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Dr. NARESH RAO H

Speciliazation: Communication
Qualifications: MS(Comm), PhD
Campus: BANGALORE CENTRAL CAMPUS

Dr. Naresh Rao H is a Professor in the Department of Media Studies at CHRIST (Deemed to be University). He holds a PhD in Communication and an MS in Communication from Bangalore University. Dr. Rao began his academic career in 1993 as a lecturer in Journalism at Christ College. His research interests include social media, political communication, branding, media ethics, and film studies. He has authored thirteen research papers, two book chapters, and two books on journalism and media laws. Currently, Dr. Rao is completing a Major Research Project on the role of social media in the 2024 Indian General Election. He is also working as a section editor for the book project "New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century". Dr. Rao is passionate about politics and films, frequently sharing his thoughts through blogs. His hobbies include collecting stamps, postcards, matchbox covers, and newspapers from across the globe.

Educational Details

  • PhD 2017

    PhD

    Bangalore University

  • PG 1991

    MS(Comm)

    Bangalore University

  • Others 1990

    Diploma

    Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

  • Degree 1988

    BS

    Bangalore University

  • Others 1988

    BCom

    Bangalore University

  • Periodicity | Daily

    National vs Regional

    Name of Periodical | Deccan Herald

  • 2019

    Date Of Publication: 01-Apr-2019

    Name of Journal: Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 8/4/228 - 240

  • 2017

    Date Of Publication: 13-Apr-2017

    Name of Journal: Elixir International Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: -/105/46146 - 46149

  • 2015

    Date Of Publication: 01-Apr-2015

    Name of Journal: International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences (IJPSS)

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 5/4/241 - 256

    Date Of Publication: 02-Mar-2015

    Name of Journal: Global Journal for Research Analysis

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 4/3/1 - 3

    Date Of Publication: 02-Feb-2015

    Name of Journal: International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 5/2/1 - 11

  • 2024

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Can WhatsApp?s Megaphone be the new medium for political communication?

    Date: 2024-01-23

    Organising Institution: St. Joseph's University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2024-01-23

    Organising Institution: St. Joseph's University

    Level: International

  • 2023

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Organizer

    Title:

    Date: 2023-09-26

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Rebuilding brand authenticity through the performance of Bharat Jodo Yatra

    Date: 2023-05-26

    Organising Institution: MIC, MAHE

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2023-05-26

    Organising Institution: MIC, MAHE

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2023-03-30

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: National

  • 2022

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Panelist

    Title:

    Date: 2022-04-11

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Social Media Enabled New and Democratic Public Sphere.

    Date: 2022-03-21

    Organising Institution: SRMIST, TN

    Level: International

  • 2021

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Convenor

    Title:

    Date: 2021-09-24

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Organizer

    Title:

    Date: 2021-02-16

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2021-01-21

    Organising Institution: Jain University

    Level: National

  • 2020

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2020-10-23

    Organising Institution: TEDxGateway

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2020-09-19

    Organising Institution: TEDxGateway

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2020-08-30

    Organising Institution: TEDxGateway

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Misinformation and disinformation are privacy firewalls

    Date: 2020-08-27

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Thou shall not...:Journalistic ethics in the times of Covid19

    Date: 2020-07-31

    Organising Institution: International Association for Social Sciences and Humanities

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2020-07-18

    Organising Institution: Jain University

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Media Narratives and the Resultant Public Perception: Brand Modi

    Date: 2020-06-14

    Organising Institution: Society for Education

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Organizer

    Title:

    Date: 2020-02-19

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Citizen Journalism: Digital Media Enabled Participatory Journalism as Activist Journalism

    Date: 2020-02-13

    Organising Institution: St. Joseph's College (Autonomous)

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2020-02-13

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2020-01-16

    Organising Institution: Jyoti Nivas College (Autonomous)

    Level: Institutional

  • 2019

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: The Role of new media on political campaign: A study of social media campaign in Karnataka

    Date: 2019-03-19

    Organising Institution: SRM, Chennai

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Co-presenter

    Title:

    Date: 2019-03-15

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Blogs as digital memory carriers of a city

    Date: 2019-02-14

    Organising Institution: St. Joseph's College

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Co-presenter

    Title:

    Date: 2019-01-29

    Organising Institution: Rajagiri Business School

    Level: National

  • 2018

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: What is with the Millennials - They want to be socially private rather than just social

    Date: 2018-06-07

    Organising Institution: School of Communication, MAHE

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2018-02-12

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Need for an ethical media to function as the fourth estate of democracy

    Date: 2018-01-30

    Organising Institution: Rajagiri Business School

    Level: National

  • 2017

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2017-03-03

    Organising Institution: Public Relations Council of India

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Panelist

    Title:

    Date: 2017-02-15

    Organising Institution: Other

    Level: Regional

  • 2016

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2016-11-25

    Organising Institution: Other

    Level: National

  • 2015

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2015-02-09

    Organising Institution: Commits

    Level: National

  • 2014

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: SocialMedia- Bane or Boon for Teenagers

    Date: 2014-03-07

    Organising Institution: S. D. M. College, Ujire

    Level: National

  • 2013

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2013-04-10

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

  • 2012

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2012-12-22

    Organising Institution: National Law School of India University

    Level: National

  • 2010

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Panelist

    Title:

