Debarati Dhar has done her doctoral thesis on New Media and Gerontology. She has been a research fellow at the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University, Wales, UK (2015) under UGC-UKIERI Thematic Partnership Programme. She has presented papers at several national and international conferences/ seminars. She has also participated in various national consultation programmes and workshops. She has several publications (18) in reputed journals under her name. She has also been a part of the UGC Epg-Pathshala Project/ 2017/ under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, India, and has authored 27 modules for Media and Communication Studies. She has also prepared online learning material for Refresher Programme in Teaching under UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, MOOCs, and IGNOU courses. Her research interests are new media and society, ageing studies, development communication, media, creative industry, child rights, policy, and governance.