Devesh Kishore
Devesh Kishore | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 November 1942 |
| Died | 8 November 2022 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Education | M Sc Kanpur University Agricultural College, Ph D G B Pant University of Science and Technology Uttarakhand |
| Years active | 1972-2022 |
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Professor Devesh Kishore (19 November 1942 - 8 November 2022) was one of the early mass communication and journalism scholars in India. He was one of the early architects of broadcasting technology in the premiere institutes and Universities in post-independent India.[1]. [2], [3].
Education
Being trained as a specialist in Agricultural Extension Education from Kanpur Agricultural University College in 1963, a program much needed in India after liberation from British rule, Devesh Kishore obtained his first doctoral degree in 1967 in Broadcasting Education from Gobind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (https://www.gbpuat.ac.in/). He was appointed as a Professor in the same University from 1967-1972 [4].
Contributions to Broadcasting technology
He was instrumental in establishing the Broadcasting Studios and Station in Pant Nagar Agricultural University (1970)[5]. Later, he joined as a Professor and Director of the prestigious national level media institution, Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in 1972. From 1977-1992, Devesh Kishore served the National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management (NAARM, 1986), Hyderabad as a Professor and Head of Educational Technology and Communication. There he also set up a full-fledged media lab and a studio that would be helpful for rural village transmissions. [6]. After a long stint at NAARM, he moved to Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi to establish an Electronic Media Production Centre there with the assistance of JICA, Govt. of Japan (1993). He trained a number of up-and-coming scholars hailing from different developing nations in mass communication and journalism in the US under the UNDP Program and in India. Lastly, he served as Dean, Institute of Management Studies, Noida (Uttar Pradesh) from 2006 to 2010 [7].
Academic Advisor
After his retirement, he had been to Makhanlal Chaturvedi University, Bhopal as a Visiting Professor. He was also appointed as a Professor Emeritus at Mangalayatan University [8], Aligarh, UP. While serving as a Visiting Professor to Makhanlal Chaturvedi University, he lastly wrote the famous work – A Handbook on Communication Research ([9]) in a simple and lucid style, comprehensible to both graduates and postgraduates coming from any linguistic background in India [10]
Editorial Boards
Professor Kishore was on the first ever committee established by the UGC along with Professor M. R. Dua to develop a curriculum for the discipline of journalism and mass communication in India. At that time, he was the Head of Electronic Media and Broadcasting of IGNOU, New Delhi [11]. Afterwards, he has been a member on the advisory and editorial boards for many institutions and universities in India. Notable among them are: Indian Institute of Mass Communication[12], Global Media Journal [13], Delhi Media Education [14], etc.
Association with International Organizations
'He has also worked for several international organizations like World Bank, FAO, UNDP and in several projects concerning educational communication and human resource development. He has been a member of the UGC National Research and Higher Education Panels' wrote Dr. Tasha Singh Parihar [15]. As many as 12 students received Ph.D.s under his supervision from various Indian Universities.
He has written a number of books [16], [17],[18],[19], [20],[21], and research articles [22], [23], [24], [25], research papers and published 12 books. A notable few that are available online now are: A Hand Book of Communication Research, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University Publications Division,2013, ISBN 978192135533, Event Management: A Booming Industry and Eventful Career, Effective Communication in the area of journalism and mass communication.
He has been Visiting Professor in USA at Syracuse University, Cornell University, Phoenix University, Arizona University and Westminster University, London. Even before his unexpected passing, he went to London and US during August and September 2022 to deliver a few guest lectures in different Universities. Till the last minute, he has been teaching and mentoring his students. Many of his students today occupy very high positions in India. Among them are Dr Rajesh Agrawal, Professor and Head, Journalism [26], Dr. Tasha Singh Parihar, Professor Journalism, (Galgotia University, School of Liberal Sciences),[27], etc.
Last Days
Professor Devesh Kishore was ill due to a lung infection for a short time. Before anyone could imagine that it could turn out to be fatal, he breathed his last in a hospital on Nov 8, 2022.
