Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad
Kanchan K. Malik is an associate professor in the department of communication at the University of Hyderabad. Her doctoral work has been published as a co-authored book: Other Voices: the Struggle for Community Radio in India. With a dual Master's in economics and mass communication, she worked as a journalist with The Economic Times, New Delhi. She has published research papers on media interventions by non-governmental organizations for empowerment at the grassroots level. Malik's scholastic interests include communication and cevelopment; community media (and gender); communication theory; media laws and ethics; and print journalism. She is a member of the Community Radio Forum of India and associate editor of the CR News e-newsletter, a UNESCO partnership.