Conference Proceedings

Prof. Utsav Chatterjee

• Chatterjee, U. (2023, January 15). Lights, Camera, Brands: Stardom and Celebrity Branding in India. Manthan: Proceedings of FilmiChakkar 4, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal. 24-31. ISBN: 978-93-5777-364-5.

Book Chapters

Dr. Ipsita Barat

• Barat, I., (2023). The Eye Behind the Cinema: Reflection on Woman Workforce of Contemporary Bengali Cinema. Celluloid, 44(1-2), 11-21. Rainbow Film Society, Bangladesh.
• Barat,  I.  (2022).  Cinema  as  a  tool  for  development  -  the  case  of Bollywood cinema. In S. Sur & U. S. Pandey (Eds.). Development journalism issues challenges and direction (pp. 472-476). Unique Books International.
• Barat, I. (2022). Pandemic Survival Strategy of Hindi Film Studios: The Case Study on Yash Raj Films. In Singh, A. (Ed.). International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, Singapore.
• Barat, I. (2022). The emerging narratives of pre-designed Hindi cinema. In K. Cholaszczynski, M. Kaleta, & K. Dziewulska (Eds.). Wizualizacja w mediach, nauce i technice (Visualization in Media, Science, and Technology) (pp. 11-19). Torun, Poland: Akademia Kultury Spolecznej i Medialnej. 
   

Dr. Sharmistha Jha

• Jha, S. (2023). Social Media and Collective Awareness. In Savio, D., Roy, S. &  Chaudhuri,  S.  (Eds.).  Transforming  Our  World  Together  towards Sustainable Development (pp. 91-101). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Conference Presentations

Dr. Ipsita Barat

• Barat,  I.  (2023)  Keynote  paper  presenter  at  the  Women  in  Cinema conference organized by Dhaka International Film Festival.

Dr. Sharmistha Jha

• Jha, S. (2023). A study on the changing characters played by women in Hindi cinema today (Paper presentation). National conference on Amrit kaal' and changing Media: Resurgence of New India', New Delhi, India.

Dr. Shenjuti Dutta

• Dutta,  S.  (2023).  The  Private  and  Privacy  in  the  Era  of  New  Media Ecosystem (Paper presentation). International Scientific Conference: Communication Culture, New Media - New Oppertunities - New Perspectives, Torun, Poland.

Prof. Utsav Chatterjee

• Chatterjee,  U. (2023).  Lights,  Camera,  Brands:  Stardom and  Celebrity Branding in India [Plenary Address]. Annual National Seminar of Indian institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal.

Session Chair

Prof. Utsav Chatterjee

• Chaired  the  Technical  Session  'Trends  in Bollywood'  as a  part  of the National Seminar 'Filmi Chakkar-4' (theme 'Stardom') organized by Indian Institute of Mass Communication (Under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India), Dhankal, on 15th January, 2023.

Training & Consultancy

Dr. Ipsita Barat

• Barat,   I.   (2023)   Principal   Coordinator  (PI)   MOOC  Course:   MOOCs platform SWAYAM, indigenously developed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and AICTE -- Sociology of Media 2023 (5 credits).
• Barat,  I.  (2023)  Committee  Member,  West  Bengal  Commission  for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR), developing a curriculum on Child Rights for Journalism & Mass Communication Students. (March - April 2023).
• Barat,  I.  (2022)  Framing  Your  Shot,  Creative  Warrior  Programmes, Powered by Vidyadaan, Media and Entertainment Skill Council. 29th October, 2022.

Prof. Subhodeep Sengupta

• Sengupta, S. (2023). Conducted SRFTI Direction Department Workshop.

Resource Persons

Dr. Ipsita Barat

• Developed and delivered sixteen lectures for the Multidisciplinary MOOC course, Sociology of Media. Special lecture on Woman and O.T.T. at Tara Devi  Harak  Chand  Kankaria  (T.H.K.)  Jain  College  Kolkata,  India,  27th March, 2023.
• Lecture  on  Bollywood  and  Globalization  [Online]  for  Department  of Media Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India, 8th February, 2023.
• Lecture on  Hindi Cinema to students of BhartenduNatya Academy at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute of India (SRFTI), Kolkata, India, 3rd February, 2023.
• Media Conference on Development Journalism organized by Press Club Kolkata in collaboration with UNICEF West Bengal, India, 12th December, 2022 – 14th December, 2022.
• IAMCR-India Regional Conclave on Development Journalism: The Way Forward  organized  by  Department  of  Journalism  &  Mass Communication,  Surendranath  College  for  Women,  Kolkata,  at  Press Club, Kolkata, India, 12th July, 2022.

