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Dr. Thahiya Afzal currently heads the School of Social Sciences and Languages (VISH) at VIT-AP University. She is an alumnus of Stella Maris, Chennai and the University of Madras. She is a Gold medallist at the Undergraduate degree level and her M. Phil thesis on Black American Women autobiography was highly commended. Her Ph. D doctoral dissertation explored the new genre of Food Studies. She has over 26 years of teaching and research experience and has served in various portfolios both academic and administrative. She has been instrumental in designing curriculum and setting standards for the teaching learning experience on the VIT-AP campus. Her research interests include Cultural Studies, World Literatures, Literary Theory African American literature, Indian writing in English, ELT, Creative Writing, Poetry, Drama and Fiction with a special emphasis on the genre of auto-biographies especially those of women. She is currently working on a project that looks at Food as identity.

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Dr. Rasheda Parveen has a Ph.D. in English Literature from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. Her research articles and book monographs are published by Springer, IIAS journals, IGNOU, Utkal University, ABC-Clio, etc. An Associate of IIAS, Shimla (2019-), Parveen has completed an ICSSR (IMPRESS) funded research project “Restoring the Sacred in Public Spheres” as a Co-PI which investigates lived religion of the transgenders of India.

Dr. Tannistha Dasgupta has a PhD and an M.Phil in English Language Education (ELE) from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. She has done her MA and B.Ed (English) from the same university. She has developed content as a subject expert of video programmes of UGC-MHRD sponsored MOOC Courses for SwayamPrabha channel. In 2021, she was nominated by the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi for the E-Teacher Scholarship for the OPEN Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. In 2022, she received the English Language Centre Eastbourne Graham Smith Scholarship, awarded by IATEFL, UK. She has published her work in national and international journals and received grants to present at conferences in India and abroad. She is an editorial board member of Cambridge Scholars Publishing. She has completed an RGEMS project funded by VIT-AP University (Seed-Money Project). She has been invited as a resource person at various FDPs and training sessions. Tannistha is currently working on input processing hypothesis along with her research scholar.

Dr. Pragya Sengupta has done her PhD in Translation Studies from the Centre of Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad. Her areas of interests include Translation of Folk literature, Translation and Human Emotion, Discourse analysis of Folk Literature, and Comparative Cultural studies.

Dr. Sudesh Manger with his years of industry experience, brings a unique perspective to his academic endeavors with diverse background in academia and industry. Holding a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) in Hyderabad (2018), his research delved into the intricate challenges of translating distinct concepts of time, “Cyclical Time” and “Linear Time,” in the historiography of Nepal. While his doctoral thesis offered valuable insights, it acknowledged the limitations of addressing the necessity of an eastern theoretical framework for translating historical sources. Prior to his Ph.D., Sudesh completed a Master of Philosophy in Translation Studies in 2012 at EFLU, and a Master’s in English from Osmania University in 2009, establishing a strong academic foundation. His influential research has delved into various aspects of translation, including Nepali translations, the impact of colonialism on translation, and its role in shaping Nepali feminism.

Dr. Rakhi. N.K. has completed her post-graduation and M Phil in Linguistics from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. She completed her Ph.D. in the multidisciplinary area of computational gastronomy from IIT Jodhpur. Her Ph.D. work with her supervisor and team on the computational, data-based study of Indian cuisine garnered attention and was selected as an Emergent Technology by the MIT Technology Review. Her core area of research is linguistics, with a focus on theoretical and corpus linguistics. Her work involves corpus-based methods in studying language patterns and structure from large-scale data. Her work has been published in Scopus journals.

Dr. Chandan Vishwas graduated from Banaras Hindu University in French. He then completed his Master’s in Translation and Interpretation from Pondicherry university. After qualifying UGC NET with JRF, He did his PhD in French Canadian literature from Banaras Hindu University. He went to France to do a teacher training on a scholarship of French government. He has authored numerous research papers in reputable journals and has presented research papers at various national and international seminars.

