Academics

Department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management

Name	Designation	Area of Expertise
Dr. Mary Swarnalatha	Professor & Head	Women in agriculture, Enterprise development
Dr.P. Amala kumari	Assistant Professor	Digital Communication
Dr.Neela Rani	Associate Professor	Digital Advertising & Media Management
Dr.R.Geetha Reddy	Assistant Professor	Mass Communication & Journalism
Ms.S L Kameshwari	Assistant Professor	Public Relations

Academic activities:

The department offers the following regular academic programmes.

• B.H.S c (a UG course in Home Science with Specialization in Journalism and mass communication)
• M.Sc (H.Sc) (a PG Course in Home Science with Specialization in Journalism and mass communication ).

Certificate courses

• Video recording and editing for 45 days as part of MoU with Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, Govt. of A.P.
• Basics of field functioningand Public speaking

Broad areas of Study

•  Community mobilization and organization
•  Participatory analysis of contemporary societies
•  Instructional and corporate communication skills
•  Development programme designing
•  Technology impact analysis
•  Print and electronic information material development
•  Multimedia production and management
•  Public speaking
•  Management of Public Relations
•  Social marketing and networking
•  Videography
•  Digital advertising
•  Capacity building

Career Oppurnities:

•  ICT module designers for community education, especially rural women, adolescent girls and children
•  Production assistants in print and electronic media
•  Event managers
•  Advertisement designers
•  Free lancer journalists
•  Photographers, Videographers
•  Public Relation Officers in corporate schools, hospitals and non-government organizations
•  Social marketing managers
•  Extension officers /agents in government departments like women welfare & Child development, Rural Development, Social welfare and non government institutions

Department infrastructure and Advanced facilities

•  Video Production Studio & Editing lab
•  Multi Media Lab
•  Audio Visual Lab
•  Campus Radio managed by students
•  A vernacular website www. Vigyansaadhitha.com to promote latest knowledge and technologies to the rural families Websites of the Department www.hecm.in and www. Bijiliindinfo.com for communicating the latest news and developments in the college of Home Science, Hyderabad.