Dr. Kalyani Suresh

Biography

Dr. Kalyani Suresh has a doctorate in Mass Media and Communication Studies from the University Of Madras. She specializes in IMC and New Media Communication. As part of a UNDP funded project, Dr. Suresh was instrumental in setting up an online course in Mass Communication for economically marginalized students worldwide, for which she was awarded the UN Volunteer of the Year Award in 2004. An MBA in Human Resources, Dr. Suresh bridges academic experience with industry work expertise. Her teaching competencies include New Media, Research methods and IMC. Prior to joining Amrita, her industry work profile included serving as a Media and Management Consultant in the Advertising industry, a copywriter in the creative team at R. K. Swamy BBDO and as a Wordpress Solutions Architect and blogger for Chillibreeze.com. Dr. Suresh was chosen as the Best Professor Teaching Advertising Management by ABP News for the National B-School Awards 2013. Dr. Suresh has been invited as a resource person for faculty development programs and invited talks in the areas of Mass Communication and English in prestigious institutions and has interacted with students as guest faculty for Communication and Management programs at the Wigan and Leigh College, Chennai. She has also presented research papers on New Media in national and international seminars. Dr. Suresh is a member of the Cyber Society of India.

Research Interest

New Media, Web, Advertising