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Dr. Rasheda Parveen has a Ph.D. in English literature from National Institute of Technology 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 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 English Language Centre Eastbourne Graham Smith Scholarship, awarded by IATEFL, UK. She has published her work in reputed 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 FDP and training sessions.

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 has eight years of industry experience at Genpact PVT, and 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. Chandan Vishwas graduated from Banaras Hindu University in French. He then completed his Master in Translation and Interpretation from Pondicherry university. He worked as translator with Hewlett-Packard Inc. Bangalore for a year. 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 many research paper in reputed journals and presented research papers in various national and international seminars.

Dr. Renuprasad Patki completed B.A. in German from Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune. He then pursued Masters in German Studies from Savitribai Phule Pune University and went on to pursue PhD in contemporary German Love Poetry from the same university after qualifying for UGC NET with JRF. As a recipient of several scholarships, he went to Germany to collect research material, to attend courses at the prestigious Göttingen university and the Free university of Berlin and to present papers in international conferences related to German studies. Apart from his academic research, he has been active in doing literary translations and writing and publishing poems in German and in Marathi.

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 Hyderabad (IIT-H). Her M.A. work was about understanding the Savara tribes in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, focusing on their economic organization. She has specialized in her M.Phil in Medical Anthropology, studying about the illness experience of cancer patients, which is an ethnographic work. She is about to submit her dissertation for a Doctor of Philosophy about perspectives of day-to-day water management amongst citizens of Hyderabad and also about a smart city in the making, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. Her areas of research interest include urban studies, sustainable smart cities and medical anthropology. She is a recipient of the Gold Medal in her M.A. and a holder of the academic excellence award during her M.Phil. She has received a JASSO scholarship and has been to Japan for an exchange program at the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. Priyanka Ghosh is a Sr. Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vellore Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh. She completed her B.Sc. in Geography from Presidency College, Kolkata and pursued her Masters in Geography from Ballygunge Science College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Dr. Ghosh completed 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. 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, and later worked as an Assistant Professor of Geography & Environmental Science at Era University, Lucknow. 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. Priyanka Ghosh is a Sr. Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vellore Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh. She completed her B.Sc. in Geography from Presidency College, Kolkata and pursued her Masters in Geography from Ballygunge Science College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Dr. Ghosh completed 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. 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, and later worked as an Assistant Professor of Geography & Environmental Science at Era University, Lucknow. 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. Shubhra Ghoshal is an Assistant professor in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, at VIT-AP. She 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. Mahi S Thavarathu has completed her PhD, MPhil and MA in English Literature from Centre for English Studies, 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 many platforms including international conferences, workshops, invited talks etc.

Dr Sanjit Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Vellore Institute of Technology -AP University. Before that, he has been 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).

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. Prior to VIT-AP University, he was working with IIM Indore and SRM University, Trichy. 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.”

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

She has done her PhD from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar and masters in English from Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow. After completing her PhD in 2020 she started teaching the graduates and post graduate students at her almer mater, Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow. At present she is pursuing research on topics pertaining to disability, gender studies and psychology pertaining fields to understand and provide deeper insights on cultural and psychology pertaining spheres. She is also interested in making creative online content to facilitate e- learning. https://youtube.com/@masterthatenglish4924 .

“PhD from UNED, Spain
Dissertation: Edition, Commentary and Translation into Spanish of De MIrabilibus Mundi by Pseudo Albert The Great.
He has previously taught Linguistics, Spanish Language, Latin American Literature and Latin Language at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Guatemala, CA), Spanish L2 & Classical Literature at James Madison University (USA), and Spanish L2 and Spanish Culture at the University of Virginia (USA) and Hampton University (USA).

Currently: Editorial Coordinator of SpanishBolo Journal Correspondent in India of the OPH (Permanent Observatory of Hispanism) of the Fundación Duques de Soria”

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 Indian Council of Philosophical Research (Springer), American Philosophical Association Newsletters, International Journal of Applied Ethics, and so on. His works have been reviewed and cited in reputed international journals by noted scholars.

Dr. Neethu P Antony is an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (VISH), VIT-AP University. She 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 Kaushik received his Doctorate Degree in English from Central University of Rajasthan in 2020. He has done his Master 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 has pursued his Bachelor of Arts in English Honors. Dr Kaushik has to his credit several scholarly research publications, conference presentations, workshops, certificate courses and FDPs. He has previously held positions at ASBM University, Bhubaneswar and Karnavati University, Gandhinagar.

“I am a research fellow of Korea Foundation, Republic of Korea. My research area is Korean Language Education in India. I have an expertise in teaching Korean as a foreign language.

After my Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi I also completed Korean Languge Teacher’s Training Program in 2022 for 6 months.

While pursuing my Ph.D. I taught Korean language as an optional course for a year in Centre for Korean Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Then, I joined VIT-AP University in March, 2023 as a Korean language faculty at VIT-School of Social Sciences & Humanities (VISH).”

Dr. Sunil Khosla is currently working as Assistant Professor at VIT-AP University, Beside AP Secretariat Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh 522237, India. He 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. Sanziou Boro received his Doctorate Degree (Department of Translation Studies) from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad in 2016. He also received his post-graduation in English Literature 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. Prior to joining VIT-AP, Dr. Sanziou Boro was an Assistant Professor at SRM University Delhi-NCR where he taught for more than 04 years. 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 his Ph.D. Degree award from the University of Madras.

Prior to joining VIT-AP School of Social Sciences & Humanities, he served as an Assistant Professor (Economics) at the Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science Deemed to be University, Chennai and Marian College Kuttikkanam (Autonomous), Idukki. “

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. Before joining VIT-AP University, she taught undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students at the Department of English in SRM University Delhi-NCR for more than 4 years. Her research interest lies in the areas of History of Ideas, Analytical Philosophy, Mythological Studies and Thanatological Studies.

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 bhakti saint, at the center. Her areas of interest include English language and literature, religion and theology, Hindu / bhakti studies, modern Indian historiography, and south-Asian feminism.