The Faculty

The faculty is drawn from distinguished professionals in the field.
Over the years, they have developed excellent rapport with the student body,
which explains the high degree of involvement and participation which characterizes the activities of the Institute.

Board of Directors

  • Dr. Fr. Conrad Pesso, SJ

    Dr. Fr. Conrad Pesso, SJ Director

  • Dr. Fr. Keith D'Souza, SJ

    Dr. Fr. Keith D'Souza, SJ Chairperson, Rector,
    St. Xavier's College

  • Sandra K. Rana

    Sandra D'Souza Rana Dean, Finance & Administration

  • Dr. Shaison P. Ouseph

    Dr. Shaison P. Ouseph Associate Dean, Technical & Administration

Management Advisory Board

  • Fr. John Paul Swaminathan

    Fr. John Paul Swaminathan CEO Don Bosco International Media Academy (DBIMA), Paris

  • Dr. Karuna Gokarn

    Dr. Karuna Gokarn, Principal St. Xavier’s College

  • Fr. Gordon Daniells, SJ

    Fr. Gordon Daniells, SJ Associate DirectorCorporate Ext. Services, XIC

  • Dr. Jehangir B. Mistry

    Dr. Jehangir B. Mistry Professor Emeritus
    St. Xavier's College and XIC

  • Mr. Yogesh Kamdar

    Mr. Yogesh Kamdar Director, Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education & Information Technology Hon. Secretary & Trustee, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya

  • Mr. Vinod K. Srivastava

    Mr. Vinod K. Srivastava Associate Dean - Academic

  • Adv. Dominic D'Souza

    Adv. Dominic D'Souza Legal Advisor

Course Heads

  • Ms. Anu Sinha

    Ms. Anu Sinha Course Head Advertising, Marketing Communications & Customer Analytics

  • Meghaa Ghosh

    Ms. Meghaa Ghosh*Founder & CEO Fierce Ventures, Author, Educationist Course HeadEPEM

  • Dr. Shaison P. Ouseph

    Dr. Shaison P. Ouseph Associate Dean Technical & Administration Course Head Film, Television & Digital Media

  • Ms. Sandra Vaz

    Ms. Sandra VazCourse Head Journalism & Media Convergence

  • Mr. Rajeev Chawla

    Mr. Rajeev ChawlaCourse Head Public Relations & Corporate Communication

  • Mr. Vinod Srivastava

    Mr. Vinod Srivastava Academic Advisor & Course Mentor Course Head Career Advancement Programmes (CAP)

  • Ms. Priya Adivarekar

    Ms. Priya Adivarekar Creative Director - Diary of a Dancebee Digital Creator, Voice Actress Course Head MCDM Asst. Course Head - SICP & SMDC

  • Ms. Tanurupa Pal

    Ms. Tanurupa Pal Course Head Applied Creativity for Advertising & Marketing Communications

* an XIC alumnus

XIC Faculty List

  • Abhinav Gupta
    (FT) Director & writer

  • Abhijit Bhatelekar
    (JR) Photojournalist Photographer / Filmmaker

  • Abhilash Mallick*
    (SMDC) Editor - Fact-Check | The Quint

  • Abira Pathak
    (SMDC) Counsultant and Researcher

  • Dr. Agnelo Menezes
    (AM) Associate Prof. Economics Former Principal, St Xavier's College (Autonomous)

  • Aishwarya Varma
    (JR) Assistant Editor, WebQoof, The Quint

  • Akanksha Patankar Mirji
    (PR) Senior Advisor Business Transformation, Kommune Brand Communications

  • Akhila Joshi*
    (SICP, SMDC) Digital Media Consultant

  • Anagha Dandekar
    (PR) Digital Marketeer and Communications Strategist

  • Anu Sinha
    (AM, SICP, SMDC) Co founder, RusTeak, Educationist, Course Head AM

  • Arnab Chowdhury
    (AM) Creative Controller

  • Aruna Chandrasekhar
    (JR) Climate and environmental journalist, Carbon Brief

  • Ashish Kher
    (AM) Account Director, Strategy & Planning, Please See

  • Bhavini Trikha
    (MCDM, SICP, SMDC) Creative Group Head,
    FCB India

  • Dr. Bijoy Idicheriah*
    (JR, PR) Financial Journalist

  • Chirag Mistry
    (PR) Founder - Brands Arcadium, Corporate communication lead - True North

  • Chinmay Vasdev*
    (JR, MCDM) Research Analyst, Alaya Capital

  • Deepshikha Dharmaraj
    (PR) CEO, Burson Group India

  • Dipankar Bose
    (MCDM) Founder, Mrida Holistic Wellness Ex-Creative Director (APAC) - Warner Bros Discovery

  • Adv. Dominic D'Souza
    (MCDM, PR, AM, AC) Legal Professional - Indian Media and Entertainment Industry. Ex Star, Disney, Zee and Balaji Head

