Education & Work Experiences

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

1. Masters in Audio Visual Communication (M.A. AVC) from National Institute of  Social Communication Research & Training (NISCORT), NCR-Delhi under Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication 2010 – 2012 (75.6%)

2. Masters in Public Relations & Advertising (M.A. PR & AD) from Institute of Media Studies (IMS), under Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 2006 – 2008 (68.3%)

CERTIFICATE COURSE:   

1.  Acting & Film Making Workshop at St. Pauls Institute of  Communication Education (SPICE), Bandra, Mumbai, April-May 2013.

2.    Film Appreciation by Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) faculty, Pune, January - 2012 in New Delhi

3.    Multi Media from State Council for Technical Education  & Vocational Training, Odisha,  June - 2007

4.    Distance Universal Drawing Course from Bapu Art School, Chennai, April - 1998

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION:  

 

1. MS Office and Internet.

1. Hands on Editing knowledge on Adobe Premier, Movie Maker, Ulead, Page Maker & Graphics Software

1. Photography and Videography (DSLR & PD 170)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

AUDIO VISUAL:

1.    Written & Directed “Heartbeats”, a short film on the judicious use of cell phone in public place, Bandra, Mumbai, May-2013.

2.    Research, Script, Voice Over & Direction of “True Shepherd”, a Documentary on Archbishop Emeritus Raphael Cheenath SVD, Produced by Archbishops’ House, Bhubaneswar, Dec-April 2013.

3.    One Month internship program in Riverbank Studios (Production), New Delhi in April-2012 on “Earth Matters,” series for DD-National and a film on Road Safety.

4.  Experience of Twenty Short Films (Student Production) as Writer, Director, Production Designer, Sound Recordist, Art Director along with Costume, Make Up, Acting and Voice Over.

5.    Experience on Planning & Production; Acting & Voice Over in Y3 MEDIA FUSION (Documentary Films on Health Care for UGC through Utkal University for the Tribal Women as part of Educational Television Program).

6.    One Month Internship at All India Radio (AIR), New-Delhi in April-2011 and worked as a Casual News Reader cum Translator till Feb-2012.

7.   Visualizer & Copywriter in XPOSE ADVERTISING, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Jan-March 2010.

8.  Member of Baseline Survey on NREGA through Community Media Formation (Community Radio) at Purumunda, Keonjhar, Odisha under Biren Das, Development Communication Expert (AJIRA ODISHA). And final content checking of Focus Group Discussion (FGD) for the increasing viewership of Doordarshan (DD). And DDU-GKY Campaign Coordinator/AV Production of Success Stories.

9.    Videographer of a Documentary on Participatory Awareness Program on Health and Sanitation by IMS-MSW Students at Patharabandha Slum, Bhubaneswar, Feb-2008.

REPORTING:

1. Conducted Baseline Survey for the Proposal “Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood Opportunity” for the Population Belonging to SC Category in 300 Households in two Panchayats of Harabhanga Block of Boudh District of Odisha to Submit to the Odisha SC and ST Financial Development Cooperative Corporation Ltd. (OSFDC) for Ama Adhikar NGO, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, June-2013.

2.    Reported a two days Seminar on “Gender Sensitization Programme for SC and ST Youth of Odisha” jointly organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Chennai, Tamilnadu and High Hope Society NGO, Bhubaneswar, March-2013.

3.    Reported UNFPA, Odisha, the first ever workshop on “Formulation of Odisha State Youth Policy-2013” held at DRDA Conference Hall, Chatrapur, jointly organized by Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha and District Administration, Ganjam, Feb-2013.

4.    Reported the District and State Level Celebration of Third National Voters Day at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar organized by National Service Scheme (NSS), for District Program Officer (DPO), NSS, Khurda, Jan-2013.

5. Jointly Developed Project Proposal for Brethren in Christ Church, Cuttack on Community Based Disaster Preparedness and Measures for Mitigation in Bhalukasuni Project Area in Balasore District of Odisha, October-2012.

6.  Prepared an Observatory Report on Mock Drill on First Aid, Search & Rescue Operation and Disaster Preparedness by Red Cross at Chatrapur-Matikhal Cyclone Relief Centre for Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB/CENDERATE), June-2010.

