Mumbai: The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has appointed Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) English journalism course director Surbhi Dahiya as new faculty ambassador for a duration of three years. IAMCR is a worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research.

With this latest appointment, IAMCR now has three faculty ambassadors in India with Dahiya joining the ranks at the organisation alongside the existing ambassadors Uma Shankar Pandey and Padmakumar K.

In her role as faculty ambassador, Dahiya will organise various events with university departments, local and regional media, communication research bodies and think tanks, and NGOs involved in media advocacy and research and encourage Indian scholars to have visibility in International conferences.

Dahiya was the SUSI scholar from India and completed the study of the United States Institute Programme organised by the United States, Department of State, conducted at the Ohio University in 2017. She was elected as liaison chair for Academia and Industry by the newly formed South Asian Communication Association (SACA). She was the convenor of World Journalism Education Council (WJEC)- IIMC- UNESCO Roundtable in India held in August beside representing India on a number of platforms.

She was also conferred the Women Economic Forum (WEF) award 2019 for 'Iconic Woman' as 'Exceptional Leaders of Excellence'. She won the National Award by Public Relation Society of India (PRSI) for contribution to mass communication education in India and the Lifestyle Journalistic TLJ Jury Award for Excellence in the field of journalism education in 2019.