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Asmita Das

Asmita Das

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Manager, Marketing at Oxford University Press

  • Education

    • English and Foreign Languages University

      2009 - 2011
      Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Grade A

      Activities and Societies: Editorial Team as Joint Editor of the campus magazine, Editor of the University Film Club newsletter

    • Calcutta Girls' High School

      1990 - 2004
      High School Humanities (Sociology, Geography, English, Political Science) 90%

    • Jadavpur University

      2012 - 2022
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Film/Cinema/Video Studies

    • University of Calcutta

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor of Arts (BA) English Literature

      Activities and Societies: Magazine Secretary. Member of the Students Union. BA in English (Honours)

    • English and Foreign Languages University

      2007 - 2009
      Master of Arts (MA) Literary and Cultural Studies A

      Activities and Societies: Member of the Student Council. Joint Editor of the campus magazine EFLUncut. Editor of the EFLU Film Club Newsletter. MA in English (Literary and Cultural Studies)

  • Experience

    • EFLUncut, Campus Magazine

      Jan 2008 - Aug 2010
      Joint Editor

      Responsibilities included identifying story ideas, collecting and commissioning writers for specific topics, editing and proofreading articles. Also actively participated in the layout and designing along with the production and distribution of the magazines.

    • Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)

      May 2008 - Jul 2008
      Intern

      Collected first day first show audience response to various films, interviewing, ideating.

    • MakeMyTrip.com

      Jun 2009 - Aug 2010
      Freelance Writer

      Writing travel articles

    • The Media Lab, Jadavpur University

      May 2011 - Jun 2013
      Project Fellow

      Annotating films, subtitling, archiving, keyword based metadata creation, translation

    • Indiancine.ma

      Aug 2013 - Oct 2013
      Research Fellow

      Responsibilities included creating a database of Bengali films produced and released before 1954. Also transcription and translation of film booklets, posters, articles from film magazines to be made available on the website.

    • Project E-QUAL

      Dec 2014 - Mar 2015
      Research Fellow

      A project funded by the European Union that aims to make available quality material for learning on the web at the undergraduate level for Indian students. Responsible for creating commentaries for academic texts as well as video lectures and providing voice-over for audio commentaries.

    • Oxford University Press

      May 2015 - now

      • Manager, Marketing

        Apr 2022 - now

      • Senior Executive - Product Development

        Jan 2019 - Apr 2022

      • Product Development Executive

        May 2015 - Jan 2019

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Asmita Das
      Certificate of Excellence Oxford University Press Sep 2022 Recognition for outstanding performance for the financial year 2021-2022.
    • Awarded to Asmita Das
      Value Ambassador Award - Team Work Oxford University Press Sep 2017 Winner of the Value Ambassador Award for consistently exemplifying 'Team Work' - one of the core values desired at Oxford University Press