Dr. Raghavi R.K earned Ph.D in English from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy, Her area of interest is health humanities, graphic medicine and comics studies. Her research papers have been published journals such as Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Configurations, Concentric, Research and Humanities in Medical Education, among others.

Dr. Deepjoy Katuwal holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. With over five years of teaching experience, he currently teaches communication strategies to budding engineers and entrepreneurs.

Dr. Arenkala Kichu has an M.A in Linguistics from North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong and she has acquired her M.Phil (2014) and Ph.D (2020) in English Language Education (ELE) from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Shillong. She is a member of ELTAI, Meghalaya chapter, and has published national and international papers, in addition to delivering invited talks for FDPs and other conferences. She is also a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship and the Nagaland State Research Scholarship (2017-2018).

Dr. Renuprasad Patki pursued PhD in contemporary German Love Poetry from Savitribai Phule Pune University. As a recipient of several scholarships, he went to Germany for his PhD research. He attended two summer semesters at the Georg August Universität Göttingen and participated in a summer-course at Freie Universität, Berlin. He has presented papers in international conferences related to German studies in Flensburg, Wuppertal, and Pune. He qualified UGC NET with JRF after pursuing Masters in German Studies from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He has a B.A. in German from Sir Parashurambhau (SP) College, Pune. Apart from his academic research, he is active in literary translations, writing and publishing poems in German and Marathi. As part of his recent project, Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsdramatik in südasiatischen Sprachen, in collaboration with Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai (Goethe Institut), he translated two contemporary German plays die unverheiratete and vorher/nachher to Marathi. Also, he is a passionate tabla player.

Prof. Kanaka Himabindu Pottumuthu holds an Integrated Master of Arts degree in Socio-cultural Anthropology from the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, and a Master of Philosophy degree in Anthropology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad. Her M.A. work was focused on understanding the Savara tribes in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, specifically their economic organization. She specialized in Medical Anthropology for her M.Phil, conducting an ethnographic study on the illness experience of cancer patients. She is currently in the process of submitting her dissertation for a Doctor of Philosophy degree, which explores the perspectives of day-to-day water management among citizens of Hyderabad and also examines the transformation of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh into a smart city. Her research interests encompass urban studies, sustainable smart cities, and medical anthropology. She was awarded the Gold Medal for her M.A. and received recognition for academic excellence during her M.Phil. Additionally, she was a recipient of the JASSO scholarship, which enabled her to participate in an exchange program at the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. Tania Chakravarty completed her B.A., M.A. and M.Phil from Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She has done her PhD in History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Her PhD focussed on changing ideas of governance, economy and national development within the municipal administration of interwar Calcutta. Her current research focuses on the intersection of urbanisation, development of public infrastructure and impacts of climate change in modern South Asia.

Dr. Priyanka Ghosh has done her PhD from University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, during which she extensively worked in the Indian Sundarbans region, examining the impacts of biodiversity conservation on local communities. Dr. Ghosh completed her B.Sc. in Geography from Presidency College, Kolkata and pursued her Masters in Geography from Ballygunge Science College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. She was a recipient of the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, USA and Dissertation Research Grant, Association of American Geographers (AAG). After completing her Ph.D., she worked as a lecturer in the Department of Geography at Central Washington University, USA. She was a post-doctoral scholar in the Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, where she investigated rural land use of Fayette County, Kentucky. Dr. Ghosh served as an Educational Advisor at the IEC Kumamoto International College, Kyushu, Japan. She has published her research in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals such as GeoJournal, Geographical Review, and Environmental Management. She has several book chapters with well-known publishers such as Springer and De Gruyter Oldenbourg.

Dr. Ankita Swetaparna is a passionate student of Linguistics. Discourse Analysis being her forte, she has developed an avid interest in Pragmatics, ELT, SLA, and Psycholinguistics. She got her M.A. degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Hyderabad earning the coveted Gold Medal for securing first rank in the university. She also completed her M.Phil at the same university in Applied Linguistics. After her Ph.D. in English, she has been regularly contributing articles to different journals of repute.

