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Sumithra Prasanna is a multi-award winning filmmaker and former journalist who has produced content for major media networks like Al Jazeera, A&E Networks, Vice, Channel News Asia (CNA), Walt Disney Television, Discovery Channel, Star TV, and Cartoon Network. She has rebranded non-profits, consulted with the UNICEF and J-PAL and operated her own content creation company crafting narratives for unscripted factual programming and commissioning teams in multiple geographies and markets for documentary production.
Sumithra is currently pursuing her doctoral research (CECC Scholarship holder) in Communication Sciences at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisbon, where she is exploring sexual violence coverage in Indian mainstream media and drawing on survivors’ perspectives of their media representation.
Sumithra has an MA in Communication from Central University of Hyderabad and MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests centre on postcolonial studies, gender and journalism, and media and caste narratives. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumithraprasanna/
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
MSc, Philosophy and Public Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science
MA, Communication, University of Hyderabad
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