Dr. Ritika Pant

Dr. Ritika Pant has a doctoral degree in Cinema Studies from the School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her doctoral thesis explored the transnational linkages of contemporary Indian television. Her work has been published in the Economic & Political Weekly, Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies, South Asian Popular Culture etc.

A gold medalist from the AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, Pant started her career as a Television Producer with Star Plus where she worked on non-fiction projects like Masterchef India, Aap ki Kachehri, Sach ka Saamna etc. For the last decade, she has been teaching Journalism to undergraduate students at the University of Delhi.

She has received research and travel grants from the UGC (JRF), ICSSR, Charles Wallace India Trust and Sarai-CSDS for various projects. Her research interests include transnational television cultures, media and gender, digital cultures, small-screen stardom and fandom.