  • Fali Singara
    (EP, JR) Radio Jockey, Writer, Producer, All India Radio (107.1 FM)

  • Faiyaz M. Khairaz
    (AM) Consultant, Corporate Trainer

  • Gavin Rego
    (EP, JR, MCDM, PR, AM) Corporate Trainer, Coach and Visiting Faculty

  • Ganapathy Viswanathan
    (PR) Independent Communication Consultant & Author

  • Grishma Mathew
    (FT) Director / Production Designer

  • Indranil Mukherjee
    (JR) Staff Photographer, Agence France Presse (AFP)

  • Jane Borges
    (JR) Independent journalist, author and oral archivist

  • Josy Paul*
    (AM, EP, SICP, SMDC) Chairman & Chief Creative Officer BBDO India

  • Joseph Rose
    (JR) ex-HOD, Dept of Eng, Coordinator for ISC

  • Jyoti Goswami
    (PR) Senior Advisor - Strategic Communications Moelis & Company

  • Karan Bali
    (FT) Filmmaker (FTII)

  • Kalhan Raina
    (FT) Production Sound Mixer and Sound Designer

  • Komal Lath
    (MCDM) Founder - Tute Consult

  • Krishna Warrier
    (AM, EP, FT, JR, MCDM, PR, SICP, SMDC) Communications Consultant, Inclusion Expert (South Asia) Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

  • Kunal Purandare*
    (JR) Editor-Desk, Forbes India

  • Linus Chettiar
    (PR) Head of Communications, Bank of America

  • Mahesh Aney
    (FT) Cinematographer, Director, National Award Winner

  • Madhavi Rajadhyaksha
    (MCDM, SICP, SMDC) Independent Consultant

  • Mitu Samar
    (PR) CEO, Eminence Strategy Consulting

  • Namrata Sachdev
    (AM) Founder & Chief Ideator, NVISAGE, Brand Storyteller, Spatial Designer

  • Natasha Wig
    (MCDM) Vice-President: Group Communications and Brand - Aditya Birla Group

  • Nandita Chalam*
    (AM, EP, MCDM, SICP, AC) Retd. Senior VP & Executive Creative Director, JWT

  • Neerja Deodhar
    (PR) Independent Journalist, Editor and Visiting Faculty

  • Nitin Mantri
    (PR) President, APAC, We. Communications, and Group CEO, Avian We

  • Nishant Malsisaria
    (AM) Business Head - Growth @Policybazaar

  • Nishant Parekh*
    (JR) Senior Automotive Ananlyst, S&P Global Mobility

  • Nilan Ghosh
    (SICP, SMDC) Creative Head, Video - AIM Media House

  • Omkar Sane
    (AM) Entrepreneur @ Storysurf and Founder @ Sane Difference

  • P. Savita Rajiv
    (JR, MCDM, AM) Co-founder, Start-Up Green Founder, Springs Innovations

  • Piyush Shah
    (FT) Cinematographer

  • Pranil Naik
    (AM, EP) Ashoka Fellow, Founder & Chief Executive, LeapForWord

  • Priya Adivarekar*
    (EP, JR, MCDM, PR, SICP, SMDC, AC) Creative Director - Diary of a Dancebee, Digital Creator, Voice Actress Course Head - MCDM

  • Priyanka Kashikar
    (FT) Producer, Assistant Director

  • Pravin Thakur
    (AM, JR, MCDM, PR, SMDC, AC) Digital Media Consultant & Founder, heyfind.me

  • Punya Raheja
    (AM) Founder and Owner at SyncWorks.in

  • Rajeev Chawla
    (PR, AM, EP, MCDM, SICP, SMDC) Founder-Blue Tree Course Head - PR

  • Ranjan Das
    (FT) Filmmaker and Scriptwriter

  • Ramesh Iyengar
    (AM) Founder, IYENGAR'S KAAPI Founder, Select Direct Marketing Communications Pvt Ltd

  • Rahul Karwa
    (EP, PR) Founder and Chief Ideator, The Idealogy

  • Rachna Baruah
    (MCDM, SMDC) Founder & CEO, Madchatter Brand Solutions

  • Rajkamal Pandey
    (EP, PR) Senior Group Head - Media Networking. Adfactors PR

  • Rohan J. Battise*
    (PR) Experience Box 21 MSPL Founder & Director India, Middle East

  • Rushnan Jaleel
    (FT) Filmmaker, Educator & Writer

  • Rutu Ladage
    (JR, MCDM) Content Writer & Editor

  • Richa Pinto
    (JR, MCDM, SMDC) Assistant Editor, Times of India

  • Rishabh Shrivastava
    (MCDM) National Creative Director, PivotRoots, A Havas Company

  • R.N. Bhaskar
    (JR) Journalist, educationist, researcher

  • Sarang Bhalerao*
    (JR) Producer, Star India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Sabhiha Lalljee
    (PR) Microsoft certified trainer/ Content Writer

