Dr R Lavanya MSc, MPhil, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Lavanya Rajendran, Assistant Professor in Anna University, has got more than 13 years of extensive and diverse experience in teaching. Her area of interest includes Web Designing, Graphics, Animation, Game Development, Media Research, Video Production and Cloud Computing. She was awarded Royal Dutch Fellowship for Training the Trainers programme in 2012. She specialized in computer applications during her graduation studies and she holds a postgraduate degree in Electronic Media Informatics besides M.Phil. She did her doctoral research in Cloud Computing. She had a stint in Advertising and Broadcasting industry before joining Anna University as a faculty member. She has visited different countries like Holland, U.K., Canada, U.S.A., Singapore, France and Germany. She has served as a co-coordinator for a Rs. Five Million project to train a thousand SHG women members in Capacity building in establishing and maintaining Information Kiosks for women groups. She has authored two books in a regional language on computing that enhanced the above project. She has also authored a book titled HTML 5 published by Ane Books Pvt. Ltd in the year 2011.She has published various research papers in various national / international conferences and journals. Currently she is guiding PhD scholars in various Media related topics.

Email: lavanya@annauniv.edu / lavi_82@yahoo.com
Mobile: +91 98400 09744

Dr. K. Sunitha MSc, MPhil, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. K. Sunitha is an Assistant Professor of Media Sciences in Anna University, India. Her interdisciplinary research is focused on the applications of Media, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Coastal Disaster Management. She has published/presented many research papers in national and international journals / conferences. She has been one of the content providers for Anna FM, the first campus based community radio, since 2005. She has associated herself with risk communication, script writing, audio/video production, 2D animation, short films, and documentaries for regional and national networks. Her main areas of research interests include promoting the use and importance of technology in development communication and use of electronic media resources for effective community-based risk management. She has published various research papers in various national / international conferences and journals. Currently she is guiding PhD scholars in various Media related topics.

Email: sunithakuppuswamy@gmail.com / sunithakswamy@annauniv.edu
Mobile: +91 9994237111

Dr. K. Venkatalakshmi MBA, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. K. Venkatalakshmi is a Media Management lecturer in the Department of Media Sciences for the past fifteen years. She is handling courses like Integrated Marketing Communication, Advertising, Public relations, Event Management, Research Methodology and Social Media. Prior to this ,she worked as chief executive of a computer division. She was a coordinator of the Study centre for Distance education programme in University of Madras, Bharathidasan University, Bharathiar University and IGNOU. She is in the syllabus committee of the Department of Media Sciences. She is the author of many reputed journal articles. She has served as coordinator for Rs.Five Million project of Tamilnadu Women's Development Corporation Pvt Ltd. She has authored two books in the training programme.

She has organised more than 50 events related to social, environmental and health issues. The events were organised with Tamil Nadu women's development corporation limited , Tamil Nadu civil supplies and consumer protection department. She organised the first International conference of the Department of Media Sciences and the second National conference of GENDER AND THE MEDIA, NCGM'19. She has also organised more than eight one day seminars for the department students. She is a coordinator for the Citizen Consumer Club, Anna University and also a coordinator for Adken club , Advertising club of the Department of Media Sciences.

Email: ven@annauniv.edu / abi_042002@yahoo.com

Dr. C. Velayutham MA, MPhil, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. C. Velayutham, presently working in the Department of Media Sciences, since 2005. He completed his PhD from Anna University in the area of Newspaper Framing Studies & Water Conflict. He also holds MA and MPhil in Journalism & Communication from the Department of Communication, University of Madras. He was awarded the British Chevening Scholarship by the Commonwealth Office, U.K. to study Broadcast Journalism at School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Wales, UK during 2004-2005. His area of teaching and research interests are - Electronic Journalism, Peace Journalism, Media and Human rights, Conflict Reporting and Migration & Media. He has eight years of professional experience as Television Journalist with Sun Tv Network, a leading Tamil television channel from 1998–2005 during which he has taken many national and international news reporting assignments. He has over 30 publications in International and National Journals.

