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Shuchi Yadav

Shuchi Yadav

Shuchi Yadav
Shuchi Yadav
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Media Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
011
Off. Phone
011-26739187
Email
shuchiyadav@mail.jnu.ac.in, yadav.shuchi@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

MA, MPhil, PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 
B.A (Hons), Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Media, History & Conflict; Media & Memory; Visual Culture; Television Studies (Theory and Practice); Media Psychology

Experience

With more than 21 years of experience in teaching, industry & research, Shuchi Yadav is a Professor at the Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She joined JNU as Associate Professor in 2020. Prior to this she worked as Assistant Professor & Associate Professor, Media Studies at the Galgotias University, Greater Noida. She also has a decade long experience of working as a senior journalist covering Foreign Affairs & Security Issues with top brands in media industry - such as CNN-IBN (Network18 Group), Sahara Samay (Sahara India Television Network) and Observer Group of Publications. Her audio-visual productions include news stories & documentaries on issues of national and international strategic importance. In research, her work focusses on media, culture and history, television studies (theory & practice) and conflict reporting. She has several publications with peer reviewed national and international journals of repute & has been awarded prestigious research projects including ICSSR Major Research Projects on Media and Jammu and Kashmir; Government of India Projects related to Culture, Heritage and India’s Freedom Movement.

Administrative Experience:

• Chairperson/CMS/SSS/JNU (February 2024 onwards)
• Media Coordinator, JNU (2022 onwards)

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • 'Media and Massacre: The Hashimpura Event, 1987; in Studies in People's History, Sage Publication, ISSN: 23484489, 2017
  • "Photographs, Tropes and Violence", accepted publication in Social Scientist, ISSN: 09700293, 2018.
  • Women, Television & Dis/ability: Exploring the Emotional Public Sphere in Reality Shows', Journal of Psychological Researches – An International Journal, Volume 61, Number 2 (August, 2017), ISSN: 00223972, 2017
  • "Television, News and History: Exploring New Paradigms” Indian Journal of Human Relations, ISSN :09741089 in Vol 51 (i), 2017
  • Tribal Myths, Folk Tales and Songs in Colonial India: Understanding Traditional Folk Media as a Tool for Social History, in Communicator, IIMC, New Delhi, ISSN: 0588-8093, 2018

 

Books /Chapter in Books

  • The Role of Media in Contemporary Scenario’, (Ed) Manukonda. R, Shuchi Yadav Et al, 2023; Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi
  • Chapter in Book - ‘Communicating Vedanta Nationalism in Colonial India: A Study of Swami Vivekananda’s Print Media Material’, Chapter in ‘The Role of Media in Contemporary Scenario’, (Ed) Manukonda R., Shuchi Yadav, Et al, 2023; Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi

 

Research Project/Consultancy/Coordinator

  • Project Director, ICSSR funded Major Research Project in 2024 ‘Media Reporting on Jammu & Kashmir: a critical analysis of the shifts and continuities (2018-23)’.
  • Co-Project Director in ICSSR funded Special Research Project ‘The Role of Media in Jammu & Kashmir: a factual study of Happening and the Content of the Media on Day to Day Basis.’
  • Co-Project Director, CARDC (Centre for Advanced Research on Development & Change) funded minor research project – ‘Culture, Community & Identity : A Study of the Goan Diaspora’.
  • Course Coordinator, Fifth Faculty Induction Program (Gurdakshata), UGC-HRDC Program, JNU, New Delhi, 06 September-04 October, 2021
  • Consultancy (honorary), Research & Media Co-ordinator, ‘Krantiteerth’, Outreach Program to commemorate unsung heroes in Freedom Struggle, Ministry of Culture sponsored Project in collaboration with CARDC (Centre for Advanced Research on Development & Change) New Delhi under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, March - September, 2023.

 

Editorial Boards/ Committees

  • Member, Editorial Board, Sanchar Madhyam, Hindi Journal (UGC Listed), Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, Dec 2020 till date
  • Member, J.U. Journal for Communication, Society and Outreach (peer-reviewed), Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Jadavpur University, Kolkatta.
  • Member, Institution’s Innovation Council 4.0, JNU, New Delhi, Aug25, 2022.
  • Member, Subject Expert Advisory Committee for the Workshop on preparation of Glossary of New Media (English-Hindi) organized by Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, New Delhi- Ministry of Higher Education, Dept. of Higher Education; September 5-9, 2022
  • Subject Expert, Board of Studies, Department of Women Studies, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, Maharashtra, from August 20, 2021 till August 2023

 

Electronic Media / Film Productions

  • Television News Content Produced – Hundreds of Stories on national, international and strategic affairs for Network18 as Senior Correspondent, Foreign Affairs. Can be viewed on https://www.news18.com/byline/shuchi-yadav.html
  • Short Film on Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion, New Delhi (Assistant Producer, Project for Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion, New Delhi)
  • Documentary on Kushok Bakula Rinpoche (Content Producer, Project for Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre, New Delhi). The film was screened at National Scholars Confluence on Bahujan Hitay Bahujan Sukhaya Lokanukampaya & Geo-Strategy of Himalayan Region, May16-18, 2018; CIBS, Choglamsar, Leh, Ladakh, jointly organized by India Foundation & Jammu Kashmir Study Centre, Sponsored by IGNCA, ICHR, ICPR and CIBS.
  • Documentary on Life of Scheduled Tribes in Bihar (Content Producer, Project for Centre for Advanced Research on Development and Change, New Delhi, 2017)
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • "Shaping User Experience in Virtual Reality: A study with special reference to Natyashastra", Bodhi – An International Journal, April-June, Vol 10, No. 2, S.No.11, Department of Languages and Mass Communication, School of Arts, Kathmandu University, Nepal (ISSN 2091-0479) 2024
  • "Museums, Immersive Media and Cultural Narratives: A Study of the National Crafts Museum in Delhi", Communicator LIX (3), July-September 2024, Vol 5-10, IIMC, New Delhi ISSN: 0588-8093
  • "Political Communication and Image Building: A Study of the Social Media Engagement of Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma", Communication Today (Lighthouse of Media Professionals), July-September, 2024, Vol 28, No. 3, Jaipur (ISSN 0975-217X)
  • "Reading the 'New Woman' Trope: Women and Sports Films in Bollywood", International Journal of Communication Development, Jan-June 2024, Vol 14, Issue3&4, Delhi, (ISSN-2231-2498)

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.