WAQAR AHMED FAHAD

DOB- 25th February 1984 Ph: +91-9810326449, 011-26985455 Email: w.a.fahad@gmail.com

Career Objective
To work for an organization where I prove pivotal in its growth through the utilization of my skills, training, experience and abilities.

Area of Specialization
Development Communication Media Economics and Political Economy of Communication

Work Experience

Working as Guest Faculty at Take One School of Mass Communication affiliated to Guru Jambeshwar University,Hisar

Presently Pursuing Ph.d (Doctorate of Philosophy ) In Cinema Studies from Department of English and Communication Studies, University School of Humanities and Social Sciences, GGSIP University, New Delhi- Proposed and Tentative thesis Stereotypes and Representation of Minority Communities created in Hindi Cinema (Transitional effect Post 70s)- A study on the consumption of media texts by the audience. ( Pre-Admission Formalities completed in January 2011 )

Worked as a Lecturer Journalism and Mass Communication at Trinity Institute of Professional Studies affiliated to GGSIP University, Delhi ( July 2010-June 2011) Worked as a Client Servicing Representative in Sky Advertising Limited (2005-2008)

Academic Qualification

Course MA in Media Governance M.Phil in Mass Communication and Journalism Through Distance Mode( Approved by Distance Education

College / University Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi Vinayaka Missions University, Tamil nadu

Year of Passing 2010

Division / Percentage 63.66%

2009

61.25%

Council IGNOU)

Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism (Correspondence ) BJ (MC)

Alagappa University,Tamil Nadu

2008

55%

Senior Secondary Higher Secondary

Madhu Bala Institute of Communication and Electronic Media Guru Gobind Singh IP University, Delhi Guru Harkrishan PublicSchool, New Delhi, C.B.S.E Jamia Senior Secondary School, New Delhi

2006

60.69%

2003 2000

61.8% 52.8%

Areas of Interest

Media laws Especially IPR Copyrights and Piracy Media Research Ethnography and Socio-Economic Surveys.

Seminars, Conferences and Workshops

Worked as Editor in Chief Trinity Horizons a Weekly Newspaper (in the Nascent Stage) Attended a National Conference on the Theme Activity Based Learning In Professional Education, at TIPS, Dwarka (May 2011) Attended a Workshop on Teaching-Learning Best Practices conducted by JIMS Vasant Kunj on the recommendations of State Fee Regulatory Committee, Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi(February 2011)

In-charge Technology Club- Trinity Institute of Professional Studies,Dwarka Attended an FDP (Faculty Development Programme Leveraging Technology for quality improvement in professional education-4th Februrary 2011, Trinity Institute of Professional Studies, Dwarka.

Worked as a coordinator Venue Operations-Governance and Diversity: Comparing Media System, INDO-SWISS Bi-national Seminar in collaboration with Pro Helvetia, Swiss Cultural Centre, New Delhi & ICSSR, New Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 16-17, February, 2010

A syndicate on Media Pluralism: News Ownership, Content and Advocacy, organized by CCMG in association with IDRC; 17 Nov. 2009 Policy formulation for the internet and ICT for persons with disabilities by Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, Centre for Internet Society, Bangalore; 9 November, 2009 Worked as a Research Scholar with Centre for Knowledge societies; field research for the Media Policy; The future of interactive services. September October 2009

Attended an Ethnographic Workshop series on the field work based on the Media Mapping In South Asia: case study of MSO (Multi system operator operating from the south zone of Delhi) by Mr. Par Stahlberg Ethnographer and Professor at University of Stockholm Sweden. March 2009

Attended a Seminar on Tactical Mediaby SARAI.January 2009 Reportage in the Workshop Communicating Peace, Day 2 - Second Session held at Nehru House, JMI-October 2008.

Special Lectures by eminent authors: on Media and Modernity by Graham Murdoch; Reader, Sociology and Culture, University of Loughborough UK in New Delhi, Prof.R.Gopinath, Department of History JMI; on Census as Archives of strategic knowledge, by Mr. Nandan Nilekani on UIDAI, Prof. Kewal J Kumar, Director- Mass Communication. Symbiosis, Pune , on Media Autonomy.

Academic Feats

Scholarship at MA level by Govt. of India for Meritorious Academic records. IELTS( International English Language Testing System) Score 6.5 Bandwidth. One year Certificate course in Urdu Language Recognized by Urdu Academy, Govt .of NCT of Delhi

Extra Curricular Activities

Participated in Inter Faculty Cricket tournament held at Jamia Millia Islamia (University Level). Voice over in Radio Talks held at External Services Division, All India Radio. Participated in Street Play Conducted By CRY (Child Relief and You) on 14th November 2004 on the Theme of Child Abuse. Interest in reading non-fiction prose Favourite authors Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy etc.