Dr. Balasingh V. has completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. He is interested doing research in the are of post colonial literature and Ethnic studies.

Dr. Anindita Shome has completed her MA in English Literature from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. She then pursued her M.Phil and Ph.D in Indian Diaspora Studies from the University of Hyderabad. Her thesis is titled, “Transnationalism, Gender and Identities: A Study of South Asian Youth in the United States”. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Perspectives on Global Development & Technology, South Asian Diaspora, and Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, and chapters in edited collections such as Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy, and Mapping Indian Diaspora: Contestations and Representations.

Dr. Shubhra Ghoshal has completed her Ph.D in English from IIT (ISM), Dhanbad. Her thesis is titled “Appraising Augusto Boal in India: On Dramaturgy and Synergism of Jana Sanskriti’s Theatre of the Oppressed”. She has four publications; three articles in reputed AHCI and SSCI journals, and one book chapter in an anthology.

Dr. Dheeraj Kumar earned his PhD from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. The title of his dissertation is “L’esprit nomade chez Nicolas Bouvier”. He is particularly interested in Swiss literature, French writings on India, and French & Francophone literature. The study of translation and Indian literature are other topics that fascinate him.

Dr. Suresh Jagannatham is a Tribal scholar from Andhra Pradesh. In 2010, he earned a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Hindi at the University of Hyderabad, for his research work titled “Depiction of Tribal Lives in Hindi Novels”. His primary research interest revolves around collecting and documenting the oral traditions of tribal communities. Through grants from the CSD and the Ford Foundation, he documented the tribal oral traditions of the Araku Valley. He also conducted documentation of the oral history and literature of the most vulnerable tribal communities, Asur and Birjia, in Jharkhand. With funding from ICSSR, his research delved into the Educational Attainment and Challenges faced by De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes in central India, as well as Cultural Disparities among the Tribes in India explored through Oral Literature. He has authored several articles published in Indian Hindi journals and has written two books: ‘Andhra Pradesh ki Aadivasi Sanskriti’ (Cultural Aspects of the Andhra Pradesh Tribal Communities) in Hindi, and ‘Araku Ghaty ke Phurkha Geet’ (Ancestral Oral Traditions of Araku Valley), funded by the Undivided Andhra Pradesh Hindi Sahitya Academy.

Dr. Mahi S Thavarathu has completed her PhD, MPhil and MA in English Literature from Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her PhD thesis on the Asian and African Immigrant Literature in Contemporary Ireland was funded by the ICSSR Full Time Doctoral Fellowship. She has published her work in reputed journals and has presented her research at numerous platforms including international conferences, workshops, and invited talks.

Prof. Neelima Adapa is pursuing PhD in English from Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad. She has submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “English in Social Networking Services: A Study in Language Variation”. She has an M.Phil in English from MANUU and holds an M. A. in English and a B.Ed in English from Andhra University. She has also pursued a PG Diploma in Teaching of English from English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad.

Dr. Sanjit Chakraborty was a teaching faculty member at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, the Indian Institute of Management Indore, and the Central University of Hyderabad. His philosophical venture was nourished under the guidance of Professor Hilary Putnam (Emeritus Professor, Harvard University) from 2008 to 2016. His work spans the topics of Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Ethics and AI and Morality.

Chakraborty’s books include Engaging Putnam (De Gruyter, 2022), Living without God: A Multicultural Spectrum of Atheism (Springer, 2022), The Labyrinth of Mind and World: Beyond Internalism-Externalism (Routledge, 2020), Understanding Meaning and World: A Relook on Semantic Externalism (CSP, 2016), Human Minds and Cultures (forthcoming 2023), and Pursuits of Language (forthcoming 2023). Chakraborty has extensively published around forty papers in much-respected peer-reviewed international and national journals like Philosophia (Springer), Sophia (Springer), Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics (Springer), Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (Springer), American Philosophical Association Newsletters, International Journal of Applied Ethics, and so on. His books have been reviewed and greatly endorsed by Noam Chomsky (MIT), Simon Blackburn (Cambridge University), John Perry (Stanford University), Sanford Goldberg (Northwestern University), Max De Gaynesford (University of Reading), Maria Baghramian (University College Dublin) and a few more scholars in celebrated journals. He is the recipient of several national and international awards.

