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Sushma R Rao

Sushma R Rao

MS in Communication

21

YEARS
EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor

JOURNALISM

sushmarrao@vijayacollegejnr.org

PUBLICATIONS

  • Studies in Indian Place Names with ISSN no. 2394-3114, Vol: 40 Issue: 66 Month: March Year: 2020, Impact factor: 6.3

  • The journal is indexed, peer reviewed and listed in UGC Care Title-Women In Kannada Cinema

  • The Peer reviewed journal titled ‘Equity- In changing society and responsibility in relationships’, Published by Sponsored by National Commission for Women (NCW), Govt. of India being conducted by St Pauls College Management with the ISBN no.978-81-955923

  • Guns, Goons and Godfathers: A study of the violent Alfa male portrayals in Popular Kannada Cinema’

  • The Ciência & Engenharia -Science & Engineering Journal, ISSN: 0103-944X, Volume 11 Issue 1, 2023 pp: 1547-1559 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52783/cienceng.v11i1.305, Title-The Cinematic Feminine- A Study of the Portrayal of Women in the Movie ‘Pushpa- the Rise’ UGC CARE Indexed Journal -Journal of Foundational Research, Volume XXXI, Number 2(C) July-December2023, ISSN:2395-5635

  • ‘An Analysis of Representation of Women in Over-the-top (OTT) platforms: A Study of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s the Marvellous Mrs. Maisel and Gilmore Girls’

PAPERS PRESENTED

  • Presented a Paper in the two day international conference titled ‘Women and Media: The changing Narratives and Identities’ organised by the Department of Journalism, Women’s College , Calcutta on 28th and 29th of September 2020.

  • Presented a paper titled ‘Invisible Women Iconography: Deconstructing Gender Metaphors in South Indian Cinema’ at the 26th International Conference of the Intercultural Communication studies in association with MAHE, India and University of Alabama on 12th and 13th March 2021.

  • Global Communication Education Conclave (GCEC) held on 6th December 2021 - ‘Narratives of Male Hegemony in Popular Kannada Cinema’

  • Presented a paper and also won the best paper award on the topic ‘: Guns, Goons and Godfathers: A study of the violent Alfa male portrayals in Popular Kannada Cinema’ award in the seminar National Seminar on Identification of Abusive Relationships and Prevention of Domestic Violence, Sponsored by National Commission for Women (NCW), Govt. of India being conducted by St Pauls College Management.

  • The Paper was awarded ‘The Best paper Award’ in the conference

  • Presented a paper titled ‘The Cinematic Feminine -A Study of the Portrayal of Women in the Movie ‘Pushpa- the Rise’’ at the International Conference on Ethics in Research and Principles of Ethical Journalism & its Impact on Society organized by Jain school of Humanities and Social Sciences.

  • Presented a paper titled ‘Beyond the Cliche- Portrayal of Domestic Violence in Films on the OTT Platforms (Darlings and Thappad)’ in the International Conference on “Changing Media Landscapes in South Asia”, organized by the Department of Media Studies, Kristu Jayanti College Autonomous, Bengaluru, India on 06 March, 2023.

  • Presented a paper titled ‘An Analysis of the Representation of Women in Over-the-top (OTT) platforms: A Study of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel and Gilmore Girls’ on 16th June 2023 organised by the Department of Visual Communication, Mother Teresa women’s university, Saidapet, Chennai.

  • Presented a paper titled ‘The Effect of Artificial Intelligence on Global Cinema Business and Cinematic Narratives’ in the 2nd two-day international Conference on Artificial Intelligence towards fostering Sustainable Development in Business organized by JAIN Center for Management Studies held on 8th and 9th December 2023

  • Presented a paper in the international conference on the myriad facets of women: a celebration of the extraordinary march 1 – 2 2024 organised by Jain Deemed to be University, titled Reel Identities Redefining Gender Roles In Popular Cinema. A Study of the Cinematic narratives in Kabir Singh and Animal

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

  • Two-day virtual workshop titled Storytelling for Academic Publishing: Manuscript Planning and Development. held on December 27-28, 2021 conducted by Global Media Education Council (GMEC), South Asia Communication Association (SACA)

  • National Level Five- Day Virtual Workshop - 'From Writing to Publication: A Workshop on Research Paper Writing in English Literature and ELT' organized by the Department of English, Jain College Vasavi Campus from 17th January 2022 to 21st January 2022.

  • A three day national level seminar on Culture, Media and memes organised by St. francis College in association with Jain Deemed to be University from 19th to 21st January 2023

  • International Level Workshop on “Semiotics of Cinematic Adaptation” held between 21st to 25th August, 2023.Five Days - Online / Virtual Mode

  • Attended the Capacity Building workshop on “Statistical Discovery Using JMP”, conducted by Jain Deemed to be University on 6th , January 2024.

WEBINARS/FDPs/LECTURE SERIES ATTENDED

  • On academic writing conducted by Presidency College from April 25 2022 to April 29 2022.

  • A Five day faculty development program titled ‘Gendered Contours of feminism’ by Department of Languages Presidency University from 26th to 30th September 2022 Organized by Presidency University, School of Media Studies from 20th to 24th December 2022.

  • Participated in a five-day national level FDP organized by Presidency University on Modern Literary Theories from 27th November to 1st December2023.

  • Completed a Swayam Course on Film studies by Pondicherry University.

DETAILS OF SERVING AS A RESOURCE PERSON

  • Resource person for a talk on the topic ‘Portrayal of Women in Bollywood’ in St. Anne’s First grade college for women on 11th March 2022.

  • Resource person for a talk on ‘Narratives in Kannada Cinema’ in Jain school of computer science and IT on 5th April 2022.

  • Resource person for a workshop on ‘Deconstructing Indian Masculinity- A Cinematic Journey’ conducted by Jain, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jain Deemed to be University on 20th July 2023.

  • Resource person for a Seminar on ‘Cinema’s Silent Impact-Unveiling Gender Stereotypes’ conducted by CMR and Seamedu on 14th September 2023

MEMBERSHIPS (BOS/BOE/CHAIRPERSON/TEXTBOOK COMMITTEE)

BOARD OF STUDIES

  • Bengaluru City University

  • Bengaluru North University

  • Maharani Cluster University

  • Maharani Ammani College

  • Jain Deemed to be University


BOARD OF EXAMINERS

  • Bengaluru City University

  • BMS College for Women

  • Maharani Ammani College

  • Jain Deemed to be University

  • NMKRV College for Women


CHIEF EXAMINER

  • Bengaluru City University

  • BMS College for Women

  • Maharani Ammani College

  • Jain Deemed to be University (External Examiner)

  • Indian Academy

  • NMKRV College for Women

  • Reva University

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