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Bidu Bhusan Dash
School of Mass Communication
Faculty Profile

Bidu Bhusan Dash

Associate Professor I, Head

Mass CommunicationRegular

Biography and academic profile

Dr Bidu Bhusan Dash is an associate professor and head at the School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed to be University. He has done fieldwork in various regions of India to understand the correlation of media and power from pragmatic perspectives. His academic training at TISS and practice in media and international non-governmental organizations help him to understand the strategic use of communication for development. He was CRY National Child Rights Research Fellow and Charles Wallace India Trust Visiting Fellow at SOAS, University of London. He has published his research in journals like Journalism, Asia Pacific Media Educator and Economic and Political Weekly. His current research concerns range from Communication for Social Change, to Media in Everyday Life.

Academic profile

Expertise, contributions
and professional engagement.

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Research Interests

Communication for Social Change

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Educational Qualifications

  • PhD in Rural Development from Tata Institute of Social Sciences
  • MPhil in Social Sciences from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
  • MA in Development Journalism and Electronic Communication from Utkal University
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Administrative Responsibilities

Head, School of Mass Communication

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Course Expertise

  • Print Journalism
  • Radio Journalism
  • Development Communication
  • Media and Public Policy
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Awards and Achievements

  • CRY National Child Rights Research Fellow 2014
  • Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow at SOAS, University of London
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Professional Memberships

Indian Sociological Society (ISS) Life Member

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Books and Book Chapters

  • Dash, B. B. (2021). ‘Dalits and Adivasis in Community Radio: Understanding Representation and Participation in Bundelkhand’. In F. Ullah, A. Monteiro & K. P. Jayasankar (Eds.) Unheard Voices, Unseen Worlds: Critical Perspectives on Community Media in India. New Delhi: Sage. ISBN: 978-93-91138-46-2.
  • Dash, B. B. (2020). ‘Grassroots Democracy via community radio: a case study in rural India’. In K. K. Malik & V. Pavarola (Eds.) Reclaiming the Airwaves: A Handbook on Community Radio in South Asia (pp. 253-265). New Delhi: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-55853-3.
  • Dash, B. B. & Islam, K. M. B. (2018).‘The Delhi Rape Case: The Role of Social Media in Protests and Policy Change’. In J. Dee (Ed.) From Tahrir Square to Ferguson: Social Networks as Facilitators of Social Movements. New York: Peter Lang. Pp. 357-368. ISBN: 9781433129391.
  • Dash, B. B. (2015). ‘Exploring Media Life of Saharia Tribe in Bundelkhand’. In Y. S. Sisodia & T. K. Dalapati (Eds.) Development and Discontent in Tribal India. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, pp. 299-308. ISBN: 978-81-316-0731-2.
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