International Conferences/Courses/Visits:

1. Hydro Hegemony Conference, UNESCO Water Institute, Delft, Netherlands (2019)
2. World Journalism Conference, University of Braga, Portugal (2019)
3. International local economy development course, Erasmus University, Netherlands (2019)
4. Media in Conflict zones Conference, University of Warwick, UK (2017)
5. Internet Platform Conference, University of Oxford, UK (2016)
6. Minor Culture Conference, University of Melbourne, Australia ( 2015)
7. Health Journalism Conference, University of Coventry, UK (2014)
8. World Water Week, Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden (2009)
9. World Sports Communication Conference, Aarhus University, Denmark/Iceland (2007)
10. International Media training, Radio Netherland Training Centre, Netherlands (2006)

Completed/Ongoing funded projects as PI/CoPI:

1. DIADA Dutch Foundation Funded Project Phase – 2 (2020-2022)
2. DIADA Dutch Foundation Funded Project Phase – I (2019-2020)
3. MHRD–SPARC Project with Erasmus University, The Netherlands (2019-2021)
4. NUFFIC Capacity building project with RNTC, The Netherlands (2006)

Currently he serves as the ‘Study-in-Holland ambassador in India’, an honorary position awarded by the Netherlands Organization for International Co-operation in Higher Education. He is also a life member of Association of British Scholars (ABS) under the British Council, Chennai. He has also served as a resource person for UNICEF, MSSRF on many occasions. Ans he guides 4 PhD Scholars in wide range of topics in Media and Communication.

Email: cvtrainer@gmail.com / vels@annauniv.edu
Mobile: +91 98409 93558     Office: 044-2235 8232

Dr. V. R. Revathy MA, MPhil, PhD

Assistant Professor

She has completed her doctoral research in the area of women and media. She has been associated with projects on women empowerment. She started her career as a production executive for programmes and news in Coimbatore Video Channel. She has produced several programmes and news capsules on social themes. She has also been producing programmes for Anna FM, a community radio. She teaches Television Production and Photography. She organized DST Vigyan Prasar sponsored Cinema in the classroom workshop conducted for school teachers to make use of the visuals in effective teaching along with Bichitra Patasala, Kolkatta. She has published various research papers in various national / international conferences and journals. Currently she is guiding PhD scholars in various Media related topics.

Email: ranganathanrevathy@yahoo.co.in

Dr. Sunitha Don Bosco MA, MPhil, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Sunitha Don Bosco joined the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University as a faculty in the year 2005. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Stella Maris College, Chennai. She obtained her M.A & M.Phil. in Communication from the Department of Journalism & Communication, University of Madras. She received her Ph.D. from Anna University for her interdisciplinary thesis on Environment & Media.

COURSES TAUGHT
Communication for Development, Media & Environment, Media & Sustainable Development, Media & Human Rights, Media laws & ethics, Film Studies, Media psychology, Video production, Documentary film making, Digital Story telling, Critical thinking & creativity and Video Editing.

RESEARCH
Her research interest involves using media for development with a solution and rights based framework among disadvantaged communities. Her research emphasizes on the importance and relevance of concepts like Participatory & inclusive media, Positive storytelling for social change, Positive deviance for development. Her current research projects in collaboration with IHS, Erasmus university, Netherlands, funded by MHRD, Government of India and DAIDA foundation, Netherlands involves communication interventions to improve livelihoods of urban poor. She is currently supervising PhD Scholars and Post-graduate students in the area of Communication for Development. Her visits abroad for academic paper presentations and trainings include countries like Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain, UAE, Cambodia and Srilanka.

SPECIALISATION
Trained by the Radio Netherland Training Centre, Hilversum, The Netherlands, her expertise include developing need based tailor made media courses for specialized groups. She has served as an expert in media for development, gender sensitization and media literacy workshops and trainings. Skilled in documentary production, she has directed documentaries for national and international agencies on gender and development related issues.

AREA OF INTEREST
Communication for Development, Gender & Media, Participatory Media, Documentaries, Digital storytelling, Human Rights, Film Studies, Media literacy, Psychology, Creativity, Critical thinking, Urban ecology, Environment & Sustainable development.

Email: sunitha@annauniv.edu, sunithadon@yahoo.com
Mobile: +91 9444106826
Office: +91 44 2235 8248

Mr. S. Shanmuga Nathan MSc

Teaching Fellow

Mr. S. Shanmuga Nathan is currently working as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Media Sciences,Anna University, Chennai. He completed his MSc degree in Electronic Media from the Department of Media Science, Anna University, Chennai. He holds his BSc in Visual Communication from The American College, Madurai. He is also qualified with National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) in Mass Communication and Journalism. Earlier he worked as a video journalist in a leading news channel. His specializations are Visual Editing, Color Correction, Video Production, Photography, Marketing Communication and Health Communication. He is the staff-in-charge of GRID, the art club of the Department of Media Sciences and actively involved himself in conducting various seminars and workshops under GRID. He is currently pursuing his PhD on Health Communication. He attended and presented his research works on various National and International conferences. He published several research articles in various National and International journals.

