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Linto Thomas is based at XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. Linto Thomas is a doctoral research scholar at the School of Communications, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. His research area is AI-based music production. He worked as a sound engineer and music composer at Chetana Sound Studios and an instructor for sound-related courses at Chetan Media College, Thrissur, Kerala, India. At XIM University, he handles courses on computer graphics, audio engineering and audiovisual production. He is a YouTuber, a sports enthusiast and a certified basketball referee who officiates regional, state and national-level basketball matches.

V. Vijay Kumar is based at XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. V. Vijay Kumar holds PhD and is an associate professor and dean of the School of Communications at XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He is a seasoned mass communication professional and a media educator, with ample years of industrial experience in audiovisual content development, supervision and management. Right from television reality shows to non-fiction live broadcasts, from television commercials to feature films, he worked on various projects in different capacities. He worked with Sun TV Network, Chennai; Shop CJ TV Network, Mumbai; Frames Entertainment, Chennai, India, in senior roles, and he worked as a creative head and show director of an award-winning Tamil reality talent hunt show Naalaya Iyakunar [transl. Future Director] and South India’s first reality television show for identical twins Iruvar [transl. Twins]. He completed his PhD from Anna University, Chennai, India. His doctoral research is on the topic of “Interactive Reality Television”. He specializes in audiovisual content development, entertainment television programmes, digital film-making, documentary production and educational media design. His research interests are television programming, television studies, leisure studies, film studies, Tamil cinema, social media, interactive digital communication, positive psychology, public relations, corporate social responsibility and educational media. Apart from teaching, he is actively involved in audio-visual content development in the forms of documentaries, music videos, television shows, short films and educational video modules in the capacity of executive producer, head of creatives and production.

Lalatendu Kesari Jena is based at School of Human Resource Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. Lalatendu Kesari Jena, PhD is working as an associate professor (Human Resource Management) at the School of Human Resource Management at XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He has more than 21 years of experience in academics and corporate HR. He has completed PhD from IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, on ‘Workplace Spirituality and Human Resource Effectiveness’ and a Post Doc. on ‘Employee Retention and Leadership Challenges’ at Loyola Leadership School, Universidad Loyola, Seville, Spain. During his PhD, he bagged the best research paper award at the International Business Research Conference and International Conference on Organization and Management in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He has 180 peer-reviewed international publications in reputed journals like – International Journal of Change Management, Employee Relations, Personnel Review, International Journal of Conflict Management, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Evidence-based HRM, International Journal of Organisational Analysis, IIMB Management Review, Journal of Workplace Learning and Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration to name a few. He predominantly follows the case teaching methodology and other pedagogical techniques in the classroom.