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Kuttan Mahadevan is Professor of Population Studies and Currently Principal of the University College of Art and Science, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He was Fulbright Fellow and visiting Professor in many Universities in India and abroad. He has traveled widely and executed over two dozen major research projects all over India. He has also successfully guided over 30 doctoral dissertations. He is a prolific writer and has published over 130 papers and 25 books on Health and Population, Population Policy, Communication, Development Studies and Research Methodology. His recent books include Methodology for Population and Development Studies, Welfare Model of Development and Demographic Transition, Reproductive Health of Humankind in Asia and Africa and Communication, Modernisation and Social Development: A Global Perspective (in press).

Kiran R.N. holds a doctoral degree in Philosophy and is Assistant Professor in Communication and Jounalism, Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupati. Throughout a rank holder in her University education, she was awarded the Masti Venkatesh Iyengar Gold Medal in M.S. (Coomunication) degree. She is author of Philosophies of Communication and Media Ethics and has co-edited The Glory of Indian Heritage and Communication, Modernisation and Social Development: A Global Perspective (in press). She has also edited a volume on Intercultural Communication besides having more than 50 publications in journals of national and international repute. Her research interests include Philosophy of Communication, International and Intercultural Communication, Media Policy, Media Ethics and Development Communication.