Advisory Board
BABA PRASAD
A veteran journalist having over 35 years of experience. He served as news editor for The Hindu Bangalore. He has also delivered several University Grants Commission lectures and is a member on the board of studies at various universities.
FRANKLYN JAMES
The principal architect of the success of The Times of India’s penetration and dominance in South India. Vice President for Results and Market Development (South) for The Times Group. He now serves as Registrar at NSoJ.
FRANCESCA FOLDA
Francesca Folda is an Italian award-winning journalist and executive manager, with over 25-years of experience in the media industry and the impact sector, including a leadership role at Sky Italia. She is Visiting Professor at the School of Journalism – Università La Statale, in Milan, and sits in the Advisory Council of Ashoka Italy.
ASHISH SEN
Ashish Sen is an independent media consultant, trainer and journalist with more than 30 years hands-on international and country level experience. Formerly, President of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) AMARC Asia-Pacific Region.
RAGHAVA KK
Raghava KK is a renowned international artist, creativity expert, and tech entrepreneur, named by CNN as one of 10 most remarkable people (2010). He is also a four time TED speaker. Raghava advises NSoJ on new visual communication methods.
DIPTI KUMAR
An International award winning journalist. She has worked as news anchor, producer and reporter with NDTV, Hindu Global Citizen, BBC, The International Business Times, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Independent, Inside Edition and more.
R.B.U. SHYAM KUMAR
R.B.U. Shyam Kumar is the former CEO of the Puthiya Thalaimurai Group, which runs Tamil Nadu's leading television news channel, Puthiya Thalaimurai. He also helped launch the general television entertainment channel, PudhuYugam, in 2013.
MAHAMAYA NAVLAKHA
Mahamaya is the co-founder and VP Education of Arthan, which is a social enterprise committed to strengthening the impact sector ecosystem. Mahamaya has degrees from the University of Sussex and Lady Shri Ram College. She has also received training in nonprofit management from Harvard University.
OUR FACULTY
RAGHUVIR BADRINATH
BUSINESS JOURNALISM
POORNIMA PRASAD
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
SIMON VARGHESE
Principal
CURRENT AFFAIRS, CONTEMPORARY INDIA, CONVERGENCE MEDIA
RAMAKRISHNA UPADHYA
PRINT; POLITICS AND SOCIETY
VEDAM JAISHANKAR
PRINT; SPORTS JOURNALISM
ASHISH SEN
COMMUNITY RADIO
BHAGYALAKSHMI KRISHNAMURTHY
TRAVEL JOURNALISM
VINUSHA KANNAN
HOD, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
VINODH NICHOLAS
HEADOF PRODUCTIONS
ANTIC SANTOSH
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
ASHWINI RAMESH
DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM
PRATIBA RAMAN
MOBILE JOURNALISM
P Shruti
Department of Political Science
Princess Franklyn
Dean of Studies
Department of English
M. BABA PRASAD
Director- PG Studies
REPORTING, EDITING AND WRITING SKILLS
GLOBAL ACADEMICS NETWORK
Dr. Aditya Sondhi
Senior Advocate, High Court of Karnataka
Krishna Byre Gowda
MLA, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Darlington Hector
Managing Editor - YourStory, Former Executive Editor - Financial Express
Dr. Narendra Pani
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Rasheed Kappan
Civic Affairs Editor at Deccan Herald, Cartoonist, Graphic Designer and Playback Theater Artist
Swara Bhaskar
Award Winning Bollywood Star, Social Activist
Dr. P Sadanand Maiya
Founder - MTR Foods, Chairman - Maiyas Beverages and Foods
Piyush Bhattacharya
Expert on Artificial Intelligence
B V Acharya
Former Advocate General, Special Prosecutor (Disproportionate Assets Case Against Jayalalitha)
Theodore Baskaran
Film Historian and Wildlife Conservationist
John Thomas
Veteran Journalist
Brijesh Kalappa
Supreme Court Advocate, Legal Advisor to Karnataka Govt.
Naresh Narasimhan
Architect
Vishwanath Srikantaiah
Prominent Water Activist
Col P. Muthanna
Conservation Activist
Francesca Folda
Head of Global Communications at Amani Institute and former Editor-in-Chief of Sky Italia
Prof. K C Janardhan
Connoisseur of Calligraphy, Author-preneur
Pratibha Raman
Editor of Asianet Newsable
Kiran Prakash
Resident Editor - New Indian Express
Chetan Krishnaswamy
Country Head - Public Policy, Google
Manoj Kumar
Chief Conservator of Forests
Yashas Shetty
Artist
Hanumanthaiah
Rajya Sabha MP, Karnataka Congress Spokesman
Dinesh Gundu Rao
Working President - Karnataka Congress Committee
Ricky Kej
Grammy Award Winning Musician
Raghava K K
Internationally Acclaimed Contemporary Artist, Five Time TED Speaker, National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2013)
Prof. S Sadagopan
Founder & Director of III-T Bangalore
Ashwini N V
Founder-Director, Muktha Foundation
Anita Nair
Acclaimed Author & Novelist
Anuradha Kedia
Founder & Editor - Better India
Prof R. Uma Shaanker
Venerated Agriculture Scientist, University of Agricultural Sciences
Raghu Karnad
Award Winning Journalist, Founder - The Wire
Rajeev Gowda
Member of Parliament
Akkai Padmashali
First Transgender To Receive Rajyotsava Award For Work On Sexual Minorities
Justice Santosh Hegde
Former Lokayukta of Karnataka, Former Judge of Supreme Court
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Journalist, Broadcaster, Filmmaker
Gopal Shankaranarayan
Secretary - Lodha Committee, Senior Advocate Of The Supreme Court
Peter Christopher
Founder of Revelation Bay Productions
Prithviraj Sengupta
Web Psychologist and Researcher working for the development of a SaaS-based Marketing Research offering by AudenceSutra
Prashant Hebbar
Founder-director of Knobly Consulting
Aarti Mundkur
Practising Lawyer, Founder Member of the Alternative Law Forum
Vikram Phadke
Advocate at the Karnataka State Bar Council
Harish Narasappa
Lawyer, Co-Founder of DAKSH Society India, Co-Founder of ADReS Now
Samar Halarnkar
Reporter, Columnist, Author, Former Editor of IndiaSpend.org and Factchecker.in
Dr. Sanyukta Jolly
Professor & Area Head- Organizational Behaviour and HR management, IILM Institute of Higher Education
Rakesh Vorkady
Co-founder & CEO- Veeville Consulting Pvt. Ltd; former Chief Manager-India Today Group
Bill Grueskin
Former deputy managing editor Wall Street Journal, editor in chief WSJ.COM, Executive Editor Bloomberg, and Dean Columbia Journalism School
Dr. Jacob John
Community Medicine at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India
Kalyan Varma
Emmy nominated wildlife filmmaker, photographer and conservationist
Rajesh Ramachandran
Editor of The Tribune, Chandigarh
Nazarius Manoharan
Creative ad director
Aruna Natarajan
Staff reporter at Citizen Matters, Chennai
Dr Rajeev Kumaramkandath
Dept. of Sociology, Christ (Deemed to be University)
Trishna Mohanty
Travel journalist
Vidisha
Brand Associate, Leo Burnett Orchard, Bangalore
Chaithanya Gudipathy
Online News Editor, Deccan Herald
