Our full-time faculty members come from the nation’s leading news organizations and academic institutions with wide experience in print, broadcast and new media. Full-time faculty are complemented by several part-time instructors who are currently serving in news organizations.

IIJNM invites nationally and internationally recognized individuals to deliver guest lectures. These individuals come from specialized fields such as law, environment, government, international finance, technology, art and others.

Kanchan Kaur

Kanchan has driven IIJNM’s emphasis on Multimedia. Besides teaching news gathering, reporting and writing skills, she gets students asking the important question: “So what?” [more]

Surekha Deepak

Surekha has worked with both television and films. With over 12 years of experience; she holds the key to a career in Broadcast Journalism. [more]

Girish Bhadri

Girish handles the tools of the trade. His expertise in an array of software equips our students for the industry.  He also coordinates placements. [more]

Venkata Ashwath

Ashwath trains our students to craft wonders with the camera. His technique, gathered over 14 years as a video journalist, can take you far. [more]

Satarupa Kolay

Satarupa holds an MA in English with Communication Studies from Christ University, Bengaluru. She is passionate about death studies, gender studies, and popular culture. [more]

Nagesh Hegde

Nagesh is an award-winning environmental journalist and was an Editor with Prajavani. He teaches Environmental Reporting, Rural Reporting, and Covering Religious and Social Issues. [more]

K.S. Dakshina Murthy

In 2003, Dakshina aided the launch of the Al-Jazeera website in English. He helps students navigate the tough terrains of International and Political Reporting. [more]

Maya Sharma

Maya Sharma has been a television journalist for over 30 years – as reporter, anchor and documentary film maker. She teaches broadcast skills at IIJNM. [more]

Saggere Ramaswamy

From working with Tech Mail, the world’s first technology newspaper, to covering Operation Veerappan, Saggere’s experience forms the core of his lessons at IIJNM. [more]

Bhanutej N

Bhanutej has worked with newspapers magazines and online news platforms since 1994. He teaches long-form and magazine writing at IIJNM. [more]

K Giriprakash

With over 30 years of experience as a business journalist, he is currently the Business Editor of The Federal. He teaches business journalism at IIJNM. [more]

Pradeep K.P.

Pradeep (Deepu) is a cinematographer actively engaged in film-making and cultural/political activism. He guides our students as they explore the art of documentary film-making. [more]

Radhika Viswanathan

Radhika Viswanathan holds Masters degrees from the London School of Economics and teaches audio production and podcasting at IIJNM along with Samyuktha Varma. [more]

Samyuktha Varma

Samyuktha Varma is the co-founder of Vaaka Media and handles the audio production and podcasting course with Radhika Viswanathan at IIJNM. [more]

Appanaa A.G

The love of writing and sports drew him to Indian Express as a sports correspondent. At IIJNM, he conducts classes on reportage of sport events. [more]

Raghuvir Badrinath

Raghuvir Badrinath has over 15 years of experience working in senior editorial roles with media houses such as Business Standard, The Times of India and NewsCorp. [more]

Nishad Bailey

Having previously worked as a sub-editor in multiple online publications, Nishad’s roles at IIJNM include course building, research and grading. [more]