Email: shunmu.nathu@gmail.com

Mr. M. Vaageessan MSc

Teaching Fellow

Mr. M. Vaageessan has completed his Masters in Electronic Media (5 Years Integrated) from Department of Media Sciences, Anna University, Chennai. He also completed State Eligibility Test (SET - Tamilnadu) and National Eligibility Test (NET) in the year 2016. Before joining the Department he worked as Video editor in Siva Ollipathivagam. His areas of interest are Video editing, Sound Designing, 3D Animation, Visual effects and Communication. He is currently pursuing his doctor degree in the area of Health Communication. He has presented several research papers in national and international conferences. He also published research articles in international journals. He helps school children in their education with his trust ‘Nambikai Nidhi’.

Email: vaageessan@gmail.com

Mr. J. Dinesh Kumar MSc

Teaching Fellow

Mr. J Dinesh Kumar is a Teaching Fellow of Department of Media Sciences, Anna University, Chennai. He completed his Post Graduation in Electronic Media from Department of Media Sciences, Anna University Chennai. He is also qualified with CBSE-NET and TNSET in Mass communication and Journalism. His area of interest is Journalism, Communication, Script writing, Television Production, Web Designing and User Interface Design. He has worked with the Thanthi Television as a sub editor for a year before the academic entry. He is actively involved in script writing, programme production, producing short films and documentaries. He has also published few reserch papers in international journals and attended research conferences in Tamil Nadu and India. Currently, he is pursuing his doctorate in the area of ICT and Family in Anna University.

Email: dgdinesh.j@gmail.com
Mobile: +91- 9710208344

Mrs. P. Thenmozhi MSc, MPhil

Teaching Fellow

Mrs. P. Thenmozhi is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University. She finished her M.Sc. in Department of Media Sciences in Anna University and M.Phil in Communication from Kamaraj University, Madurai. She has worked previously as Assistant Professor in Jairams Arts and Science College, Karur. She has experience of working in Tamil television and Newspaper industry. She also worked in community radio stations like Holy cross FM and Anna FM, before joining academics. She has published few research papers in International and National journals and participated in National and International level conferences and workshops. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in the area of Women and Media. Her area of interests are photography, documentary and short film production, television programme production, digital film making, film studies and critical issues in media.

Email: thenmozhi.dms@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 95000 82418

Mrs. S. Indira Priyadharsini ME

Teaching Fellow

Mrs. S. Indira Priyadharsini presently working as Teaching Fellow in the Department of Media Sciences. She has completed her master degree in ME - Multimedia Technology, Anna University CEG Campus Chennai. She has been completed her project in the field of image processing particularly with image retrieval. She started her career as a lecturer in Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College Kodambakkam Chennai. She teaches software engineering, web designing and computer programming. She has also worked as a software engineer in Facultas Private Ltd., Shenoy Nagar, Chennai. Her area of interest will be image processing, content based image retrieval, text and image feature extraction.

Email: indira160187@gmail.com

Mrs. S. Suganya MTech

Teaching Fellow

Mrs. S. Suganya is currently working as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Media Sciences, CEG, Anna University, Chennai. Earlier, she worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Visual Communication, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai. She completed her M.Tech. in Multimedia Technology from the Department of Information Technology, Anna University, Regional centre, Coimbatore. She has done a certification course in Advanced Animation from Arena Animation Institute, Coimbatore. She did her under-graduation in Information Technology from the Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Information and Communications Technology. She has attended various national level conferences, seminars and workshops. She has published several research articles in various National and International journals. Her area of teaching and interests are Computer and Visual Arts, 2D and 3D Animation, Game Development, Mobile App development and Web Designing.

Email: suganya111@gmail.com

Mrs. R. Ann Maria MSc

Teaching Fellow

Mrs. Ann Maria. R is currently working as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University, Chennai. She has passed the National Eligibility Test (NET) and was a Senior Research Fellow (SRF) of the University Grants Commission (UGC). She has completed her Bachelors in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. She was the Gold Medalist of her batch when she completed her Masters in Electronic Media from the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University. She also has a Masters in Psychology from the University of Madras. She works as a freelance content writer for academic websites. She has worked previously as an account manager for the Hotcourses group of websites, managing advertising for over 150 international Universities and Colleges. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in the area of children’s television programming at the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University. She has published papers in international journals and presented at various conferences. She currently teaches Integrated Marketing Communication, Evolution of Media and Contemporary Media. Her areas of interest are television studies, children and media, development communication, health communication and social media.

Email: annmariaroz@gmail.com