Nalin Mehta
Dean, School of Modern Media at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
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Biography
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Professor Nalin Mehta is an award-winning social scientist, journalist, and author who has held senior leadership positions in major Indian digital, print, and TV news companies; been a communications expert with international financing institutions and the UN in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at universities and institutions in Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, and India.
Most recently, Mehta has been Executive Editor, Times of India – Online; Consulting Editor, Times of India and Managing Editor, India Today (English TV news channel). He has also held senior positions with the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland, and UNAIDS.
Alongside executive leadership position roles in the media industry, Mehta has held senior research fellowships at the National University of Singapore; Australian National University, Canberra; La Trobe University, Melbourne; and International Olympics Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland. Mehta has also been an Adjunct Professor at IIM-Bangalore, Associate Professor of Sociology at Shiv Nadar University, and Senior Research Fellow at India Development Foundation. As a media expert, he has served as Governing Board member of the University Grants Commission Consortium for Educational Communication, an inter-university institution that coordinates the work of 22 Indian university centers on education through communication technologies.
Mehta is the author of five best-selling and critically acclaimed books, including India On Television (winner of the Asian Publishing Award for Best Book on Asian Media, 2009) and Behind a Billion Screens (Shortlisted as Business Book of the Year, Tata Literary Live, 2015). His latest co-authored book, Dreams of a Billion (2020) is a national bestseller. Mehta was founding Co-Director of the Times Lit Fest Delhi (2015-18) and a founding editor of the international peer-reviewed journal South Asian History and Culture (Routledge) as well as the Routledge South Asian History and Culture book series.
A DFID-Commonwealth scholar, Mehta has a Ph.D. in Politics from La Trobe University, Melbourne; M.A. International Relations, University of East Anglia, UK, and B.A. Journalism (Honours) from the University of Delhi.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) La Trobe University (2004 — 2007)
- Master’s Degree University of East Anglia (1999 — 2000)
- Bachelor’s Degree Delhi University (1996 — 1999)
- CBSE, All India Senior Secondary Examination The Scindia School (1989 — 1996)
Companies
- Non-Resident Senior Fellow Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS-NUS) (2021)
- Dean, School of Modern Media University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (2021)
- Advisor Global University Systems (2021)
- Executive Editor The Times Of India (2017 — 2020)
- Consulting Editor The Times Of India (2014 — 2017)
- Associate Professor Shiv Nadar University (2014 — 2016)
- Managing Editor India Today TV (2013 — 2014)
- Senior Visiting Research Fellow National University of Singapore (2012 — 2013)
- Adjunct Professor Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (2012 — 2013)
Skills
- Journalism
Videos
Tokyo 2021 | Deepthi Bopaiah, Nalin Mehta, Pullela Gopichand, Boria Majumdar
TATA Literature Live! Sports Yatras
MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar speaks on the 7th Pay Commission with TOI's Nalin Mehta
The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World's Largest Political Party
Dr. Nalin Mehta, Dean, UPES School of Modern Media, discusses 'The Impact of Technology in Media'.
Spread of COVID-19 Has Silenced the World of Sports - Boria Majumdar, Nalin Mehta & Jhulan Goswami
Times Litfest Delhi 2017: Christophe Jaffrelot on political conservatives and the Right in India
The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party
UPES School of Modern Media Etalks | Think like an Influencer
Times Lit Fest Delhi Preview - Address by Nalin Mehta, Festival Co-Director
Nalin Mehta, Deepa Malik, Devendra Jhajharia and Boria Majumdar | Olympics and the India Story
Mr. Nalin Mehta on Digital Media
Impact of Technology on Media
Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Nalin Mehta at IIT Delhi
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