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Vinod Pavarala

Vinod Pavarala is Senior Professor of Communication and UNESCO Chair on Community Media at the University of Hyderabad. His research and teaching have been in the areas of communication for social change, community media, and media and democracy. His two-decades-long work on community radio has been able to make the case for a pluralistic media landscape in which unheard voices could find a space, something that is essential for any democratic society. He has been a visiting fellow at several institutions, including Princeton University, Duke University, Loughborough University, University of Queensland, and Ashoka University.