IIMC’s Anubhuti Yadav on UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Awards jury

Anubhuti Yadav from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), India has been selected as a jury member for the prestigious Global Media & Information Literacy Awards 2021. The Awards are led by UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance and the International Steering Committee and are presented every year at the Global MIL Week feature conference.

The awards recognises information/library, media and technology specialists, educators, artists, activists, researchers, policymakers, NGOs, associations and other groups integrating MIL in an exemplary and innovative way in their work and related activities. Specifically, the awards will recognise excellence and leadership in six sectors: Education, Research, Policy, Advocacy, Media and Communication, and Information sectors.

Yadav is a leading promoter of media literacy in India. She has introduced Media and Information Literacy at different stages of education. During her stint at National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), she developed a media studies curriculum for Classes XI and XII. She also introduced media clubs in schools. She has also developed a module on MIL for students from grades 7-9. The same will be introduced in the academic year 2022-2023. In higher education she has developed e-content on media and information literacy for PG Pathshala, a ministry of education project.

Apart from being the co-author of the Indian edition of “Media Literacy: Key to interpreting media messages”, developed under the Digital International Media Literacy Project, she’s a winner of many awards and been on the jury panel for various film and arts festivals.

Yadav is also the advisor to Factshala-India's largest media literacy project and BBC Young Reporters Programme.