Dr Samita Nandy

Samita Nandy holds a Doctorate in Media and Information at Curtin University and is a certified Broadcast Journalist. Her research and writing focus on celebrity culture, discursive constructions and shifts in stardom, and intersection of cultural meanings of fame and social identity. Nandy's work has been sponsored by international and national, federal and provincial, grants and awards in Canada and Australia. Her international media relations and work led her to be featured with Global Television's Anwar Knight and Allison Annesley on Daytime and prime-time show First Local on Rogers Television; CBC News; CTV's Breaking News CP 24; The Globe and Mail, SNAP Downtown Toronto newspaper, ATN Television Network; CINA 1650 AM; US Quarterly Rivaaj; Canadian Weekly Starbuzz, Mississauga News, and India Journal; Canadian Monthly Desi News, and Bollywood celebrity magazine Cineblitz. Nandy holds expertise in postgraduate and honors teaching at University of Toronto, Ryerson University, and Curtin University. She is currently a Celebrity Cultural Critic of Starbuzz Media and the Director of Communications at non-profit organization Nouveau iDEA (International Dimensions of Entertainment and Arts).