice Award by Birla Academy of Art and Culture (2019), and KHOJ Artist Network Support Grant (2020). Her works have been showcased in various national and international Exhibitions all across the country. Her core competency also includes art installations, research, developing and writing ideas – while she is also passionate about calligraphy, theatre, stage-decoration, music, photography and video art. Her teaching career began at Bhowanipore Gujarati Education Society (2018-21), followed by Bengal Fine Arts College at Chandpara (2020-2022). At present, she is pursuing her PhD in Printmaking from Visva-Bharati University.