Dr. Durgesh Tripathi

Dr. Durgesh Tripathi is the founding faculty member of University School of Mass Communication (USMC) at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), New Delhi. He has completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) in 2017. He is also the recipient of prestigious Bhartendu Harishchandra Award (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India) for his academic contribution. Dr. Tripathi’s contributions can be exemplified with 3 major research projects and as a Co-Principle Investigator of “Communication and Media Studies” for Open Education Resources (e-PG Pathshala), an e-learning initiative undertaken by INFLIBNET, UGC and MHRD, Govt. of India. ICSSR has also published two books on Media and Youth Studies written by Dr. Tripathi. In addition to that, Dr. Tripathi has a rich academic contribution in the fields of Communication Research, Youth Studies, New Media and Political Participation. He has also been invited for extension lectures at Shanghai International University, China; Burapha University, Thailand; Hallym University, Seoul, The Republic of South Korea; University of Teknologi Mara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has also chaired a session in 4th European International Conference at Antalya, Turkey and has visited places of academic eminence at Toronto, Canada and Singapore. Dr. Tripathi has participated and presented his understanding on Digital Media, Youth and Political Participation at the House of Commons (Parliament of Britain, UK), University of Liverpool in London (UK), University of York, American University (Washington, District of Columbia, USA).