  • Sachin Kalbag
    (JR) Editor-in Chief (Print, Digital, Social Media), Mid-Day

  • Sandra Vaz
    (JR, PR, AM ) MA Journalism, Educationist, Print &
    Radio/Podcast Content & Design
    Course Head - JR

  • Seema Kamdar
    (JR) Journalist, Columnist & Media Consultant

  • Dr. Shaison P. Ouseph*
    (FT) International Filmmaker, Award Winner, Course Head - FT

  • Shana Parihar
    (PR) Director, Communicate India

  • Shabnam Minwalla*
    (JR) Author

  • Shatakshi Saxena*
    (JR) Engagement Manager, Koita Centre for Digital Health, IIT Bombay

  • Shreeraj Nair
    (FT) Sr. Motion Graphics & VFX Mentor

  • Shruti Ganapatye*
    (JR) Senior Journalist

  • Sidheshwar Sharma
    (AM) Chief Marketing Officer, JIO BP

  • Simran Gill*
    (JR) Founder & Content Head, Film Trotters Media

  • Sourabh Mishra
    (SICP) Brand Consultant

  • Sundeep Nagpal
    (AM, PR) Founder Director Stratagem Media Pvt. Ltd.

  • Subramaniam Krishnan
    (AM) Vice President - Marketing Anunta Technologies

  • Sumira Roy
    (AM) Creative Head & Proprietor, Sow Design & Digital

  • Sunchika Pandey
    (SMDC) Founder - HAT Media, Former Crime Reporter

  • Suresh Rajamani
    (FT) Sound Engineer (FTII)

  • Suvir Nath
    (FT) Editor

  • Tanmay Ojha
    (PR) Senior Media Professional, Visiting Professor of Communication & Management Studies

  • Tanurupa Pal
    (AC, MCDM, SICP, SMDC) Creative Consultant Course Head - Applied Creativity for Advertising & Marketing Communications

  • Tarkesh Jha*
    (JR) Sports Consultant, CNBC-TV18

  • T J Ravishankar
    (PR, SICP) Editor, www.challenginginteligence.com

  • Vandana Kakar
    (AM, EP, PR) PR Consultant and Trainer

  • Dr. Venkat Iyer
    (JR) LLM, Ph.D (Queen's Univ, Belfast), Barrister-in-Law, Adjunct Member of Faculty

  • Vidya Srinivas
    (JR) Freelance Journalist & Creative Writer

  • Viveka Roychowdhury*
    (JR) Editor, Express Pharma, Indian Express Ltd.

  • Vinod Srivastava
    (AM, EP, MCDM, PR, SICP, SMDC) Knowledge Practices Consultant Associate Dean, Academic & Course Head - SICP & SMDC

  • Yogesh Kamdar
    (JR) Joint Director, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan

* an XIC alumnus

Workshops (Certificate Courses)

  • Gavin Rego Public Speaking & Personality Development

  • Himali KothariCreative Writing

  • G. V. Ajay Photography

  • Bela Negi Online Script Writing Workshop

  • Vinod Srivastava Extension Programmes
    (for Corporate Houses)

  • Anu Sinha Neuromarketing & Consumer Psychology

* an XIC alumnus

Administration

  • Dr. Shaison P. Ouseph Associate Dean Technical & Administration

  • Edita Fernandes Secretarial Services

  • Ramesh Kori Accounts / Financial Services

  • Alistair D'Souza Public Relations Officer

  • Anuja Shah Career Service Coordinator

  • Maxwell Fernandez Admin Academics

  • Clera T. Salvi Office Administration

  • Niharika Masani Office Administration

  • Sophie Mergulhao Office Administration

  • Vaishali Deshpande Office Administration

  • Sarvesh Narvekar Office Administration

  • Edita Fernandes Alumni Relations / Website / Hospitality

  • Nivedita Bobade Alumni Relations / Website / Hospitality

  • Aparna R. Bagwe Media Resource Centre

  • Nayana K. Karvir Media Resource Centre

  • Reborn Dias Media Resource Centre

  • Mario Fernandes General Administrator

  • Dheeraj Waghela Support Services

  • Ashok Sode Support Services

  • Pankaj Meher Support Services

  • Devang Gohil Support Services

  • Mithlesh Das Support Services

  • Rohit Dharak Support Services

  • Vishal Marothiya Support Services

  • Arvind Bait
    (Sound Editor) Technical Services

  • Rushikesh Gardi Technical Services

  • Paresh Daki Technical Services

  • Anil Waghela Technical Services

  • Tushar Parab Technical Services

  • Pradeep Dhopte
    (Video Editor) Technical Services

  • Sagar Kambli Technical Services

  • Sanjay Tisulkar Technical Services

  • Xavier Rebello
    (Video Editor / Graphic Designer) Technical Services

  • Zeon D'Mello
    (Junior Sound Engineer) Technical Services

  • Romeo Monteiro Computer Services

  • Rajendra Thopate Computer Services

  • Rajnath Patel Computer Services