Research
SIMC's Commitment to Research and Innovation Excellence
The study of media and communication is essential in a world where the ways we connect, share, and communicate are rapidly changing.
SIMC faculty members and scholars seek to explore these transformations, providing insights into how media impacts our personal lives, societal structures, and global affairs. There are ample opportunities to present work at global conferences, collaborate with foreign universities and publish their work in reputed journals.
Symbiosis Centre for Research in Media and Creative Industries (SCRMCI)
The Symbiosis Centre for Research in Media and Creative Industries (SCRMCI) has been established under the Faculty of Media and Communication, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Objectives
- Conducting high quality and collaborative research in media and creative industries.
- Creating a network of scholars and practitioners in media and creative industries research.
- Building partnerships and collaborations with academia, industry, government and other agencies and contributing to research and scholarship for the development of more diverse, equitable and inclusive media and creative industries in practice and policy.
- Disseminating research findings through publications
and seminars.
Grants & Projects
- Prof (Dr.) Ruchi Kher Jaggi, Dr Pooja Valecha & Dr. Kuldeep Brahmbhatt are jointly working on the SPARC Grant 2023 from the Ministry of Education, GoI. They are working in an exchange academic program with scholar colleagues from the University of Toronto.
- Dr. Abhishek Roy & Ms. Dhara Shah jointly won the prestigious FIAT/IFTA Media Studies Grant 2024 for their research project titled "Hide and Seek: Locating the Agency and Power of Archivists in the Neoliberalist Structures of Audio-Visual Archives in India."
- Dr. Sneha Gore Mehendale was awarded the SIU minor project grant to work on the platformization in Indian podcasting.
International Conference on Media & Communication (ICMAC)
Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC) organizes a biennial International Conference on Media and Communication (ICMAC), which has successfully hosted three editions in 2016, 2018, and 2023. The most recent edition, held in 2023, was centered on the theme "Media Spaces, Cultural Narratives, and Creative Industries: (Post) Pandemic Reconfigurations."
The conference features keynote addresses by distinguished international and national scholars in media and communication, alongside paper presentations by academics from across the globe. Additionally, panel discussions and poster presentations provide a platform for engaging with contemporary scholarship and critical debates in media and communication studies.
Research Areas
Broad Focus Areas for Faculty of Media & Communication
- Screen Cultures and Film Studies
- Journalism and New Media Studies
- Creative Industries and Creative Economy
- Media Management
- Marketing Communication
- Technology and Innovation in Media
- Television Studies
