Influencer Marketing Workshop: Building Visibility, PR & Digital Presence
February 23, 2026
As part of Pre-Media Meet 2026, the Department of Media Studies at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore Yeshwanthpur Campus, is presenting a workshop on storytelling in social media and creator-driven digital spaces. The session explores how lifestyle narratives, personal voice, and authenticity shape online engagement and introduces participants to the basics of influencer marketing and digital PR. Designed for students and aspiring creators, the workshop offers practical insight into how stories are created, shared, and sustained across social platforms.
Facilitator Profiles
Rhea Gurnani is a digital creator and co-host of the Spoke2Soon Podcast. With a strong presence across social media and a following of over 100K+, she focuses on lifestyle-led storytelling and relatable digital narratives. Her work reflects how personal voice and everyday experiences translate into engaging online content within the creator economy.
Kanchi Sharma is a digital creator and co-host of the Spoke2Soon Podcast, known for her conversational storytelling and audience-driven content. With an online following of over 100K+, her work highlights how authenticity, communication, and community-building function within contemporary digital and influencer culture.
Business Analytics Webinar
February 13, 2026
As part of Pre-Media Meet 2026, a webinar on Business Analytics will be conducted to introduce students to key concepts, emerging trends, and real-world applications in the analytics domain. The session aims to highlight the growing relevance of business analytics in today’s data-driven digital environment and its role in informed decision-making, strategic planning, and sustainable growth across industries.
Turn Data into Decisions: Where Insights Drive Impact
Ms. Aparna Debnath, Assistant Vice President at Barclays, will lead the webinar. With prior experience as a Senior Business Analyst at JPMorgan Chase and a Business Analyst at Wipro, she brings strong industry insight and professional expertise. You'll gain a practical understanding of how analytics works in business ecosystems and how data-driven thinking turns raw data into strategic decisions.
The session is open to students across campuses. BYC students are required to attend the webinar offline at Classroom A412, A Block, 4th Floor, while students from other campuses may join online via Google Meet. The meeting link will be shared with registered participants via email. To be eligible for certificates, online participants must keep their cameras switched on for a minimum of two hours during the webinar.
Date: 13th February, 2025
Mode: Offline (BYC) & Online (Other Campuses)
Venue (BYC): Classroom A412, A Block, 4th Floor
For inquiries, contact (+91 8882044670) - Dipti Gera
The Award Season to You: Vision, Gender, and the Moving Image
January 19, 2026
As part of Pre-Media Meet 2026, the Department of Media Studies organised a focused academic and creative engagement exploring cinema, perception, and visual storytelling. The programme aimed to create space for critical reflection and practice-based learning ahead of the main Media Meet events.
Designed to encourage dialogue between theory and creative practice, the sessions brought together students with an interest in cinema, media, and visual culture, offering opportunities to engage with contemporary questions of representation, authorship, and ways of seeing.
Building on the vision of Pre-Media Meet 2026, the Department of Media Studies curated a moderated panel discussion and cinematography workshop that invited students to engage deeply with cinema, perception, and visual storytelling. The programme created a reflective space for examining how images are shaped not only by technique, but by experience, emotion, and perspective.
The first session of the day featured a moderated panel discussion and screening titled “Unfiltered Roots: How Gender Shapes Vision.” The session explored how gender, lived experience, and positionality influence visual perspective and authorship in cinema and media. Through an interactive format, participants were encouraged to reflect on questions of gaze, representation, and narrative authority, making the discussion a thoughtful and engaging exchange.
The day concluded with a cinematography workshop titled “The Award Season to You,” which shifted focus toward practice-based learning. The workshop invited participants to examine how perception, emotional awareness, and intention shape visual storytelling choices. Led by Juhi Sharma, Director of Photography and member of the Indian Women Cinematographer Collective (IWCC), the sessions together offered an enriching experience that combined critical discussion with hands-on reflection, contributing meaningfully to the larger objectives of Pre-Media Meet 2026.