MEDIA FELLOWSHIP
The Media Fellowship
CRG had announced, on the basis of this year’s topic for its media programme, a short-term media fellowship to provide an opportunity for selected individuals to do some creative assignments and reports on the subject. An expert committee tasked with the selection process has awarded five fellowships for 2021. The fellows will be required to write a creative report or produce a photo essay or documentary.
MEDIA FELLOWS
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Sukanta Sarkar, Ei Samay (Bengali daily from Times of India Group)
Graduated from University of Calcutta with Commerce. Done MA in Mass Mass Communication. Started practice of journalism in 1988 in the Bengali News weekly ‘Paribartan as a Political commentator. Worked in the ‘Frontier’ as reporter after close the ‘Paribartan’. Covered movement against Big Dam in the South Bihar which is now Jharkhand. Written features in ‘The Statesman’, ‘The Telegraph’, and local newspapers. In 1995 joined the ‘AsomiyaPratidin’ as Capital Correspondent at New Delhi. But just after one year joined the ‘AnandabazarPatrika’, where spent maximum time of professional life, 21 years. Currently associated with the EiSamay, a Bengali daily of the Times of India. Sarkar is also attached with the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Calcutta as a Guest Faculty. He authored a book on Four Dying Rivers in West Bengal (NODI-BANGLAR KATHA_KAHINI). Just started a work on Climate Refugees in the Sundarbans.
Migrant labourers in the sinking islands of the Sundarbans
Devika Singh Shekhawat, Ambedkar University,Delhi
Devika Singh Shekhawat is a writer, educator and researcher in the field of sociology. She is a published author with Zubaan Publications on the history and memory of migration of tea plantation workers of Assam and a co-author of a book chapter with the Programme of Social Action’s The Research Collective on the Ecological Crisis of Shrimp Aquaculture and discourses of migration and infiltration in Coastal Odisha. Having completed her bachelors from St. Stephens College, New Delhi she has completed her Masters in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is currently pursuing her PhD from Ambedkar University Delhi on questions of work, health and labour in tea plantations of Assam. She has a keen interest in writing, teaching, curation and research work and her expertise lie in the field of gender and sexuality studies with a close emphasis on intersections of gender and labour, ecology, cultural studies, sociological theory, oral histories, folklore studies, migration, and developmental issues. She is currently working on questions of work, health, education and labour in tea plantations of Assam with special emphasis on understanding the dynamics of health governance, labour relations and the changing political economy of tea production in Assam.
Work, Health and Labour: ASHA Workers in Tea Plantations of Assam
Nivedita Manpoong (Nellie), Arunachal Times
A reporter and proofreader at The Arunachal Times, with over seven years of experience in journalism. Primary assignments have included covering current events, with focus on student welfare, political developments, and human interest. Extensively covered the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) riots in 2019 and reported on the anomalies in the state civil service examinations as well as the corruption in the state staff selection board examinations. Recipient of the Arunachal Pradesh State Gold Medal for contributions to the field of journalism in 2019. Winner of the V Ravindran Excellence in Journalism Award in the Politics and Governance category (2019) and Gender Issues category (2014) She has contributed a short story in the anthology, ‘The Inheritance of Words’, edited by Padma Shri Mamang Dai and published by Zubaan Books, 2021, and an essay titled ‘COVID-19 Pandemic: An assessment of Arunachal Pradesh’ in the book ‘COVID-19 Anguish, Resilience and Determination’, edited by Nabajit Deka, K Jose SVD and Bhaskar Das, and published by DVS Publishers, 2021.
Arunachal Pradesh’s response to migrant workers during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in Itanagar
Aman (Siddhant) Gupta, News Click
Aman Gupta, working as Freelance Journalist. Covering stories for The Caravan, News Laundry, Media Vigil and Down to Earth etc. After completing my Diploma in Mass Communication from Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and some desk jobs in media outlets, I decided to be on ground for reporting. Political reporting and Public Policies are my core interests in reporting.
Bundelkhand jaise elakon mein corona ke baad majdooron ki sthiti
