FSU School of Communication hosts Dr. Binod C. Agrawal

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Presentations (All CCI students welcome) this coming week at by

Dr. Binod C. Agrawal is the guest of the School of Communication at Florida State University during the week of November 28 to December 2, 2011.  During his visit to FSU, Dr. Agrawal will lead two workshops on qualitative research methods (each offered two times), as well as a doctoral research colloquium on Friday, December 2 on communication research.  We invite students and faculty to join in these workshops, which are open to all.  Please contact Steve McDowell if you would like to attend, or have any questions (steve.mcdowell@cci.fsu.edu).

 

Monday, November 28: 2:00-3:30 pm University Center C, Room 3116, Workshop I on Qualitative Research Methods, Dr. Binod Agrawal

 

Tuesday, November 29: 2:00-3:30 pm University Center C, Room 3116, Workshop I on Qualitative Research Methods, Dr. Binod C. Agrawal

 

Wednesday, November 30: 2:00-3:30 pm University Center C, Room 3116, Workshop II on Qualitative Research Methods, Dr. Binod C. Agrawal

 

Thursday, December 1: 2:00-3:30 pm, University Center C, Room 3116, Workshop II on Qualitative Research Methods, Dr. Binod C. Agrawal

 

Friday, December 2: 12:30 -1:30 pm, University Center C, Room 4400, Doctoral Research Colloquium.

 

 

Biography

 

Dr. Binod C. Agrawal (MS, PhD, Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)  is known for his long and significant contribution to communication research in India and internationally.   He has published over a dozen books and several dozen research papers.  He has widely traveled and lectured in various universities in the United States and has been visiting professor in many universities in India. Dr. Agrawal has also represented India in several international communication research for a, including the Asian Media and Information Center (AMIC).  His publications include over a dozen books on television, computer technology, and anthropological studies. Recent publications include Higher Education Through Television – The Indian Experience (2000), International Satellite Broadcasting in South Asia (Co-edited with Srinivas R. Melkote and Peter Shields 1998) and Television in South Asia (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006).

 

He was Advisor (Social Applications) in satellite communications at Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad. He worked over two decades in ISRO and pioneered use of qualitative methods for communications research during the world famous Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) while leading the SITE research and evaluation team. The research findings and experiences are documented in the book SITE Social Evaluation (1981). The other significant publication included an edited volume entitled Anthropological Methods for Communication Research (Agrawal ed, 1985).

 

Dr. Agrawal is founding Director of Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) where India’s first professional teaching program in business communication and advertising was started in 1994. Currently he serves as Vice Chancellor, Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun, State of Uttarakhand, India (hnv.edu.in) and Director General, TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, India (taleemindia.org).

 

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