About Us

Established in 2003, Communicators India (CI) specializes in media and communications programs that help organisations and individuals promote social development. Communicators India is working in partnership with several individuals and organisations in order to raise critical developmental issues.

It boasts a strong team of professionals and advisors committed to inclusive development in India.

Governing Body-

Bhupesh Joshi, Founder Director Communicators India was established in 2003 by Bhupesh Joshi with an aim to create effective & appropriate communications solutions, and to address a range of issues as well as diverse communications requirements of organizations and individuals in the socio-development and health sectors. Bhupesh has more than 8 years of experience in the communications industry. Having completed his MA in Communication Management at the University of Technology, Sydney, he has worked both in India and abroad. Apart from spearheading the media advocacy initiatives of CI, he is also a member of several media and development networks. He was part of a media and civil society initiative of the European Commission in 2007-2008. He has been doing active media advocacy on women and child rights issues and has been attending forums created by several networks in the South Asian region.

Sandeep Joshi - Honorary Director & Advisor Sandeep has an experience of 14 years in journalism. The last 10 years have seen him working with The Hindu as its Special Correspondent, National Bureau covering central ministries like Telecom and IT, Corporate Affairs, Heavy Industries among others. His tenure at The Hindu includes a 5-yr stint with the City Bureau where he covered various civic agencies like MCD, NDMC and special social sector issues. Prior to joining The Hindu he was a journalist with Press Trust of India, Delhi and before that at The Pioneer for almost four years. Sandeep advises CI on issues like government policy, the changing trends of the media etc. An avid traveller, Sandeep loves participating in debates and engaging with policy makers & civil society organisations on issues of national importance.

Shreshtha Kumar- General Manager Shreshtha Kumar completed her Post Graduation in Public Relations and Communications after completing her Bachelors in English Literature at Hans Raj College (Delhi University). She has been working with Communicators India for the past six years and has worked on media advocacy campaigns such as the social, economic, and political empowerment of women, Media orientation and sensitization on Early Childhood Care and Development and Media advocacy to secure rights of persons with disabilities. In addition she has also worked with several hospitals and health associations to generate awareness on health related issues. She has travelled and documented some of the best ICT 4 Development solutions in rural India and created human interest stories on the case studies.

Sujay Joseph, Sr. Executive-Marketing & Communications Sujay Joseph completed his post graduation in management after graduating in commerce from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta. He has been working with Communicators India for the past 3 years on several projects like Corporal Punishment & Early Childhood Care & Development for Plan India and INHP for CARE India. He has travelled extensively to record field footage and execute events/workshops for our partners.

Saumika Bhattacharjee, Account Executive-Media Relations Saumika has completed her Post Graduation form Apeejay School of Mass Communication and has been working at Communicators India for the past 1 year. She has worked on issues like women & child rights, disability and health issues and has brought out a variety of quality media coverage on these issues for our partners.

Our Partners & Associates –

SIPDAVE, West Bengal & North East India
SIPDAVE an organisation committed to capacity development is headed by Prof. Partha Chatterjee who was a senior journalist for several publications in Kolkata. He has been our resource person on several workshops held in West Bengal. He also gives us valuable advice us on the changing trends of the media and also helps us understand the needs of journalists better.

Manthan, Bihar & Jharkhand
Manthan is a non-profit making organisation operating with the sole objective of capacity building of underprivileged and marginalized group of society through education, communication and skill development. Manthan tries to influence change agents like media, policy makers, academics and the state through advocacy. At Manthan we are associated with Sudhir Pal who has contributed to several of our workshops in that area.

Rajender Sen, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh
An experienced journalist with the Press Trust of India, Rajender has played an instrumental role in helping us engage with the media during our media advocacy workshops in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. His team has also documented several success stories of different project areas and conducted research on children.