    Date: 2010-02-05

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: National

  • 2019

    Name of the Program: South Asia Conclave

    Date: 2019-07-11 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Oxford University Press

  • 2014

    Name of the Program: Law Seminar

    Date: 2014-03-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Law School, Christ University

  • 2022

    Name of Student: SABEELA RASHEED

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: July 2022

  • 2021

    Name of Student: NEEREJ DEV

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: July 2021

  • 2019

    Name of Student: Darshana Choudhury

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: April 2019

  • 2018

    Name of Student: AASITA BALI

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: May 2018

  • Internal

    Credibility perception of local television channel

    Investigator(s) : Naresh Rao and Pradeep Nair

    Sponsors: Christ University

  • 2024

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Freedom of Expression, Artifical Intelligence and Elections

    Name of the Organiser: Knight Centre for Journalism in Americas

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-04-02 00:00:00

  • 2022

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: e-content development

    Name of the Organiser: HRDC

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-12-10 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Curriculum Design and Revision

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-12-05 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Malicious use of AI: Legal & Ethical implications

    Name of the Organiser: AMIC

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-10-28 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Information & Election in the Digital Era

    Name of the Organiser: UNESCO

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-09-19 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Master Data Analysis & Visualisations using R

    Name of the Organiser: Wiley

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-08-31 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Webinar on National Education Policy 2020

    Name of the Organiser: CEDBEC

    Level: Regional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-01-27 00:00:00

  • 2021

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Understanding Politics

    Name of the Organiser: FutureLearn

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-11-15 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30M Training on Ouriginal

    Name of the Organiser: Media Studies & IT Services in Association with TLEC

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-06-21 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Hybrid Teaching

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-03-02 00:00:00

  • 2020

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30M Training- Microsoft Teams

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Media Studies

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-07-18 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Future of Indian Media Industry

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Communication

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-06-22 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Online Teaching

    Name of the Organiser: Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-04-22 00:00:00

  • 2018

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Thinking through Interdisciplinarity

    Name of the Organiser: Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2018-05-17 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: PhD Supervisor's Training

    Name of the Organiser: Centre for Research, CHRIST

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2018-01-16 00:00:00

  • 2017

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP

    Name of the Organiser: CU-Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2017-11-07 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Workshop on International Communication

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Mysore University

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2017-11-02 00:00:00

  • 2016

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP2-OBT

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2016-11-18 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP

    Name of the Organiser: CU -Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2016-09-30 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Research Initiatives and Concerns

    Name of the Organiser: CU -Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2016-09-24 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP 1

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2016-05-27 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP

    Name of the Organiser: CU- Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Organiser & Participant

    Date: 2016-03-22 00:00:00

  • 2015

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Service Learning

    Name of the Organiser: CSA, Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2015-11-23 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP 2

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2015-11-20 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Curriculum Development

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Media Studies and ASC

    Level:

    Role: Organiser & Participant

    Date: 2015-09-25 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Digital Media Tools for News Gathering and Distribution

    Name of the Organiser: International Center for Journalists

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2015-08-23 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP- Communication Research

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2015-04-07 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Community Journalism: Digital and Social Media

    Name of the Organiser: MOOC-Cardiff University

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2015-03-09 00:00:00

  • 2013

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Workshop on Research wrting and publishing

    Name of the Organiser: Center for Research and CEDBEC

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2013-07-08 00:00:00

  • 2012

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Contemporary Trends and Transitions in Humanities and Social Sciences

    Name of the Organiser: CU -Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Organiser & Participant

    Date: 2012-04-25 00:00:00

  • 2011

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Workshop on Reserach Methodology in Social Sciences

    Name of the Organiser: Tezpur University

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2011-12-03 00:00:00

  • 2018

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

    Description: Developing your research project

    Organisation: University of Southhampton

    Month/Year: 10 February 2018

  • 2017

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Khadri Achyuthan Memorial Samvahana Award 2017

    Description: for contribution to the field of education

    Organisation: PRCI

    Month/Year: 03 November 2017

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Course Certificate

    Description: Framework for Data Collection and Analysis

    Organisation: University of Maryland

    Month/Year: 04 August 2017

  • 2016

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

    Description: Making sense of the Data in the Media

    Organisation: University of Sheffield

    Month/Year: February 2016

  • 2015

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

    Description: Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power

    Organisation: MacGuire Graduate School of Management

    Month/Year: May 2015

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

    Description: Understanding the UK's 2015 General Elections

    Organisation: University of Edinburgh

    Month/Year: May 2015

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

    Description: Communication in the 21st Century Workplace

    Organisation: University of California, Irving

    Month/Year: November 2015

  • 2014

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

    Description: Becoming Human: Anthropology

    Organisation: Open2Study, MacQuarie University, Australia

    Month/Year: February 2014

  • 2013

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

    Description: Online Advertising

    Organisation: Open2Study

    Month/Year: December 2013

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

    Description: Writing for the Web

    Organisation: Open2Study

    Month/Year: December 2013

  • 0014

    Title: Credibility of Media- Analysis of perception on National Television News Channels

    Guide Name: Dr. B.K. Ravi

    Institution: Bangalore University

    Month/Year: 2013-14