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Vibodh Parthasarathi has been at the forefront of media policy research in India, and maintains a multidisciplinary interest in media policy, digital transitions, and policy literacy. He is a winner of numerous grants, including from Ford Foundation, Canada’s IDRC, Social Science Research Council, India-New Zealand Education Council, and University Grants Commission. He has been invited as a visiting scholar by University of Queensland, KU Leuven, University of Helsinki, IIT Bombay, and Lund University, and, had collaborated with academics and policymakers in Australia, South Africa, Belgium, France, Sweden, UK, and USA.

Widely published in books and Q1 journals in his field, including Digital Journalism and Media, Culture, and Society, Vibodh has curated themed issues of leading journals on matters ranging from digital creative industries to media modernity. His co-edited volumes include the best-selling Platform Capitalism in India (Palgrave 2020), the critically acclaimed double-volume The Indian Media Economy (Oxford University Press 2018), and the triptych Communication Processes (Sage 2007, 2009, 2010; republished Aakar 2023). His innovations in teaching media policy have been put together in Pedagogy in Practice (Bloomsbury 2022). Currently, he is involved with book series at MIT Press and Oxford University Press, and serves as Associate Editor (Asia) of the Journal of Digital Media and Policy.

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Publications (58)

7 Books                        4 Journal Issues             15 Journal Articles

26 Book Chapters          6 Published Reports       600+ citations

Presentations (116)

Keynotes & Pubic Lecture: 15 Abroad; 4 Domestic

Invited Seminars/Talks: 47 Abroad; 51 Domestic

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Academic Lectures

• Global Series Colloquium Lecture ‘Evolution of Platform Capitalism in India’, University of California Santa Barbara (20 Oct 2021). Online.
• Keynote Lecture ‘Digital Media, Analog Thinking: Comprehending Media Regulation today’, Winter School at IIT Gandhinagar (21 Dec 2020)
• Public Lecture ‘The Considered Silence of Media Diversity in India’, Metaforum Institute and KU Leuven, Leuven (4 April 2019)
• Keynote Lecture ‘The Media & Public Spheres in India’, University of Queensland, Brisbane (21-23 November 2012)

Public Engagements

• Panelist, ‘OTT's Way Ahead: Implications of the Broadcasting Regulation Bill’, Digital Dialogues 2023 organised by DIGIPUB News India Foundation, New Delhi (20 Dec. 2023).
• Panelist,  ‘Internet Regulation, Convergence and TRAI’ (2.52.00) Organised by Medianama with support from Netflix, Meta, and Disney Star. Delhi (24 Feb 2023).
• Moderator, ‘The Readers' Editor: Regaining the Trust’, The Media Foundation Dialogue Series in collaboration with India International Centre, New Delhi (30 Oct 2021)
• Panelist, ‘Does the Indian media comfort the afflicted or afflict the comfortable’, St. Stephens College (23 Feb 2021)