Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma is Assistant Professor and Coordinator for Ph.D programme. He teaches Traditional Entertainment, Communication Research, Theory and Acting for Animation at the AJK MCRC.

He completed his Masters from Hyderabad Central University and Ph.D from Dr.K.R.Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia titled ‘Dalit image in Telugu cinema since 1947’. He successfully completed Film Appreciation course from FTII and NFAI, Pune.

Before coming to AJK MCRC he worked in Tezpur central university, Assam and NISWASS-CEDEC College of Utkal University, Orissa, Venketeswara Fine Arts College, Hyderabad. In his early carrier worked on various video documentaries and television formats. He presented papers at national and international conferences. They vary from Impact of ICTs on Dalit women, community radio and Dalits, media education, new media and puppetry, social communication, Telugu cinema, etc.