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Dr. Salima Jan,  is the Director Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC), University of Kashmir. Salima has done various research studies on different aspects of educational television programmes, need assessment studies, audience profile for UGC’s Vyas Channel, use of media by the students, new communication technologies and educational disparities etc. She has also conducted formative research for more than 300 educational television programmes. She has written three books, “Forgotten Identities – the story of Artisan Women in Kashmir”, “Television and New Communication Technologies - the changing paradigm of education” and Women Studies – Issues and Concerns. She also did two nation-wide research projects for Information & Broadcast Ministry of Government of India on “Coverage of Gender Issues in Print Media - Status and Strategies to Upgrade Coverage” and “Government Information Delivery Mechanism and Technological Development”.

She is Channel Coordinator for one of the DTH Channels (Channel No.9, on Life Sciences) under MHRD’s Swayam Prabha initiative. She is also coordinating MOOCs development at the Centre.