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Somnath Batabyal, Ph.D. (London)
Academic Staff
Position
- Postdoctoral Researcher, C 13, “Environmental Activism: An Ontology of the actors and their politics”
Contact information
Karl Jaspers Centre,
Voßstraße 2, Building 4400
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
About Somnath Batabyal
Profile at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
website: sacredmediacow.com
Projects
Curriculum vitae
Curriculum Vitae: Somnath Batabyal
E-mail: batabyal@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de
Phone: + 91 9990257529 (India)
+49 01578-6162547 (Germany)
Current Academic Positions
March 2009 – present Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Heidelberg working within the Excellence Cluster, Asia and Europe in a Global Context
April 2010 – present Post Doctoral Research Associate, Centre for Media and Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
December 2009 – present Adjunct Fellow at the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi
Academic Employment
September 2007 – 2009 Teaching Fellow at SOAS. Convenor of two postgraduate courses
September 2007 – 2008 Lecturer, ‘Television and Identities’, Media Programme at Royal Holloway, University of London
September 2006 – 2007 Teaching Assistant and tutor for the MA Transnational Course, SOAS
July 2004 – 2006: Consultant with the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Education
September 2004 – 2009: PhD, SOAS, University of London.
September 2003 – 2004: Masters Degree (Merit) in the Anthropology of the Media from SOAS
September 1991 – 1994: Undergraduate Degree in English Literature at the University of Delhi. Graduated with Honours and ranked second in the University
Journalistic Employment
February 2007 – 2009: Weekly columnist from London for Indian daily Metro Now
Aug 2001 – Sept 2003: Bureau Chief of West Bengal for New Delhi Television (NDTV)
Aug 1998 – July 2001: Correspondent with weekly news magazine The Week, New Delhi
April 1996 – July 1998: Reporter with Hindustan Times, New Delhi’s largest selling broadsheet
March 1995 – March 1996 Staff Reporter with The Pioneer, a reputed New Delhi broadsheet.
Sept 1994 – February 1995 Sub Editor at The Asian Age
Scholarships and Grants
1991-1994 Government of India National Talent Search Scholarships
Sept 2003-2004 Commonwealth Scholar
2004-2007 Paul Foundation Research Grant
2005-2006 University of London Fieldwork Grant and SOAS Research Grants
2000 The Dhiren Bhagat Award for Investigative Journalism, including two-month working scholarship with The Daily Telegraph, London
2000 Chevening Young Print Journalist Award, including two-month programme at the University of Westminster, London and a month of work experience at The Sunday Times, London
Selected publications
Article for broadsheet in Bangladesh on language politics in the North Eastern India. Read here.
Recent and forthcoming publications (2010-2011)
New Delhi' Times: Creating a Myth for a City, in Chaturvedi, B. (ed) Finding Delhi: Loss and Renewal in a Mega City, Penguin, 2010, New Delhi.
Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change, Batabyal, Chowdhury, Gaur and Pohjonen (eds), Routledge, 2010, New Delhi, London, 2011 (peer reviewed)
Editorial! Where art thou? Corporate Practices in Indian Television in Batabyal et al (eds) Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change, Routledge, 2011, New Delhi, London (peer reviewed)
Constructing an Audience: News Television Practices in India, Contemporary South Asia (18-4), Routledge, Dec 2010, London (peer reviewed)
Death of Imagination: Middle class nation and television news in India, Continuum, 2011, Routledge, Australia (forthcoming)(peer reviewed)
