
Communication For A Better World


Biography
I am an award winning bilingual multimedia journalist currently enrolled at Hong Kong Baptist University as a PhD candidate. Interested in nationalism, journalism, majoritarianism, conflict, and new media.
For the record
Pursuing PhD in Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University
MA in IR and Democratic Politics, University of Westminster
MA in TV Journalism, Goldsmiths, University of London
Short Course, International Development, University of Cambridge
BA in Journalism and Mass Communication, Shobhit University
Awards/recognition/scholarship
Award: Outstanding Performance, Second Year PhD student, HKBU, 2022
Winner: 3 Minute Thesis Speech Competition, 2021, Hong Kong Baptist University
Award: Outstanding Performance, First Year PhD student, HKBU, 2021
RGC Hong Kong PhD Fellowship 2020
Winner: Broadcast Journalism and Training Council Group Award, 2017, Goldsmiths, University of London
Governor Appreciation: Best Radio Show for public awareness, Jharkhand, India 2010
Conferences
2023: ICA, ISA, ICA-SACA, SAMC
2022: ICA, IAMCR, CIRC, SAMCS, Media Asia 2022
2021: AMIC, GIJC, ANPOR
Publications
Kumar, A. & Thussu, D. (2023). Media, digital sovereignty and geo-politics. The case of the TikTok ban in India. Media, Culture & Society. (Accepted, not published yet)
Thussu, D.K., Kumar, A. (2023). India: Mapping Journalism in the World’s Largest Democracy. In: Bebawi, S., Onilov, O. (eds) Different Global Journalisms. Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18992-0_6
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-18992-0_6#citeas