Ms. Adiroopa Mukherjee

As Deputy Director of Projects, Adiroopa has managed strategic editorial & digital communications & branding for KISS for over seven years. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in
English Literature from the University of Minnesota Morris, USA (2015), as well as Double Master’s Degrees in Peace & Conflict Studies from Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany, and the University of Kent, UK (2017). Additionally, she is a certified “Compassionate Integrity Training” facilitator by UNESCO-MGIEP (New Delhi, 2020) and a TCS certified trainer for English & Communication skills under its “Free Employability Training Program ” affirmative action initiative at KISS (Odisha, 2018). She has briefly taught under the English Department of KISS-Deemed to be University and as a Visiting Faculty at KIIT University’s School of Mass Communications.

Her research interests focus on reducing inequalities and improving equity and access in higher education, by mitigating linguistic barriers to foster Indigenous students’ agency and self-awareness as communicators. She is working on setting up KISS-DU’s Centre for Writing and Communication (CWC), which aims to provide strategic leadership & training on inclusive, multilingual programming & pedagogy, working alongside academic leadership, instructors, campus partners, and students to ensure that Indigenous students have the communication skills they need to succeed in their scholarly activities & future careers. Under its remit, she is teaching a “Foundations of Communication” course focusing on helping students build confident public speaking and writing skills. As an integral part of the organisation’s SDG Centre and International Relations team, she also contributes in various capacities to the organisation and implementation of conferences & programs with KISS’ stakeholders, primarily around Sustainable Development Goals #4, #5, #10 and #17. Adiroopa is also listed as an expert with the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.