Chakraborty has been invited for talks at different renowned institutions and universities overseas, like Harvard University, Oxford University, the Richard Rorty Society, Humboldt University, the University of London, the University of Dublin, Imperial College London, and several universities, IITs, and IIMs in India. Chakraborty holds the editorial and referee positions in the journals Human Affairs (De Gruyter), Journal of Scholarly Publishing (University of Toronto Press), Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (Taylor and Francis), Culture and Dialogue (Brill), Research Ethics (Sage), and Sophia(Springer), and is a book reviewer for publishers such as Springer, Routledge, World Scientific Publishing, and Palgrave Macmillan.

You can find him at: http://www.routledge.com/authors/i19367-sanjit-chakraborty,
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Dr. Arpana Venu holds a Ph.D in English Literature from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Her research expertise lies in the domain of travel writing, specifically focusing on intra-Asian travel writing in Malayalam during twentieth century. She has worked as a visiting faculty, training students in communicative English and language labs. She completed her masters degree in English Language and Literature from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kerala. She has presented her papers in various national and international conferences and seminars. At present, she is working on a translation project.

Dr. Anupama A. P received her M. Phil from Institute of English, Trivandrum, and her doctorate in Film Studies at NIT Trichy. She is a Kerala University Rank holder and the recipient of the Prof M. P. Paul Prize for securing the highest marks in the BA and MA. She is a UNESCO Research scholar and completed a project titled “Bommalattam: Living with the Puppets”. She has attended conferences both national and abroad and has publications in Routledge, Intellect, Vernon Press, and UGC Care journals, as well as forthcoming in Springer, Routledge and Sage. She is also serving as a reviewer for journals including Rupkatha, Cogent Arts and Humanities, Journal of Gender Studies, and New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film. Her scholarship appears in Film Studies, Spectatorship studies, Space studies, Semiotics, Streaming discourse, and Cyberpunk. She is currently working on an ICSSR research project entitled “The Cyberpunk: Governance, Politics, and Security.”

Dr. Nusrat Begum holds a doctoral degree in Linguistics from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna. She has completed her post-graduation in Linguistics from the University of Calcutta. Further, she cleared UGC- NET in Linguistics in the year 2016. Her research interests encompass multilingualism, linguistic landscaping, advertising language, and language and gender. She has published various research papers and chapters in journals and books of national and international repute. She has also presented her works at national and international (EU and Southeast Asia) conferences through paper and poster presentations.

Dr. Kankan Das holds a PhD in English Language Education from EFLU, Hyderabad. He has also done his Masters (TESL) and MPhil (ELE) degrees from EFLU. His research area focuses on Reading, Cognition, and Dyslexia. He worked in a Multilingual project funded by the University of Cambridge, UK (2017-2019).

Dr. Ann Mary George received her Ph.D. in Film Studies and Visual Culture from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. Her doctoral thesis focused on Production and Stardom in Malayalam Cinema. She did her Post graduation in English from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, and her Undergraduate from St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad. She has presented papers at various national and international seminars. She has published papers in reputed journals and has been invited to deliver lectures on Film Studies. She has qualified the UGC-NET and the AP-SET.

