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Ms. Sulina Menon
(Dept. of Advertising and Public Relations) |
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Mr. Ramesh Menon
(Dept. of Journalism in English) |
Ms. Sulina Menon has been an advertising professional for the last 22 years with vast experience in Media Planning, Buying and Media Marketing. She has worked with some of the prominent agencies such as O & M, McCann, Contract, Zee TV and Carat India. Ms. Menon has worked with some well-known clients: Nestle, Kelvinator, Gillette, RCI, NIIT, SBCH, Hindustan Motors, Usha Fans and appliances, Atlas Cycles, Bacardi, Bharti Group, Philips India (Consumer electronics and Lighting), Hero Honda, Honda Automobiles, Dabur Foods, Dabur India Limited, adidas India ,Cadbury India ,United Distillers, General mills, ICI Paints,Max New York Life, to name a few. Currently, she works as a freelance consultant in media services. |
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Mr. Ramesh Menon has been a media professional for the last 30 years. He has been with leading media houses such as Times of India, India Today, TV Today, BITV, Sahara TV, rediff.com, etc. He has directed and scripted numerous documentary films that have been shown at several festivals. Mr. Menon writes for numerous publications and websites regularly and conducts workshops on soft skills and is a corporate trainer. He was the recipient of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism. |
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Mr. Uday Chandra
(Dept. of Journalism in Hindi) |
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Mr. Varadarajan Ananthakrishnan
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Dept. of Television Production) |
Mr. Uday Chandra has nearly 20 years of experience in both print and television journalism. Currently Associate Executive Producer – Output with LIVE INDIA, Mr. Chandra has worked with Rashtriya Sahara. In the electronic media, he worked with Vinod Dua in the popular programme 'Parakh'. He was the Output Editor of NDTV for 13 years and was awarded the Best Output Editor for 2007 by Media Federation of India. |
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Mr. Vardarajan Ananthakrishnan is a documentary filmmaker and mass communication trainer. He has held important positions in media houses including Zee, B A G Films and worked for shows telecast on Star and Sony. Mr. Ananthkrishnan has a rich experience in television program production including documentaries, travelogues, films on tribes and social awareness. He has taught in various reputed media institutes in the country. |
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Mr. M. S. Arumugam
(Dept. of Film Production) |
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Mr. Nitin Rai
(Dept. of Creative Photography) |
Mr. M. S. Arumugam is a cinematographer as well as a lighting expert of repute with nearly 25 years of experience. He is an alumni of FTIT Chennai specializing in cinematography. Mr. Armughum is a skilled technician and creative cinematographer with a wide range of experience, which includes feature films, TV serials, shows, documentaries, ad films, corporate and educational Films. His work has been honoured for creative excellence at "World Fest" Houston, Texas and Kino International Festival, Manchester. |
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Mr. Nitin Rai is a freelance photographer with 23 years of experience. Starting at an early age of 13 as an apprentice to his father, celebrated photographer Raghu Rai, Mr. Nitin Rai worked as Photo Editor with leading magazines and news agencies. His work has been featured in international publications such as Time, Der Spiegel, Stern, Figaro, Facts, Tatler, The Sunday Telegraph and The Independent. Today, Mr. Nitin Rai specializes in diverse field of Industrial and Corporate, Interiors, Fashion, Beauty, Portfolios and Portraits, Food, Photo Stories and Human Interest photography. |
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Ms. Sridevi Sunderarajan
(Manager, Communications) |
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Mr. Shankhajeet De
(Deputy Director, Academics) |
Spanning a career in both print and television including Sunday Mail, and TV Today, Ms. Sunderarajan is currently a freelance communication professional having worked with UK based NGO Scidev.net, TERI and associated for short term assignments with the CII, Practical Action, Sri Lanka, US based INGO, ORBIS etc. |
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Mr. Shankhajeet De has worked in several cultural, travel and food shows. He also has directed and scripted documentation projects for agencies of the United Nations and various departments of the Government of India. He takes keen interest in interpreting the ideals of Integral Education in media education and also teaches scriptwriting and production in the Film Production Department at SAIMC. |
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