Strong oral and written communication skills

M RAHUL

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Address - B*-F*, Sri Hari Flats,

**/**, ****** *** *** street,

Adambakkam, Chennai-600088

Mobile Number – 995-***-****

Home Number – 044-********

Email ID – ******@*****.***

Date of Birth - 26/11/1998

Languages known – English, Tamil, Hindi

EDUCATION:

July 2019 - May 2020

Asian College of Journalism, Chennai

Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism (Print Stream) (Grades Awaited)

June 2016 - May 2019

Loyola College, Chennai

Bachelor of Arts (Economics)

CGPA: 8.63/10

June 2014 – May 2016

D.A.V. Public School, Chennai

Class 12 (CBSE – Commerce Stream)

Percentage: 83%

SKILLS LEARNT AT ACJ:

First Term: Learnt the basics of Reporting, Editing and Writing

Second Term: Specialised in Editing, Reporting, Opinion Pieces, Feature writing and Web-based stories. Studied Business Reporting as an Elective.

Deprivation Trip: Was part of the team that produced a special 32-page broadsheet, which contained stories of deprivation and livelihood issues from villages across India. Was part of the team which covered Ramanathapuram district and Rameshwaram town.

https://www.asianmedia.org.in/acj/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/covering-deprivation-2020-web.pdf - (Pages 19-21)

Third Term: Filed local news stories, edited, designed and made pages for “The Word”, the weekly lab journal.

https://www.asianmedia.org.in/acj/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/edition-5-Page-2020.pdf

https://www.asianmedia.org.in/acj/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/edition-6-Page-2020.pdf

Studied Sports Writing as an Elective.

Wrote a 5000 words dissertation on “Growth of Digital Payments in India’s Retail Sector Post-Demonetisation”.

Wrote a 2100 words Investigative Journalism piece on “Impact of Coronavirus on the Indian Aviation Industry”.

https://www.asianmedia.org.in/acj/aviation-grounded-travel-halted/

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Intern - Sundaram Asset Management Company (December 2018 - January 2019).

Learnt to use HRMS Application of HR Department.

Learnt to use Software Package of Finance Department.

Content Writer– Ecostream Infotech Pvt. Ltd (May 2019 - June 2019)

Writing articles and blogs for live streaming applications.

Freelance Sports Writer – Have published 92 tennis, cricket and badminton blogs on SportCo

https://www.sportco.io/profile/m.rahul

Published 5 tennis blogs on Sportskeeda

https://www.sportskeeda.com/profile/rahul-manoj

Was awarded the title of “Star Contributor” for the third quarter of 2019 on Sportco.io

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

Strong oral and written communication skills, good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and WordPress.

CERTIFICATES AWARDED:

Secured Diligence and Regularity Award at Loyola College.

Secured 1st Rank in Economics Department, at Loyola College and received the T.D. Aiyaswamy Memorial Medal.

Secured Certificate for the Best Volunteer Award for Community Service organized by the Department of Service Learning in 2nd year at Loyola College.

Secured 3rd prize in Inter College Debate Competition conducted at Ethiraj College for Women in 3rd year.

HOBBIES:

Reading newspapers, Sportstar, non-fiction books, playing badminton, an ardent follower of cricket and tennis matches.

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