Vishram Dhole works as an Assistant Professor at Department of Media and Communication Studies of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). He has twenty years of teaching experience at post-graduate level. Before joining academics, he worked as a journalist with a leading Marathi newspaper Loksatta for nine years. As a journalist, he worked for the desk as well as reporting, and covered many important events and process. He continues to be in touch with journalism by writing regularly for leading Marathi newspapers, periodicals and participating in panel discussions on news channels. He has written yearly columns for Marathi dailies Sakal (2008 & 2009), Loksatta (2012) and Lokmat (2013 & 2015).
He has authored three Marathi books on Communication and Mass Communication Media and translated two English books- ‘Romance of Tata Steel’ and ‘Blood Brothers’ into Marathi. His academic articles have been published in international journals. He has organized two national level conferences on media related issues and presented papers at many national and international academic meets. He has also worked for various academic and administrative committees of SPPU including the committee for the Online Entrance Exam and Student Induction Program of SPPU. He is a member of the board of studies of the B.A. Liberal Arts program at SPPU. He regularly conducts sessions at the Academic Staff College of SPPU. He also designed and coordinated a faculty development program.
He has conceptualized, scripted and directed six documentaries on various social issues. It includes ‘Jaldindi’ on environmental issues, ‘Ranwata’ on the developmental work by Dr. Prakash Amte & his colleagues and, ‘Sahar’ and ‘Gumraah’ on development and security issues in Kashmir. He has worked for educational audio-visual programs at EMMRC and scripted more than ten radio programs for Pune station of All India Radio.
He has designed and conducted journalistic training programs for senior staff of leading media houses like ‘The Week’ ‘Lokmat’ and ‘Sakal’. He has also designed and conducted several training programs for the senior scientific and managerial staff of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for their communication and media related objectives. He has also delivered lectures at YASHADA and Tata Management and Training Centre (TMTC), Pune. He has also worked as consultant for Opinion Polls carried out by Sakal during Lok Sabha, Maharashtra Assembly and Pune Municipal Elections. He also provides consultancy to Public Relation and Advertising agencies.
Mass & Digital Media, Communication Technology, Political Communication, Popular Culture, Hindi Film Music and, Philosophy of Science are his areas of study and interest.
