Dr. Biju P R | Govt. Brennen College Thalassery

Name : Dr. Biju P R
Designation : Assistant Professor & Head of the Department (HoD))
Department : POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Qualification	MA, MPhil. Ph D.
Present Position	Head of the Department
Work Experience	Fourteen Years
Total Experience in Current Service Years (PG)
Years (UG)	14
Research/ Projects
Books/ Publications	Amazon Author Page Upcoming Book 1. We Are Products: How artificial intelligence invade our life? (Rupa 2021) Published Books 1. Slave Technology: The New Age Frankenstein (Rupa 2019). 2. Selfie Sex: How Internet Spoiled Our Intimacies (Kalamos 2018) 3. Intimate Speakers: Why Introverted and Socially Ostracized Citizens Use Social Media, (Fingerprint! 2017) 4. Political Internet: State and Politics in the Age of Social Media (Routledge 2016). Published Articles Published 54 Articles including 25 Research Articles Bio-data Link
Papers Presented in Conferences/ Seminars	2019 Delivered a three hour Invited Lecture in the Refresher Course for Media Studies of UGC HRDC at University of Calicut on 07 March 2019 on the topic Social Media and Political Mobilization in India. Delivered an Invited Lecture on Business and Politics on 06/02/2019 in the Ten Day Residential Workshop for Higher Secondary School Teacher Transformation programme held 17 November 2018 as a resource person at Govt. Brennen College, Thalassery. Delivered an Invited Lecture on Technology and Society at the Ten Day Residential Workshop for Higher Secondary School Teacher Transformation programme 2019 held between 30 January 2019 to 08 February 2019 as a resource person at St. John’s College, Anchal, Kollam. 2018 Delivered an Invited Lecture on Business and Politics at the Ten Day Residential Workshop for Higher Secondary School Teacher Transformation programme held 17 November 2018 as a resource person at Govt. Brennen College, Thalassery. Delivered an Invited Lecture on Technology and Society at the Ten Day Residential Workshop for Higher Secondary School Teacher Transformation programme 2018 held between 16 November 2018 to 25 November 2018 as a resource person at St. John’s College, Anchal, Kollam. 2012 Globalization, Social Media and Convergence of Politics: The Americanisation of Political communication in India, paper presented in the One Day national Seminar on Globalisation and State in India in Dept of Political Science, at Govt. College Madappally, Vadakara on 20-11-2012 2012 Paper presented titled The Rise of Political Class in India in the One Day National Seminar on “Role of Legislature in Good Governance, held on 2^nd November 2012 organised by Department of Political Science, E.K.N.M Government College, Elerithattu in collaboration with Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Kerala. Youth and Parliamentary Democracy Invited Lecture on 07/02/2012 in One Day Seminar on ‘Democracy Awareness’ organized by Kanianchal Government Higher Secondary School, sponsored by Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Kerala. 2011 Towards an Online Public Sphere: Glimpses of Greenpeace’s Online Activism in India Paper presented in the UGC National Seminar on Beyond Margins and New Social Movements ,organized by Department of History ,Sir Syed College, Taliparamba on 16 March 2011. 2009 Politics of Globalisation Paper presented on 20 March, 2009, at Workshop organized by Board of studies in Political Sciene, Kannur University, held at K.M.M Govt. Womens College, Kannur. Carbon Trading and India’s Foreign Policy Paper presented in the National Seminar held on 17 September, 2009, at St.Mary’s College, Sulthan Bathery. 2006 BPO/IT and Indian Economy Paper presented in national seminar held on 27th Feb, 2006, at V.T.M.N.S.S.College, Trivandrum
PhD / M Phil/ Projects Guided
Awards/ Honours
Positions Held	2007 Member, Board of Studies in Political Science, Kannur University, 2007-09 Member, Social Science Faculty, Kannur University 2007-2009 2010 Member, Board of Studies in Political Science, Kannur University 2010- 2012 Mentor for ACQUIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2010, Kannur University 2014 Peer reviewer to Taylor and Francis Journal- Asian Journal of Communication 2014-2017
Seminars/ Conferences Organised	2014 Convenor, Two Day UGC National Seminar Identity Politics: Power and Protest from the Margins, 17-18 December 2014, sponsored by UGC, organized by Department of Political Science at Government Brennen College (http://bijugayu.blogspot.in/2014/12/two-day-national-seminar-on-identity.html) Convenor, One Day National Seminar Changing dimensions of party politics in India. One Day National Seminar sponsored by DCE, Govt. of Kerala, organized by Department of Political Science at Government Brennen College on 10-01-2014, (http://bijugayu.blogspot.in/2014/01/schedule-one-day-national-seminar-on.html#.UtrEG_vhVkg) 2013 Convenor, One Day National Seminar Anxieties of Indian Democracy. One Day National Seminar sponsored by DCE, Govt. of Kerala, organized by Department of Political Science at Government Brennen College on 15-03-2013, (http://bijugayu.blogspot.in/2014/01/one-day-seminar-on-anxieties-of-indian.html#.UtrD5fvhVkg) 2012 Convenor, One Day National Seminar Media and Politics. Sponsored by Director of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala, conducted by Department of Political Science, Government Brennen College on 29/02/2012, (http://bijugayu.blogspot.in/2014/01/one-day-national-seminar-on-media-and.html#.UtrDkvvhVkg) 2011 Convenor, Three Day National Seminar Politics and Social Media: Commons in the Space Online. U G C sponsored Three Day National Seminar organised by Department of Political Science, Government Brennen College on 12, 13 and 14 October, 2011, (http://bijugayu.blogspot.in/2011/10/brennen-seminar-october-12.html#.UtrEQfvhVkg) 2009 Convenor, One Day National Seminar Women and Human Rights. Sponsored by Director of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala organized by Department of Political Science at Government Brennen College on 22 October 2009
Additional Responsibilities (2019-20)
Other Information	Short Biography Biju P.R. is a writer, teacher and blogger. His research interests lay at the intersection of technology and society. Assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kerala, he is also the author of *Political Internet: State and Politics in the Age of Social Media* (Routledge 2016), *Intimate Speakers: Why Introverted and Socially Ostracized Citizens Use Social Media* (Fingerprint! 2017), Selfie Sex: How Internet Spoiled Our Intimacies, (Kalamos 2018) and Slave Technology: The New Age Frankenstein (Rupa 2019). His upcoming book, with Rupa, tentatively titled *We Are Products:* How technologies invade our life in the age of artificial intelligence? ((Rupa 2020) is about the impacts of artificial intelligence on society.