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.

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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

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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

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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

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