Aman is a Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville at the College of Communication and Information. His specialization is Journalism and Electronic Media
Aman joined the Catalyst Capacity Building Training to prepare for entrances and interviews of Masters Programmes in Social Sciences after pursuing Bachlors in Commerce. He was selected for M.A. Mass Communication at Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication.
“Aman’s penchant for communication – writing and speaking was strong when he joined Catalyst.”, recounts Sauraveswar Sen, Founder and Mentor, Catalyst. “He would love writing on golf, cricket, sports; enjoy interviewing athletes, authors. We backed his interests with fieldwork opportunities like “Create to Inspire” project by Microsoft on electronic waste recycling and sustainability.
Aman wrote for ‘Wisden India’, ‘Golf Digest’, ‘GolfPlus Monthly’, ‘The Indian Express’ and several more publications. He was hired by ‘ESPN Cric Info’ during the campus placements at Symbiosis.
Like Aman, since 2011, students and working professionals have been able to successfully craft a career with Bachelors and Masters programmes offered by TISS, Azim Premji University, TERI, XIM, IIT, Nirmala Niketan, NLSIU, Sciences Po, London School of Economics and Political Science, Symbiosis, IIMC, ACJ, XIC, JNU, Ambedkar University et al with capacity building training for development sector at Catalyst.
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