Anupa Lahkar Goswami

Assistant Professor

MA (Tezpur)

Communication and Journalism

Department of Communication and Journalism
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email: anupalahkar[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

·       Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism,  Gauhati University

·       Completed PHD in Assam Don Bosco University, Media Activism in India’s northeast: A post 1970’s comparative study of print and new media .

·       News Reader in Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati.

·       Former Documentation and advocacy officer in Centre For Development Initiative,Azara.

·       Worked as a faculty in the Asian Institute of Management Technology, Guwahati since October 2011 to February 2014.

·       Worked as an Assistant Project Scientist in the Design Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahatifrom Oct 2010to Oct 2011.

·       1 year working experience as a correspondent in an English Daily, Eastern Chronicle in Guwahati.

·       Worked as an internee in the National daily The Times of India for one month in Guwahati andregional dailyThe Assam Tribune for 15 days

·       Did a documentation for the UNICEF on the ‘Red Ribbon Express’, Guwahati

·       Workedas a freelance reporter in the business magazine Bazaar View,EclecticGuwahati.

 

 

·       Workshop on Research Methodology conducted by ICSSR in Tezpur University, December, 2011.

·       Workshop conducted by the UNICEF in Guwahati  called,“ Media and Child Rights”

·       Workshop on Disability conducted by Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Physically Handicapped held in the Deptt. of Mass Communication & Journalism, Tezpur University in December, 2007

·       Workshop conducted by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Educational Resource Center on ‘Democratic Values – Youth and Democracy, 2004, Shillong

·       Workshop conducted on Women and Media by AAEO cell, February 2008

·       Workshop conducted on Community Communication by UNICEF, July 2007

·       Workshop conducted on “Breaking the glass ceiling” by the AAEO cell of Tezpur University, 2008 organised by Indian Council of Social Science Resaerch, New Delhi

·       Two day advanced training programme on ‘ Human Rights Awareness’ organised by AAEO cell, Tezpur University and National Human Rights Commission, new Delhi on November 14-15, 2008

·       Two Days Sensitisation workshop on Media and Child Rights, June 5-7, 2009 organised by UNICEF

·       Presented on Social and Behviourial Change Communictaion in NIPCD, Guwahati for anganwadi workers, November, 2021

 

  • Presented a paper on ‘Gender Struggle and Status Segregation’, for the National seminar ‘Media of North East: Prospects and Challenges’ in Guwahati University jointly organised by DIPR.
  • Presented a paper on ‘Peace Journalism: A Paradigm Shift in Traditional Media Approach with Special Reference to Northeast India in National seminar on Media, Conflict and Peace Building in North East India on 23-24 May for the seminar in Don Bosco Institute of Management jointly organised by Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar and North East Social Research Centre, Guwahati.
  • Presented paper on ‘Media for development or media Campaign’ in the National Seminar on Communication from Development :Scope, Strategies and Policies on Sept 29-Oct 1, 2016.
  • Presented Paper on ‘Molding opinion, maneuvering policy: Social media and Change atthe All India Media Educators Conference, held in Jaipur in July 6th and 7th, 2018.
  • Presented Paper on atthe12th National Conference, Changing contexts shifting meanings & transformation of traditions, Holy Cross College, Tripura.held in Tripura, November 16-18,  2018.
  • Presented the paper Presented the paper,Breaking Agricultural Barriers In Assam Through Broadcasts: A Reference To The Public Service Broadcasters And Community Radio organized by IIMC and CSIR-NISCAIR, 2 1-22 Dec, 2017

 

  • Presented a paper  Media Activism or Slacktivism at the National Seminar, Media Representation of Northeast India: Looking Back and Looking Forward, organized by the Department of Mass Communication, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills and Department of Mass Communication, Saint Claret College, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh
  • Media in Electoral Process: An Analysis of Assam State Assembly Elections 2011,Kh. Kabi, Anupa Lahkar,Media Watch, 2014, Volume-5, Issue-2 (May), Print ISSN : 0976-0911, Online ISSN : 2249-8818
  • Constructing Gender: Image of Women in Northeast India Media, Anupa Lahkar Goswami and Paul Pudussery, Interviews, July 2016, Volume 3, Issue 1, (ISSN:2349-400X)
  • Social Politicking And Social Crusading: A Study Of The Growth And Function Of Social Media by  Anupa Lahkar Goswami and Paul Pudduserry,GLOBAL MEDIA JOURNAL—Indian Edition, Sponsored by the University of Calcutta, ISSN 2249 – 5835, CURRENT ISSUE, SUMMER/ JUNE 2016, Volume:7 / Number: 1
  • Fake News: Credibility, Cultivation Syndrome and the New Age Media, BHARATI BHARALI & ANUPA LAHKAR GOSWAMI Gauhati University, India,  published Media Watch 9 (1) 118-130, 2018 ISSN 0976-0911 e-ISSN 2249-8818, DOI: 10.15655/mw/2018/v9i1
  • The Tale of NRC and Its Multiple Narratives: A Macro Level Study of Global and National Media Behaviour. Dutta, A., Lahkar, A. & Bharali, B. (2019). Global Media Journal- Indian Edition. Vol-XI, Issue- II, December, 2019. Online available at http://gmj.manipal.edu/issues/december2019/the-tale-of-nrc-multiple-narratives.pdf
  •  Advocacy to Activism: The Journalist in Gandhi. Dutta, A. & Lahkar, A. (2019).Communicator, Journal of Indian Institute of Mass Communication. Vol-LIIV, No. 1. March, 2019.
  • Language Press in Assam: Changing Phizog in Neo-Cyber Age, Dutta, A. & Lahkar, A. (2019).  (pp.20-31). Communicator, Journal of Indian Institute of Mass Communication. Vol-LIII, No. 4. December, 2018.
  • COVID-19 and Sinophobia in Indian Media, Dutta, A. & Lahkar, A. (2021). COVID-19, Racism and Politicization: Media in the Midst of a Pandemic, Edited by Kalinga Seneviratne and Sundeep R. Muppidi, ISBN (10): 1-5275-7089-4, ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-7089-4.
  • Dutta, A., Goswami, A. L., & Bharali, B. (2021). Measuring media metrics in mob violence: Special Focus on Dokmoka Lynching. Prajna, 29, 55-65.ISSN No. 0976-9072

 

 

  • Design & Observation, Mohsen Jaafarnia, Papyrus Publication,  2013,ISBN: 978-93-81287-23-1
  • Evolution of Automobile Design, A brief Introduction, Mohsen Jaafarnia, Papyrus Publication, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-81287-18-7
  • Everyone is designer, Mohsen Jaafarnia, (2017). Everyone Is Designer. Ghochan, Iran: MJ Publication. ISBN: 978-600-04-7870-4
  • Decoding Communication for Development, Dr Ankuram Dutta, Dr Bharati Bharali and Dr Anupa Lahkar Goswami, ARMT Publication, 2018, ISBN: 978-81-933588-3-2
  • Molding opinion, maneuvering policy: Social media and Change,Mediain India: Parallels and Paradoxes,2019, 978-93-87940-45-1
  • ‘Peace Journalism: A Paradigm Shift in Traditional Media Approach with Special Reference to Northeast India: Penning for Peace,Media Conflict and the Northeast,  publisher, North Eastern Social Research Centre, 2016, ISBN: 978-81-89762-58-2

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