Dr. Amar Ramesh Wayal received his post-graduate course in Applied Research Studies at the University of Lethbridge, Canada, and his M.Phil. and doctorate in Comparative Literature at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. He is an ICSSR Scholar, Shastri Indo-Canadian Research Scholar, and Visiting Scholar at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. He has given lectures nationally and internationally and works with tribes and indigenous organisations in Canada and the USA. In recognition of his appointment as a reviewer and editorial member for different international journals, he has reviewed articles in different fields. He has publications in Sage, Springer, Routledge, Vernon Press, and the University of Lethbridge Press, as well as forthcoming in NAIS, AIQ, CJNS, and other reputed journals. His scholarship appears in North American Native Studies, American Indian Rhetoric, First Nations Cultural Politics, Tribal Governance, State-Tribal Relations, Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, and Critical Discourse Analysis. He is currently working on an ICSSR research project entitled “The Cyberpunk: Governance, Politics, and Security.”

Dr. Aby Abraham holds a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from the Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. His doctoral thesis, titled “Framing Politics: Post-Millennial Land Struggles of Kerala,” looks at the photographic representations of Adivasi land struggles in Kerala. Prior to his PhD, he pursued an MA in English at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. Infused with a fervent passion for visual culture and cultural studies, his primary focus centers around exploring photographic representation and its inherent power. He has delivered lectures and led sessions on the photographic text at various universities. Additionally, he is a lens-based practitioner, having participated in numerous photography exhibitions across India. Augmenting his academic and artistic pursuits, Aby Abraham has also completed a diploma in photojournalism from the prestigious Kerala Media Academy, Kochi.

Dr. Ilakkiya has a Ph.D. in Psychology and an M.Sc. in Applied Psychology from Bharathiar University. With 8 years of teaching experience, she has led departments in various colleges. She has also served as an in-house counselor in the corporate sector. Dr. Ilakkiya’s research focuses on Gender studies, diversity, inclusion, and adolescent mental health.

Dr.Naveen Cherupelly received graduation from University Arts Science College. He holds M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D degrees from the University of Hyderabad and is a recipient of the UGC – Radhakrishanan Post- Doctoral fellowship. His broad area of research is Science, Technology and Society Studies. He is specifically interested in examining issues like how technologies are shaped and conditioned by social forces in their design and execution.

Dr. Bisht has done her PhD from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar and earned her masters degree in English from Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow. Currently, she is pursuing research on topics pertaining to disability, gender studies, and psychology in order to gain a deeper understanding and provide insights on cultural and psychology spheres. Also, she is interested in making creative online content to facilitate e- learning.

Dr. Rafael González-Macho holds a Diploma in Advanced Studies and a PhD from UNED in Spain. His dissertation was titled “Edition, Commentary and Translation into Spanish of De Mirabilibus Mundi by Pseudo Albert the Great”. He also possesses a Licenciatura in Philology from the Universidad Complutense in Spain. He has previously taught Linguistics, Spanish Language, Latin American Literature, and Latin Language at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala, Central America. He taught Spanish L2 and Classical Literature at James Madison University in the USA, as well as Spanish Language and Culture at the University of Virginia, Wise College (USA), and Hampton University (USA). Currently, he serves as the Editorial Coordinator of SpanishBolo Journal and holds the position of Correspondent in India of the OPH (Permanent Observatory of Hispanism) of the Fundación Duques de Soria.

Dr. Joseph Alugula obtained his Master’s, M. Phil and PhD in Political Science from the University of Hyderabad. He was also actively involved in various national-level research projects as a researcher at NIRD & PR, Hyderabad. He has been involved in academic research areas such as Political Theory, Indo-Israel Relations, while his empirical areas are focused on Ageing, Social Security, Decentralization, and Local Self-Governments in India etc.

Dr. Chandini received her Ph.D from Vellore Institute Of Technology (VIT), Vellore, and her Masters in English Language and Literature from Madras Christian College , Chennai. She has done her Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature. She has done her research on ‘The self Seeking and Defiant Women Protagonists in The Select Novels of Shobhaa De’.

Dr. Aswathy M holds a PhD in Psychology from Mysore University, Mysuru. She earned her MSc from Bharathiar University. She has qualified UGC NET and Diploma in learning disorder.

