{"id":1655,"date":"2012-03-15T00:25:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T18:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/?p=1655"},"modified":"2014-08-28T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T12:56:19","slug":"editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/?p=1655","title":{"rendered":"About the Founder Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Radhika<\/a>

Radhika Khanna, The Editor<\/p><\/div>\n

Since 1987, Radhika Khanna has committed herself to working towards youth and women\u2019s empowerment through education, interpersonal, group and mass communication. She has recently started working on non-violent communication and communication rights of the differently abled. She has used theatre and performance as a means of engaging young women and men in the process of social change, including organising Project TEC (Theatre for Education and Change), Expressions (Creativity festival), and theatre performances in various schools and colleges.<\/span><\/p>\n

She is an alumna of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.<\/span> She began\u00a0her career in the field of Theatre-in-Education with renowned theatre director Barry John\u2019s Theatre in Education (TIE) programme in 1992. She has continued to be a TIE facilitator since then.\u00a0<\/span>In 1999, she received a research grant on arts education from India Foundation for the Arts. She has also been a teacher educator and on the University of Delhi panel for a four-year course of B. El. Ed (Bachelors of Elementary Education).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2005, she initiated and organised Journo Junction – the annual festival of the Department of Journalism, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi – bridging creativity, activism and journalism. Journo Junction offered seminars, lectures, debates, film screenings and discussions with media practitioners and professionals – that have continued each year.<\/span>
\n She also developed two publications: a students\u2019 newspaper, Communique, through which young women are encouraged to express their potential and cover environmental and educational issues; and a students\u2019 practice journal:\u00a0The Inquirer,\u00a0generated by the students of Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, Pondicherry University. Khanna also actively encourages students, particularly rural youth, to collaborate and participate with Pondicherry University Community Radio Service – Puduvai Vaani FM at 107.8 MHz. Her work extends to the curriculum of Pondicherry University, where in 2010, she introduced three new courses: \u201cDocumentary for Social Change\u201d, \u201cContemporary Media Issues\u201d and \u201cMedia Laws, Ethics & Social Responsibility\u201d to the M.A. Mass Communication programme that has led students to engage with social issues and concerns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In recognition of her contribution and service, she was honoured with the\u00a0Communication for Social Change\u00a0Award,<\/strong>\u00a0by the Centre for Communication and Social Change,\u00a0School of Journalism and Communication,\u00a0University of Queensland, Australia in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also see:<\/span><\/p>\n

Listening to the quietest voices – CSC Awards 2011 booklet<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Communication Initiative Network<\/a>\u00a0– CSC Award citation<\/span><\/p>\n

India Foundation for the Arts<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Grant for research on arts education.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"CSC<\/a><\/p>\n

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