Dr. S. Arulchelvan MA, MBA, PhD, PDF
Associate Professor
Dr. S. Arulchelvan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University, Chennai, India. He is a former Senior Journalist and has worked in leading Tamil dailies. He has been awarded FCT Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from the University of Aveiro, Portugal and The Graciano Lopez Jaena Fellowship in Community Journalism by the University of Philippines. He has also participated in the Erasmus+ International Credit Staff Mobility Programme in the University of Edinburg, Scotland, UK. His specializations are Journalism, Development Communication, ICT, Educational Media and Community Media. He has been passionately engaged in several research projects with the support of UNICEF; ICSSR - IMPRESS, Government of India; Department of Rural Development, Government of Tamil Nadu and other international and national agencies. He has completed around fifteen major and minor research projects in the area of communication, development and journalism. He has authored few books and has published more than 50 articles in reputed journals that focus on journalism, communication, media, youth, sanitation and hygiene and other development areas. He has presented papers and participated in various national/international conferences. He has visited countries like France, Scotland – UK, Ethiopia, Canada, Finland, Philippines, USA, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Turkey and Thailand.
He had been invited as an expert for several workshops. In addition, he has organized many workshops and seminars on Communication, Journalism, Media and E-Content creation. He has also attended many international and national workshops/training sessions like Google News Initiative (GNI), Training Workshop on News and Fake News organised by Google in Chennai, India. He is also associated with prominent Indian and foreign professional associations. He is a reviewer and editorial board member of many national and international research journals in the area of Media & Communication. He has also served as reviewer & editorial member for international conferences. In addition to teaching, he is serving as a member in the Board of Studies and the academic
council of many colleges and universities. He is also the Curriculum Development
Coordinator and has developed and written course material for various subjects like
journalism, news writing, development communication, etc. He has successfully guided eleven Ph.D., scholars in earning their doctoral degrees and is currently guiding others. He is on several Doctoral Committees and has been an examiner for Ph.D Thesis and Viva-Voce.
He is a recipient of the Best NSS (National Service Scheme) Programme Officer Award in
Anna University & the Best Young Academic Award.
Contact Details:
Dr. S. Arulchelvan, Department of Media Sciences, CEG, Anna University, Chennai-25.
Email: arulchelvansriram@gmail.com / achelvan@annauniv.edu
Mobile: +91 94448 19958
Phone: +91 44 2235 8246
Additional Responsibilities:
Dean- Anna University College of Engineering Villupuram Campus.
Director – Centre for Development of Tamil in Engineering and Technology, Anna University.
Former NSS – Programme Officer & Coordinator, CEG, Anna University, Chennai.