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MICA appoints Dr. Nagesh Rao as Director

He comes to Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

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MICA appoints Dr. Nagesh Rao as Director

He comes to Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | February 23, 2012

publive-imageThe Mudra Foundation has appointed Dr. Nagesh Rao as a Director of MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad).  He comes to MICA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (IIM-A).

MICA, India's premier Communications Management Institute, was established in 1991. The institute's vision is to be the pre-eminent communications management school. Its foundation lies in being an innovative and creative school addressing the needs of an ever-changing marketing and communications environment.

Dr. Rao got his doctorate in communication from Michigan State University in 1994.  Over the past twenty years, he has taught in several U.S. universities, including University of Maryland, Ohio University and University of New Mexico. In each of these universities, Dr. Rao was voted the Teacher of the Year at the university-level, and was voted “University Professor” in 2002.  He has also been a visiting professor at Bangkok University, Zayed University (U.A.E.) and Hong Kong Baptist University.  Dr. Rao has been faculty, from 1996, in the prestigious Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication, teaching professionals from all over the world about different aspects of intercultural competence.

Dr. Rao's work has been published in internationally reputed communication and health journals, including Communication Monographs, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, and Studies in Family Planning. Dr. Rao has served as a consultant or a trainer for Siemens India, NextGen Health Care, Price Waterhouse Coopers, England, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, and Northwestern University Medical School, U.S.A. He has worked on research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health(NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Dr. Rao is a member of the Advisory Board, Intercultural Communication Institute, Oregon, U.S.A and Coordinator, Website Editorial Committee, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2011-12.

Said Madhukar Kamath, Chairman of the Mudra Foundation on the appointment, “Dr. Rao has achieved outstanding success in his field of specialization. Given his varied international  experience and prolific achievements, we look forward to his steering the Institute over the next several years and taking it from its pre-eminent position as a leading Communication Management school in India to a globally recognised school.”

On joining MICA as the Director, Dr. Rao said, "It is with honour and pride, I accept the position of Director, MICA, a premier communications management institute in the country.  With its outstanding Governing Council, faculty, staff and students, I look forward to taking MICA to greater heights - both nationally and internationally."

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