Prof. Pooja Thomas

Professor, Academic Head, The School of Strategic Communication

Academic Area: Interdisciplinary Studies

Pooja Thomas is an alumna of St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. She earned her doctoral degree in Humanities and Social Sciences from IIT Gandhinagar.

Pooja has over 14 years of teaching experience, having taught at St. Stephens College and Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University previously. She is interested in key questions that concern our cultural life and the broad themes that shape and influence us individually and as members of various cultural groups.

Her research interests include urban culture, heritage politics, gender, motherhood, and work. Trained in cultural studies theory and methods, she has published in the domains of urban heritage politics and language dynamics in urban contexts in high-impact journals such as Urban Studies and Interventions: International Journal for Postcolonial Studies.

Pooja is a TEDx speaker and leads the Interdisciplinary Studies teaching cluster at MICA.

2. Awards & Honours
  • National AICTE Dr. Pritam Singh Award for Excellence in Management Education
3. Areas of Teaching/Training
  • Culture
  • Communication
  • Storytelling
  • Cultural Analysis
4. Areas of Research
  • Urban Culture
  • Heritage Politics
  • Gender, Motherhood and Work