7.    Reported ‘JUARA-2010’, a two days State Level Children’s Festival, Jointly Organized by Center for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) and PLAN-India, June-2010.

8.  Compiled a book on AIDS Awareness Campaign Project “Jiban Zindabad”, for Odisha State Aids Control Society (OSACS) with SHADOW ADVERTISING, Bhubaneswar, June-July 2009.

9.    Deputed on behalf of IGNOU, Bhubaneswar, to the Universities of Odisha to gather information on “Open & Distance Learning” to compile ‘India Fact File’ in association with Orissa Institute of Educational Research (OIER), May-2008.

TEACHING/TRAINING:

1.  Resource Person for Art & Craft and Personality Development on Cluster Level SRUJAN activity for U.P. School students with CRCC Bhramarbadi Cluster of Daringbadi Blok, Kandhamal, Odisha. January-2015.

2.  Resource Person for 15 days Residential Induction Training of Newly Deployed National Youth Corps Volunteers for 2014-2015. Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India. Organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK), Odisha, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Sept-Oct 2014

3.    Guest Faculty at National Institute of Social Work and Social Science (NISWASS) for the Mass Communication (MJMC) students Aug 2012-April 2013 (One Year).

4. Taught Soft Skills, Personality Development and NGO Reporting to the NGO Management students at ARCHENA NGO.

5.   Member of the organizing committee and Resource Person for three days at “Yuva Sammelan”, Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra, Ghatagaon, Keonjhar, with Centre for Research Education and Social Transformation (CREST) NGO for UNFPA, Feb-2013.

6.   Member and Trainer of the organizing committee to upgrade the Journalism and Photography skills of school children with Ajira Odisha and NGOs working for Child Advocacy, Odisha-2010.

7.      Visited as Resource Person to Leading Institutes in Odisha and NSS Special Camps in Khurda Dist.

8.     Conceptualized, Acted, Written and Directed number of Street Plays on social issues like Health and Education.

EVENT:

1.    Emcee for the Sa-dhan State Chapter-Odisha and Interface on Financial Inclusion-Inclusive Growth, Hotel New Marion, Bhubaneswar, 2 July 2010

2.    Team leader, Media Cell with SUTRA AD at Bhubaneswar Film Festival (BFF), organized by Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB)-2008.

3.    Organized the Event, ‘Stand Up & Speak Out’ as part of “Let Us Keep Promise Campaign”, to achieve ‘Millennium Development Goal’(MDG)-2007

4.    Certificate of Merit in Block Level Students’ Science Exhibition for Traffic Light Model, Boudh-Kandhamal Circle, Daringbadi-1995.

5.    Attended National Level Seminars on Media & Social Issues in different parts of Odisha and India.

PUBLICATION & PRESENTATION:

Community Radio: A New Way of Beginning Change among the People of Rural Odisha, National Institute of Social Communication Research & Training (NISCORT), New Delhi-2012

Transition: Monthly In house Magazine, NISCORT, Feb-March 2012, (Writer, Editor & Creative Layout Designer).

Indian Tourism: A Way Ahead, NISCORT-2012

Impact of Mass Media on Youth Culture: Emerging Trends & Issues at Odisha Media Accumulation & Colloquium (OMAC), Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar-2010.

Pather Panchali to Parzania: A Journey of Indian Parallel Cinema, Institute of Media Studies (IMS), Bhubaneswar, Odisha-2008.

Corporate Stress: The Unseen Reality, a Seminar at Institute of Media Studies (IMS)-2007

Late Agapita Behera: Contribution to the field of Education in Missionary Schools in Post Independent Odisha, Khristo Jyoti Mahavidyaloyo, Sason, Sambalpur, Odisha-2006.

 MEMBERSHIP:

Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB), Bhubaneswar, Odisha. (2007-2014)

STRENGTH:

Art of Communication, Creative Writing, Creative Presentation, Leadership Skills, Listening Skills, Jovial & Responsible, Organizing, Understanding & Adaptable

INTEREST/HOBBIES:

Reading, Writing, Acting, Direction, Painting, Movies, Music, Theater, Educating, Listening, Counseling, Research, General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Journalism, Photography & Sight Seeing