Mohnish Judge

Grant Category:	Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Program
Project Title:	The Tibetan Diaspora and Mass Media: A Case Study of Central Tibetan Administration's DIIR
Field of Study:	Linguistics
Home Institution:	Oregon State University, Mohnish
Host Institution:	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Judge
Grant Start Month:	August 2024
Duration of Grant:	Nine months

Brief Bio:

Mohnish Judge is a Tibetan Indian American graduate of Oregon State University with a major in economics and minors in religious studies and linguistics. He is interested in the intersections of language, cultural identity, and political advocacy. As an undergraduate, he conducted research on Tibetan honorifics as part of his honors thesis, founded and led the Himalayan Student Association on his campus, and worked to provide low-income housing in his community.

For his Fulbright-Nehru project, Mohnish is investigating the mechanisms through which media functions, connects, and interacts with the Tibetan diaspora communities. Using a linguistic and communicative lens, he is examining the production and consumption of the media created by the Tibetan government-in-exile by conducting interviews and surveys, and through discursive and rhetorical analyses. The aim is to contribute to the current scholarship surrounding media, diaspora studies, imperialism, and cultural preservation.