Dr. Sreeram Gopalkrishnan
Dr. Sreeram Gopalkrishnan has over three decades of experience in the Corporate, Industrial and Education sectors. He is a PhD in Mass Communications, MS in Communications, MBA from NMIMS and has attended Executive Programmes at the IIM Ahmedabad and IndianOil Institute of Petroleum, as well as Mudra Institute of Communications & Advertising(MICA). He has a UGC NET Lectureship qualification and published research papers in leading peer-reviewed and Scopus Indexed(Q1 & Q2) Management and Communications Research Journals.
Dr Sreeram started his career in the IT Industry in 1988 as a sales professional, during the initial days of the boom in the information technology sector in the country, before getting into the media industry as a Scriptwriter and Copywriter in companies like OS Studios & RK Swamy BBDO. Having worked in the industry, he moved to the corporate sector, joining Fortune 500 company IndianOil. Recognised as a fast tracked Probationary Officer, he rose to senior leadership positions in the conglomerate, pan India, handling major projects and pioneering several innovative initiatives in the organisation.
His shift to academics and educational sector was subsequent to his growing interest in academics & research and the completion of his research thesis on Image Management(Phd). Soon after, he received the prestigious Best MBA Faculty award in 2016, from the premier Bombay Management Association. In 2017, he joined Symbiosis International University and is presently the Director and Professor at Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication and visiting faculty at the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune for Film Marketing. Dr. Sreeram’s research interests are in Computational Propaganda, South Indian Cinema Studies, Film Marketing, Scientific Temper and Religion & Media