Dr. Shilpa Kalyan

Dr. Shilpa Kalyan is a Media and Mass Communication educator, academic leader and researcher with two decades of experience in higher education; She currently serves as the I/c Director of the Manipal Institute of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (MILHS), MAHE, Bengaluru. A founding academic leader at MAHE Bengaluru, Dr. Shilpa played a pivotal role in establishing and nurturing the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (DLHS); As its founding Head, she led the department's academic development and was instrumental in conceptualising and launching undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes across multiple disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Under her leadership, DLHS evolved into the Manipal Institute of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (MILHS), marking an important milestone in the institution's journey; As the Institute's I/c Director, Dr. Shilpa continues to contribute to its academic vision, institutional development and interdisciplinary growth. Dr. Shilpa's teaching and research interests are located at the intersection of media, journalism, digital technologies, media literacy and society; She has led a UGC-sponsored project on Community Radio and has presented her research at national and international forums.

She serves as the South India Lead for JETREG, a global Journalism Trauma Literacy project, and was awarded the UNESCO Top Scholar Award in 2024 for her collaborative research Paper on Trauma Literacy at an international conference in Oklahoma; She has received the 'Best Overall Researcher Award' (Faculty of Management, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law) by MAHE in 2024. An active advocate of media and digital literacy, Dr. Shilpa has worked extensively with students, educators and journalists. She is a trainer with the Google News Initiative India Training Network and DataLEADS, and has also been associated with BBC Young Reporter India, delivering workshops developed by BBC News, Internews and DataLEADS. Her training engagements include media literacy, visual verification and digital verification, with programmes conducted for students across schools, colleges and universities, as well as for journalists and media professionals.

Her research has been published in reputed international and peer-reviewed journals, including Heliyon, International Journal of Child and Computer Interaction, and Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Dr. Shilpa also contributes actively to academic governance beyond MAHE. She has served as an external academic expert on Doctoral Advisory Panels, Boards of Studies, Boards of Examination and Academic Councils of several reputed higher education institutions. Research Profile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8366-0842 https://researcher.manipal.edu/en/persons/shilpa-kalyan https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=b1z4ygUAAAAJ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shilpa-kalyan-phd-6098b715/