Dr. Neethu P Antony holds a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and cleared UGC-NET in English in the year 2014. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender and performance studies, theatre and drama, subaltern resistance and trauma theory, urban space theory, and communication studies. She has published research articles in various academic journals ranked with UGC-CARE and Scopus on modernity and Indian theatre, ekphratic poetry, gender fluidity, and urbanism, and has presented her papers at national and international conferences.

Dr Anjitha Gopi earned her PhD from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, during which, she was selected to pursue her PhD coursework and primary research at the University of California, Davis, USA. Her research interest lies in the spectrum of Native American Literature, cultural discourse, and spatial and memory studies. Her extensive study is covered in 2 Scopus publications and 8 International peer-reviewed journals. She has also presented papers at 6 International Conferences across India and abroad. Apart from her primary research interest, she is also TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certified. She is a lifetime member of EFSLE and also an Executive Council Member (ECM) for its Kerala -South Region and has 5 awards and fellowships to her credit including UGC NET-JRF, Fellow of Social Science Research Council, USA

Dr Kaushik received his Doctorate Degree in English from Central University of Rajasthan in 2020. He has done his Masters Degree in English and Comparative Literature from Pondicherry Central University and also Post Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English (PGDTE) from EFL University, Hyderabad. He has also completed Diploma(s) in Business English and Journalism & Mass Communication from Fakir Mohan University, where he has pursued his Bachelor of Arts in English Honors. Dr. Kaushik has several scholarly research publications, invited lectures, conference presentations, GIAN workshops & certificate courses and FDPs.

Dr. Amrita Purakayastha holds Ph.D. in Economics of Human Resources from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in 2021. Her study dealt with the socio-economic challenges, health related risks, employment and livelihood opportunities for transgender community in Kolkata, India. She passionately looks forward to conducting more such researches on the deprived individuals of the society like transgender, women and children where the purpose is not just limited to conducting research but to fight against a practice which devalues them, to spread awareness and enlighten people.

Dr. Naveen is a research fellow of Korea Foundation, Republic of Korea. His research research area includes Korean Language Education in India. He has an expertise in teaching Korean as a foreign language. After his Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, he completed Korean Languge Teacher’s Training Program in 2022. While pursuing his Ph.D., he taught Korean language as an optional course for a year in the Centre for Korean Studies, JNU. His research area is Korean Language Education in India. He has an expertise in teaching Korean as a foreign language.

Dr. Sunil Khosla has obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India. Dr. Khosla’s core research area of interest is poverty eradication, impact evaluation, food security, and development economics.

Dr. Linet Thomas received her Ph.D. and Master of Arts degrees from The English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad, in 2020 and 2014, respectively. In addition to her Bachelor of Arts degree from Providence Women’s College, Calicut in 2009, she holds a Bachelor of Education degree from Government Brennen College of Teacher Education, Thalassery in 2011. During her PhD, she also enrolled in the Post Graduate Certificate Course in Teaching English (PGCTE) offered by the School of Distance Education, The English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad. She also served as the Coordinator and Teaching Assistant for the 160-Hours Certificate of Proficiency Course in English programme, offered by the Non-Formal Courses and Resources (NFCAR) wing of The English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad, for three years (2016-2019). In light of her keen pursuit of learning and teaching English, she believes that be it language skills, social skills or any stream, teaching methods should ensure that students live innovative, creative and as socially responsible human beings.

Dr. K. Deepanjan is an Assistant Professor of History. He was awarded PhD from the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He completed his MPhil and MA from University of Hyderabad. His doctoral dissertation is a work of intellectual history of the Adi-Dravida (Dalit) movement in Tamil Nadu between 1890-1970.

Dr. Sanziou Boro received his Doctorate Degree (Department of Translation Studies) from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad in 2016. He received his post-graduation in English Literature also from EFLU, Hyderabad. He graduated with a degree in English Literature (Hons.) from St. Edmund’s College affiliated to NEHU (North-Eastern Hill University) Shillong, Meghalaya. He was awarded with Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship in the year 2011 and qualified NET with JRF in the year 2013.