Dr. Sharmistha Jha

• Was   one   of   the   external   experts   for   the   Orientation   Course   in the Department of Editing in Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.

Dr. Shenjuti Dutta

• Special lecture on The Adapting Text as a Site of Transmedial Exchange at the Department of Film & Television, iLEAD on 23rd September, 2022.

Prof. Subhodeep Sengupta

• External           expert           for           Orientation           Course           SRFTI.

Prof. Utsav Chatterjee

• Resource Person for special classes on Advertisements from 16th  May, 2023 to 19th  May, 2023 at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, (Under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India), Dhenkanal. 
   

Book Chapters

Dr. Ipsita Barat

• Barat, I. (2022). The Emerging Narratives of Pre-Designed Hindi Cinema. In Krystian Cholaszczynski (Ed.). Wizualizacja w mediach, nauce I technice.
• Barat, I. & Gangopadhyay K. (2022). A Tribute to a star director of Bengali cinema Tarun Majumdar. In Ahmed Muztaba Zamal (Ed.) Celluloid, Vol. 43 Issues 1 & 2 (pp. 58-60). Rainbow Film Society.

Conference Presentations

Dr. Ipsita Barat

• Barat, I. (2022) Digital Fandom: A study of Online Fan Communities [Paper Presentation] International, online scientific conference titled New Media: Creativity +Innovation + Modernity organized by College of Social and Media Culture in Toruń Poland (Erasmus + program).
• Barat I. (2022) Transmedia Imagination of Contemporary Hindi Cinema. 8 th Annual South Asian Media & Cultural Studies virtual conference organized by Florida State University, College of Communication & darkrmation.
• Barat I. (2021). Transmedia Narrative of Hindi Cinema. 7th International Conference hosted online by the department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, Delhi.

Resource Persons

Dr. Ipsita Barat

• Invited Speaker, Screenwriting Workshop, Netaji Nagar College, Kolkata on 04.10.21.
• Invited Speaker, Webinar titled Literature and Cinema: An Intersection, organized by the Department of English, Royal School of Languages, Royal Global University, Guwahati on 03.12.21.
• Invited (delegate) discussant, Woman in Cinema Conference, Dhaka International Film Festival on 16.01.22 & 17.01.22.
• Invited to the Academy of Social Media and Culture in Torun, Poland, under Erasmus Staff Mobility for teaching specified under the ERASMUS + programme.
• Developed MOOC course Techniques of Ethnographic Filmmaking 2022 (2 credits) as Programme Instructer (P.I) from 07.02.22 – 03.04.22.
• Resource person for the MOOC course, Sociology of Media 2022 [Ongoing].

Dr. Shenjuti Dutta

• Resource person for the Induction Training of WBICS & WBSICS officers of I&CA department on the topic "Early Cinema and Emergence of Narrative" on 06.06.22.
• Special Lecture for the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Netajinagar College on the topic "The Language of the Cinema" on 30.05.22.
• Judge for Students' Seminar at Ecclasia, MILIEU, Presidency University on 11.05.22.
• Two special online lectures at the Department of Sociology, WBSU on the topic Society in Bengal: Identities and Ideologies on 21.04.2022 and 28.04.22.
• Workshop on Literature and Films at department of Bengali, Gurudas College, on 15.03.22.
• MOOC lecture titled "Filmmaker and the Filmed - Gender, Class, Ethnicity" on 10.02.22.
• Panelist, "Violence Against Women and Me-Too Movement" atWomen's Studies Centre, Rabindra Bharati University on 05.12.21.

Prof. Sharmistha Jha

• External expert for the 19th Batch Orientation Course in the Department of Editing from 11.06.22 – 13.06.22.
• Guest lecture at St. Xavier's University on FCP software in the Department of Mass Communication, on 23.03.22.

Prof. Utsav Chatterjee

• Resource Person for one day National level Workshop on one-day "Capacity Building and Personality Development Programme" at Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, jointly organized by Women's Study Centre, Visva Bharati and National Commission for Women, New Delhi on 30. 11. 21.