Dr. Dipti Kulkarni

Academic Experience:

• Working at Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering as Assistant Professor in Basic Sciences and Humanities since 2018
• Worked at the Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS as Assistant Professor from 2016-2018
• Worked at MICA, Ahmedabad as Assistant Professor from 2014-2016
• Worked at MICA, Ahmedabad as Post-Doctoral Fellow from 2013-2014
• Worked at Department of Applied Linguistics, SNDT University as Visiting Faculty, 2012-2013
• Worked at Department of Communication and Journalism, KC College, as Visiting Faculty, 2012-2013
• Worked at Center for Media Studies, New Delhi as a Communication Researcher, 2004-2007

Current Membership or Professional Organizations:

• International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)

Honors and Awards:

• National Eligibility Test (NET) in Mass Communication and Journalism (2007)

External Invitations and Guest Speaker:

• Blind Reviewer, Research on Language and Social Interaction
• Blind Reviewer, Journal of Creative Communications
• Research Consultant, Center for Internet and Human Rights, Germany, 2015
• Interview panel for recruiting communication specialist at Water and sanitation management organization, WASMO, Government of Gujarat, 2016.
• Lecture on ‘Proposal Writing’ as part of Writing Skills Enhancement Programme, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, 23 April, 2015.
• Lecture on ‘Dissertation Writing’, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Mumbai, 2013.

Publication:

• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2016). Self-repair in Instant Messaging Interactions. Journal of Creative Communications.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2016). No Social Change Sans Dialogue: Case of Shani Shingnapur. Economic and Political Weekly, L1(34), 34-35.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2013). Exploring Jakobson’s Phatic Function in Instant Messaging Interactions. Journal of Discourse and Communication, 2(2), 117- 136.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2010). Rev. of Computer Mediated Communication for Linguistics and Literacy: Technology and Natural Language Education, Information Science Reference: New York, 2009. European Journal of Communication, 25, 298-300.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2015). Instant Messaging: The Medium and it’s Discourse. In M. Reddy (Ed.), Metamorphosis of New Media and Digital Culture (209 – 229). New Delhi: Lenin Media.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2010, December, 21-23). Openings in Instant Messaging. Papers for presentation at the 32nd All India Conference of Linguists. Lucknow, India: Linguistic Society of India.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2006, July, 23-29). Reception Analysis of Indian Advertisements. Paper prepared for presentation at the International Association for Mass Communication Research. Egypt: The American University in Cairo.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2016). “आगे चलो”: शनि शिंगणापूरच्या नाउमेद झालालेया बदलाची कथा. मिळून साऱ्याजणी, 1(88), 24-27.
• Kulkarni, Dipti. (2016). On  Duty – Without Fail: Memoirs of Baba. Muse India, 66: Mar-Apr ’16. Retrieved from http://www.museindia.com/featurecontent.asp?issid=66&id=6474 on 15th April 2016

Recent Professional Development Activities:

• Attended workshop on ‘Understanding Communication in Interaction’. Loughborough University, UK., 2014.
• Attended workshop on ‘Methods for Interaction Research’. Loughborough University, UK, 2014.