Ashraf Pulikkamath is an interdisciplinary researcher in the broad area of development economics. His research and teaching interests include gender economics, gender budget, public policy, and development disparity. He holds an MA in Econometrics and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Madras. He has also cleared the UGC NET in Economics and Gender Studies. He is awaiting the awarding of his PhD from the University of Madras.

Dr. Debosmita Biswas acquired her doctorate degree from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, India in 2018. She also pursued her M.Phil. and M.A. (English) from EFLU, Hyderabad. She graduated with a degree in English Literature from Shri Shikshayatan College, University of Calcutta.

Ritu Varghese holds a B.A. Honours and an M.A. degree in English Literature from the University of Rajasthan. She joined NIT Rourkela, Odisha in 2018 for her PhD degree. Her thesis deals with the gendered nuances of modern bhakti historiography with Mirabai, the 16th-century bhakti poet-saint, at the center. During her PhD, she has also worked in the capacity of a research assistant for a sponsored project funded by ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research). Her areas of interest primarily lie within the scope of literature, political theology, and gender. She is also a member of Indian Network for Memory Studies (IIT Madras, India) and Religion in Society Research Network (Common Ground Research Networks, University of Illinois).

Dr. Karthick has received his Ph.D in Economics at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, through University of Mysore, Mysuru. He has published his works in national and international journals ranked with Scopus, UGC-CARE, etc., and presented at various national and international conferences and workshops. Previously, he worked as Research Manager, Research Officer, Research Assistant, Research Associate, and Senior Research Fellow at various Institutes. Dr. Karthick was the recipient of the Indian Council of Social Science Research Fellowship and Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust Fund during his PhD.

Dr. Kashyapi Ghosh has recently completed her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati. For her doctoral research, she was looking at the changing dynamics of the kitchen space through select media texts. She has published her work in reputed international journals and attended conferences both in India and abroad. She has also delivered invited lectures and won awards for best presentation both online and offline.

Dr. Tanmoy Das has earned his PhD from the Special Centre for the Study of North East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His PhD project focused on exploring the state-society relationship on the platform of development schemes in the hill district of Tamenglong, Manipur. His area of interest lies at the intersection of state-society relationships, everyday state and development, and the ethnography of the state. His recent work appeared in the Journal of South Asian Development.

In his M.Phil. and PhD, Dr. Gaurav Sonik worked on the German interpretations and translations of the ancient Indian philosophical texts, mainly the Bhagavadgītā, at the turn of the nineteenth century, i. e., during and after the era of German Romanticism. He has been awarded Research Scholarship by the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, Munich, Germany to conduct research at the Department of South Asian Studies, University of Bonn and at the Chair of Indology, University of Würzburg. All his degrees, from Bachelors to PhD, are from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also learned Sanskrit from Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi.

Dr Abdul Raffie Naik completed his Ph.D. in 2019 from Aligarh Muslim University and did his M.Sc. in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from Central University of Karnataka. He has credited with 22 paper publications and 5 Book Chapters. He has presented 15 papers at international conferences and 11 in national. Dr Raffie worked with Apollo Hospital Hyderabad as a Psychologist for around 3 years.

Dr. Pragnya Parimita Chayani completed her M.Phil. on Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy from the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad in 2017. She obtained a Ph.D. in English from Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad in April 2023. Falling under the broad domain of Energy Humanities, her study concentrates on petrofiction from the developed versus developing countries perspective. She is a member of the Petrocultures Research Group, University of Alberta, Canada. Currently, she is working on expanding her thesis to be published as a book, and 2 papers on anthropocentric climate crisis with emphasis on oil.

Dr. Jabeen Yasmeen has completed her Ph.D in 2022 from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Her doctoral dissertation engaged with the narratives of the survivors of the Nellie Massacre, 1983.