References
- ↑ A Brief Bio on the back cover page of A Handbook of Communication Research, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University Publications, Bhopal 2013.ISBN 978192135533
- ↑ Foreword and Bio on the back cover of Effective Communication, Second Edition. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publication
- ↑ https://www.amazon.in/Effective-Communication-Devesh-Kishore-ebook/dp/B096MF28WG/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1668499212&refinements=p_27%3ADevesh+Kishore&s=books&sr=1-3.B096MF28WG
- ↑ A Brief Bio on the back cover page - A Handbook of Communication Research, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University Publication, Bhopal 2013.ISBN 978192135533
- ↑ Foreword and Bio on the back cover of Effective Communication, Second Edition. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publication,https://www.amazon.in/Effective-Communication-Devesh-Kishore-ebook/dp/B096MF28WG/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1668499212&refinements=p_27%3ADevesh+Kishore&s=books&sr=1-3.B096MF28WG
- ↑ A Brief Bio on the back cover page of A Handbook of Communication Research, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University Publications, Bhopal 2013.ISBN 978192135533.Foreword and Bio on the back cover of Effective Communication, Second Edition. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publication,https://www.amazon.in/Effective-Communication-Devesh-Kishore-ebook/dp/B096MF28WG/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1668499212&refinements=p_27%3ADevesh+Kishore&s=books&sr=1-3.B096MF28WG
- ↑ Foreword and Bio on the back cover of Effective Communication, Second Edition. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publication,https://www.amazon.in/Effective-Communication-Devesh-Kishore-ebook/dp/B096MF28WG/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1668499212&refinements=p_27%3ADevesh+Kishore&s=books&sr=1-3.B096MF28WG
- ↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/devesh-kishore-pradeep-k-mathur-appointed-professor-emeritus-at-mangalaytan-university-325742-2016-05-26
- ↑ ISBN 978192135533
- ↑ Book Review: Tasha Singh Parihar, Media Map, March, 1(1)2014, Editor Chief Professor Pradip K Mathur, pp.33-34,https://www.academia.edu/6552450/book_review_of_Handbook_on_Communication_Resaerch, Tasha Singh Parihar
- ↑ https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/modelcurriculum/masscomm.pdf
- ↑ http://iimc.nic.in/content/419_1_EditorialBoard.aspx?format=Print
- ↑ http://iimc.nic.in/content/419_1_EditorialBoard.aspx?format=Print
- ↑ https://dme.ac.in/eminent-guests-and-speakers/media-school/
- ↑ https://www.academia.edu/6552450/book_review_of_Handbook_on_Communication_Resaerch
- ↑ Kishore, Devesh, (2010). Effective Communication, Second Edition. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publication
- ↑ https://www.amazon.in/Effective-Communication-Devesh-Kishore-ebook/dp/B096MF28WG/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1668499212&refinements=p_27%3ADevesh+Kishore&s=books&sr=1-3
- ↑ Devesh Kishore and G.S.Gard Media law and its ethics and ethos
- ↑ https://www.amazon.in/Media-Law-Its-Ethics-Ethos/dp/8124115435/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1668499212 & refinements=p_27%3ADevesh+Kishore&s=books & sr=1-1
- ↑ Devesh Kishore and Ganga Sagar Singh
- ↑ https://www.amazon.in/Event-Management-Booming-Industry-Eventful/dp/812411630X/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1668499212&refinements=p_27%3ADevesh+Kishore&s=books&sr=1-2
- ↑ C S H N Murthy and Devesh Kishore, Mobile based economy SMS a multiplier of economy Reality Shows, new strategy for marketing products, IMS Journal, Vol. IV (1), 2009,
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/c-s-h-n-murthy-devesh-kishore-article-in-ims-manthan-journal
- ↑ C S H N Murthy and Devesh Kishore, Emerging Trends in Media, published in Genre-Facets of Decade, Indraprasth College of Women, 2009
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/c-s-h-n-murthy-devesh-kishore-article-on-emerging-trends-in-media/page/n1/mode/2up
- ↑ https://tiaspg.tecnia.in/bajmc-professors/
- ↑ https://galgotiasuniversity.irins.org/profile/214667
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