Dr. Komal Shah is a Media and Communication Academician and Researcher for over ten years. She holds a PhD and Master’s degree in Development Communication and is UGC NET qualified in Mass Communication and Journalism.
Currently Dr. Shah is associated as an Assistant Professor with Gujarat University Ahmedabad in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism. She has worked as faculty with two national level institutions in Media and Communications, National Institute of Mass Communication & Journalism (NIMCJ) and LJ Institute of Media and Communications (LJIMC). She has earlier worked in the capacity of a Research Officer at Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC), Ahmedabad and has been deeply involved in training academicians for educational Television and online platforms. Dr. Shah has been involved in various research projects granted by national and international organisations. Her research areas include Media research; Communication theories involving Digital and Online media; Digital media and Social networks; Media and Communication Effects; Political Communication; Media and Religion. At Dr. Shah’s credit are several publications in national and international journals related to digital media, television news channels, social media and religion. She has also authored books on ‘Urban Indian Society through Television’ and ‘Television Revolution in Rural India’.