MsAiswarya Aanand

Graduate Researcher

Faculty of Business and Law/Management Discipline Group

  • Graduate Researcher
    Faculty of Business and Law/Management Discipline Group
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Aiswarya graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Madras with an Integrated Masters degree in Development Studies and was awarded the Institute Blues Silver award for the best outgoing student . She completed her Master of Business in Sport Management from Deakin University, Melbourne in 2021 under the Deakin Times Vice Chancellor's Meritorious Scholarship Program.

She is a creative director in the Indian film industry and the Founder of Studio ழ - a media strategy and production house in Chennai. Her skill sets include Content Development, Creative direction, Sport and Strategy Consultancy.

She is a part of the prestigious Vice Chancellor's Professional Excellence Program at Deakin University. She brings in strategic management experience from major organisations from across the globe including Australian Open, F1 Grand Prix, Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and Victorian Premier Cricket. She has worked in the direction team of Modern Love Chennai (Amazon Prime) , TEST (Netflix) amongst other projects.

 

She is currently pursuing her PhD is Sport Media with a focus on Rivalry Branding in Indian Cricket. In her freetime, you can see her honing her feature film script, watching films, playing any sport and hyping up Fincher to anyone she can find.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Graduate Researcher
    Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law/Management Discipline Group

DEGREES

  • PhD, Sport Management
    Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia25 Feb 2025 - present
  • Master of Business, Sport Management
    Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia1 Jul 2019 - 1 Jun 2021
  • Integrated M.A in Development Studies
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India1 Apr 2014 - 1 May 2019

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Tamil
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Malayalam
    Can understand
  • Hindi
    Can understand

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Business and Law

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Deakin Business School
  • Management Discipline Group