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Dr Pooja Jain

Hello

Here's who I am & what I do

I am a Creative Communication enthusiast with an experience over a decade comprising of Advertising, Research, and Teaching Under-graduate and Post-graduate students in varied setups. My expertise lies in teaching communication with a user-centered strategic approach accompanied with a robust process of research, experiment and validation. I firmly believe that happiness comes from creating meaningful engagements through innovative yet simple ideas; and understanding varied audience while combining empathy with creativity. I keep myself going by the fact that every problem is a unique story and, a learning opportunity.

Education

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2017
University of Delhi, India

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Masters in Fine Arts (Applied Art), 2009
College of Art, Delhi, India

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Bachelors in Fine Arts (Applied Art), 2007
Rajasthan School of Art, Jaipur, India

Expertise
& Skill Sets

  • Advertising Strategy & Vision

  • Brand Identity 

  • Brand Strategy & Communication

  • Design Projects

  • Form Function & Expression

  • Historical & Contextual Studies

  • Mentor Labs (Industry driven projects based on branding/ social media marketing)

  • Publication Design

  • Trans-Disciplinary Research

  • Adobe InDesign

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Corel Draw

  • Data Visualisation

  • M S Office

  • Reading & Writing

  • Virtual Platforms (Miro, Mural, Slack)

Associate Dean - Academics (PG Prog)
Srishti Manipal Institute, Bengaluru, India
Feb 2022 - till date

Associate Dean - Academics (
Srishti Manipal Institute, Bengaluru, India
Feb 2022 - 

Experience

Responsibilities include:

  • Member, Board of Examination

  • Member, Research & Collaborations Committee

  • Admissions Co-ordinator (PG-PGDP-IPhD)

  • Transdisciplinary Research Co-ordinator

Academic Co-ordinator (UG-PG Prog)
Srishti Manipal Institute, Bengaluru, India
June 2019 - January 2022

Responsibilities include:

  • Summative Assessments (Semester end Examinations)

  • Evaluation of Internal Faculty Assessments

  • Preparation of Grade Ledgers

Assistant Professor & Department Co-ordinator
Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, India
July 2015 - December 2018

Responsibilities include:

  • Teaching UG Year 3 & Year 4

  • Member, Board of Studies (BoS-UG), Dept of Fine Arts

  • Training & Placement Co-ordinator, Dept of Fine Arts

  • Alumni Relations Co-ordinator, Dept of Fine Arts

  • Purchase & Finance Co-ordinator, Dept of Fine Arts

  • UGC - NAAC OBE Co-ordinator, Dept of Fine Arts

  • Member, Faculty Board, Faculty of Design

  • Member, Library Advisory Committee, Faculty of Design

  • HR Nodal Officer, Faculty of Design, MUJ

  • Committe Member, Faculty PMS (Performance Management System) - University level

  • Committe Member, Faculty PDA (Personal Development Allowance) - University level

  • Member, Core Design Committee for In-house University Events​

Visiting Faculty - Contract Basis
Department of Visual Arts, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
July 2014 - December 2014

Responsibilities include:

  • Teaching Advertising Theory (PG Year 2)

  • Design Project (PG Year 2) 

Faculty (Part-time) 
Department of Visual Arts, ICG-The IIS University, Jaipur
August 2011 - April 2014

Centre Co-ordinator & Head Graphic Designer
Kalaneri Art Gallery & Academy of Fine Arts, Jaipur
July 2011 - Feb 2013

Lecturer (Part-time)
College of Art, New Delhi
July 2009 - July 2011

Industry Internship​s

Graphic Visualiser

CNN - IBN (Network 18)
3 months

Graphic Visualiser

Mint Advertising, New Delhi
2 months

Achievements

  • Won the Oral Best Paper Award at the 33rd International Conference on Literature, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (LHES2-22), Barcelona, Spain. February 2022

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  • “InSc Young Achiever Award” 2021 by Institute of Scholars, Bangalore (Registered under Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India and ISO 9001:2015 certified). July 2021

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  • “Young Women Researcher in Advertising” award under the Humanities & Social Sciences discipline at the 6th Venus International Women Awards (VIWA2021) by Venus International Foundation, Chennai & Centre for Advanced Research. March 2021.

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  • First Prize for overall academic excellence in MFA (Applied Art) 2008-09, College of Art, New Delhi

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  • Merit based scholarship for 2 years of PG Studies (MFA) 2007-09, College of Art, New Delhi, India.

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