Dr. Chintakunta Himabindu

Dr. Himabindu Chintakunta is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communication, Manipal Institute of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (MILHS). She completed her MA (Communication) and PhD (Communication) from the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad. Her PhD dissertation analyses the Telugu print and publishing scenario of the Princely State of Hyderabad by locating the socio-political and cultural context in which the regional elite engaged with modern forms of associational life. She presented and published her work at national and international conferences and journals of repute.

Before joining MAHE-Bengaluru, she worked at the School of Film and Media Studies, Alliance University. She also worked as a Guest Faculty at the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad and was also a Visiting Faculty at Annapurna College of Film and Media. Apart from academic experience, she has the experience of working as a Programme Associate with Ideosync Media Combine, a not-for-profit organization based out of Delhi NCR.

There she was involved in training and capacity building of community media practitioners in writing scripts, recording their stories on audio and video and conducting workshops in qualitative research. Her research interests include media and cultural histories, region, culture and communication, and film studies. Apart from research and teaching she is regularly involved in translation projects, contributing subtitles for movies and writing on contemporary cultural themes along with collaborative podcasts.