An assistant professor in Maharashtra has created a lot of laughter and impressed the internet with his creativity after announcing his new job in the most unique way. Instead of writing a simple article, Prateekshit “Kanu” Pandey, who was given the position of assistant professor in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Communications, designed a poster in the shape of a congratulatory banner used in Indian political campaigns.
”I am pleased to officially announce that I will be joining the Department of Communications at UC Santa Barbara @CommUcsb as an Assistant Professor starting January 2024. Blessings from my elders are pouring in,” he wrote on X, along with the quirky poster.
In the poster, he is dressed as a typical Indian politician, striking a ‘victory’ pose with streamers around his neck. The poster also featured images of other dignitaries and supporters of the university, along with congratulatory messages. Notably, he had used the same style in 2022 when he invited people to join him on Zoom for his dissertation defense presentation.
See the tweet here:
I am pleased to officially announce that I will be joining the Communications Department at UC Santa Barbara @CommUcsb as assistant professor, starting January 2024. https://t.co/BmGve47WYGpic.twitter.com/MiG4Y5v670
— Kanu (@akaPrateekshit) October 2, 2023
The hilarious poster opened the floodgates of laughter online, with many joking that they didn’t know whether to congratulate him or vote for him. Responding to the poster, one user wrote, “If I stay in academia it will only be for the opportunity to make such an announcement for my future positions.”
Another wrote, “If this format becomes a norm, it will be Maharashtra’s greatest gift to the world in the 21st century. From now on, all academic announcements should only be made this way. Congratulations.”
A third wrote: ‘This is worth its weight in gold’, while a fourth said: ‘This is so hilarious.’ Yet another joked: ‘I don’t know whether to congratulate you or vote for you. Big fan.” A sixth added: “This has to be one of the best announcements I’ve seen. I absolutely can’t get over that photo of you and Celeste. Congratulations!”
According to the UCSB Communications Department website, Mr. Pandey is “an assistant professor in the UCSB Communications Department, specializing in political communications.”
”Kanu studies the role of humor and satire in democratic participation, news sharing, and individual political agency in democratic contexts, with a comparative focus on the United States and South Asian countries. Kanu uses a combination of quantitative experimental techniques to investigate the psychological mechanisms underlying media effects on the democratic citizenry,” according to his biography on the website.
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