MA, MPhil, PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
B.A (Hons), Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, Delhi
Media, History & Conflict; Media & Memory; Visual Culture; Television Studies (Theory and Practice); Media Psychology
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)
- '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)
- "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)