Prof. Wimal Dissanayake wins AMIC Asia Communication Award

• Prof. Wimal Dissanayake is a leading scholar of Asian cinema and Asian communication theory

Professor Wimal Dissanayake was one of two eminent personalities who received the 2020 and 2021 AMIC Asia Communication Awards on Saturday, December 4, at the culmination of the virtual 28th AMIC Annual Conference and 50th founding anniversary of the organization.

Prof. Wimal Dissanayake is a leading scholar of Asian cinema and Asian communication theory. He will receive the 2021 AMIC Asia Communication Award for Disruptive Inquiry. The other awardee was Dasho (Sir) Dorji Kinley, a journalist/civic engagement advocate in Bhutan who received the 2020 AMIC Asia Communication Award for Transformative Leadership.

A critic of the wholesale adoption of Western-produced communication theory, research and methods, Dissanayake devoted his career not only to creative writing but also to finding and articulating the Asian perspective and sensibility in communication studies—in collaboration with other Asian scholars, an AMIC statement said. 

Dissanayake is recognized for his great contribution in providing a conceptual link between Asian communication and culture.