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Singaporean Nisar Keshvani has 20 years of experience across five continents in academia & communications. . He has a unique combination of practical experience in journalism and public relations with strategic intellectual engagement in academia and public service. Most of his career has involved implementing entrepreneurial initiatives, including start-up communications divisions, innovative media projects and new academic programmes and curricula.

Keshvani has 15 years of experience teaching, conducting research and developing curricula in communications. He lectured at Republic Polytechnic’s Centre for Enterprise and Communication, Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Film and Media School, Queensland University of Technology’s School of Media and Journalism and Murdoch University’s Journalism programme. Since 1993, he has worked in print, online and television journalism, including for the Singapore Straits Times, Television Corporation Singapore and Sydney 2000 Olympics News Service. He is also an award-winning film maker.

Keshvani served as Editor-in-chief of Leonardo Electronic Almanac (MIT Press), a peer reviewed academic journal. He also worked in corporate communications for Chevron, the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Film Festival. As a consultant with the Aga Khan Development Network, Keshvani developed the AgaKhanSchools.org and AgaKhanHospitals.org websites. In 2007, he served on a five-member global consulting team which conceptualised and developed TheIsmaili.org. He has served on various boards including the fineArt forum, SIGGRAPH Singapore Chapter, Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Festival and the UNESCO “Digi-Arts” project and has published extensively and presented at international conferences on new media technologies, newsroom trends, education, art, and science and technology.

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