Organising Team
Core Committee:
  • Prof. Shashikala Wanjari, Vice-chancellor, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
  • Dr. Binod C Agrawal, Adjunct Professor, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad
  • Dr. Mira K Desai, Associate Prof & HOD- Add. Charge, Department of Extension Education (Member Secretary)
International Committee:
  • Prof. Peter Vorderer
    Fellow & Past President, ICA, Chang Jiang Scholar, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
    Institute for Media and Communication Studies
    University of Mannheim
  • Prof. Francois Heinderyckx
    Fellow & Past President, ICA, Chang Jiang Scholar, Communication University of China, Beijing,
    Professor and Dean, Faculty of Letters, Translation and Communication,UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES (ULB) Brussels
  • Prof. Peng Awa Ang
    Fellow & Past President, ICA Professor
    Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
    College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
  • Prof. Paula Gardner
    President ICA, Asper Research Chair in Communications
    Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia
    McMaster University, Hamilton
  • Laura Sawyer, MA, CAE
    Executive Director
    ICA, Washington.
National Organizing Committee:
  • Dr. Chandrabhanu Pattnayak,
    Institute of Knowledge Societies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Orissa
  • Dr. B K Kuthiala
    Vice Chancellor,
    Makhanlal Chaturvedi University
    Bhopal
  • Dr. B. P. Sanjay,
    Pro Vice Chancellor
    University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
  • Prof. Biswajit Das,
    Professor and founding Director of Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
  • Prof. Usha Rani Narayana
    Professor & Chair Person
    Dept of Journalism and Mass Communication
    University of Mysore
    Mysore
  • Dr. Anubhuti Yadav,
    Associate Professor - New Media,
    IIMC, New Delhi
  • Dr. Sudha Venkataswamy,
    Department of Communication
    Amrita University. Coimbatore.
  • Professor Padma Rani
    Joint Director, School of Communication,
    Manipal University
Mumbai Organizing Committee:
  • Dr. Sunitha Chitrapu,
    Head, Social Communication Media, Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai.
  • Dr. Sanjay Ranade,
    Head, Dept of Mass Communication & Journalism, University of Mumbai
  • Dr. Mathew Martin,
    P.J.PGDMDC, AYJNIHH, Mumbai, India and CCD, Jönköping University, Sweden.
  • Prabha Nair
    BA MM Coordinator, Smt MMP College Matunga, Vice Principal, Junior College
    MMP Shah College of Arts and Commerce
  • Faiz Ullah
    Assistant Professor
    Centre for the Study of Contemporary Culture
    Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai
SNDT Organizing Committee:
  • Dr. Sanjay Narayan Bharambe
    Registrar
    SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
  • Prof. Radha Misra,
    Head, Dept of Communication Media for Children,
    SNDT Women’s University, Pune.
  • Dr. Anita Chaware,
    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science,
    SNDTWU, Mumbai.
  • Mr. Dinesh Girap
    Head - Electronics
    PV Polytechnic,
    SNDT Women’s University, Juhu Campus, Mumbai.
  • Mr. Rajesh Wankhede,
    Principal, School of Law,
    SNDTWU, Mumbai.
  • Dr. Chandrashekhar Gawali
    Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development,
    SNDTWU, Mumbai
  • Mr. Giridhar Gajabe
    Deputy Registrar
    Campuses, SNDT Women’s University