Vinod Pavarala is Senior Professor of Communication and UNESCO Chair on Community Media (since 2011) at the University of Hyderabad, India. After obtaining a Ph.D degree in Sociology from University of Pittsburgh, USA, Prof. Pavarala taught at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA and IIT-Bombay, India before joining the University of Hyderabad in 1995. At UoH, he has served in various administrative capacities, including as Head, Department of Communication, Dean of the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, and Director of International Affairs. His teaching and research have been mainly in the areas of communication for social change and community media. He has been actively involved in research, policy advocacy, and capacity building in the field of community media not only in India and elsewhere in South Asia, but also in East and West Africa and parts of Europe. He is the author of Other Voices: the struggle for community radio in India (Sage, 2007; with Kanchan K. Malik). His most recent book, Community Radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the Airwaves (Routledge, 2020) is co-edited with Kanchan K. Malik. He has published several articles in scholarly journals and contributed book chapters to a number of edited volumes. Prof. Pavarala currently chairs the Community Communication Section of the International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR).