Dr. T. T. Sreekumar is an Indian writer, orator, social and literary critic, and political analyst. He is a professor at the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, and serves as the Director of the Educational Multimedia Research Center (EMRC). [1] [2] Sreekumar is a bilingual author with published works in Malayalam and English and has written a fortnightly column in the Malayalam daily Madhyamam since 2014.
Sreekumar completed an M.Phil. in Applied Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, and earned his Ph.D. in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). [3]
Sreekumar began his academic career in 1996 as a lecturer at the Institute of Management in Government, Thiruvananthapuram. He later served as a doctoral instructor at HKUST before joining the National University of Singapore as faculty in 2004. From 2013 to 2016, he was a professor and chair of the Fellows Program and Head of Digital Communications at MICA , Ahmedabad. In 2017, he joined the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at EFLU as a professor. [4]
His research focuses on topics such as Asian modernity, [1] development, e-governance, [5] mobile ecology, and rural network societies. He critically examines the sociopolitical implications of information technology and new media. His book ICTs and Development in India: Perspectives on the Rural Network Society explores the limitations of ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) in neoliberal contexts. [6]
Sreekumar is a prolific writer in both English and Malayalam. His books in Malayalam cover a wide range of topics, including postmodernism, history, modernity, and sociopolitical critiques. He is also the author of several works in English, including ICTs and Development in India: Perspectives on the Rural Network Society and Urban Process in Kerala: 1900–1981. His regular columns in Madhyamam provide critical perspectives on the sociopolitical environment in Kerala.
In 2020, Sreekumar received the C. B. Kumar Endowment Award from the Kerala Sahitya Academy for his book Vayanayum Prathirodhavum (Reading and Resistance). [7]
Dr. Sreekumar has served as the Chief Editor of the Journal of Creative Communications (2013–2017) and as Associate Editor of Media Asia (2014–2019). He is currently the editor of the International Journal of Media Studies, published by EFLU. [4]
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