Revathy Krishnan is a doctoral student in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where she studies the mnemonic impact of terrorist attacks, such as the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, as reflected in contemporary Anglophone life writing and testimonial representations emerging from South Asia. Her research interests lie in the areas of Memory studies, Indian Anglophone literature, Post-terrorist life writing, Literary Theory and Trauma Studies.

Revathy completed a BA in English from Stella Maris College (Autonomous), Chennai, under the University of Madras, receiving the first rank with a Gold Medal. She holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. She is currently a doctoral scholar and teaching assistant working with Dr.Avishek Parui for classroom courses as well as SWAYAM NPTEL online courses, such as Trauma and Literature, Novel and Change, among others. Revathy also manages interns at the Centre for Memory Studies, IIT Madras, India, and is a member of the Indian Network for Memory Studies, formed under the aegis of Memory Studies Association. 

Krishnan, Revathy. “Private Memories of Public Terror: Reading Selected Witness Narratives of the 26/11 Mumbai Attacks”, Trauma and Memory Studies: Responses from India and Beyond, Springer- Forthcoming.  https://link.springer.com/book/9789819663736?error=cookies_not_supported&code=cde56032-8259-48b7-b683-c2aa5941b1af#bibliographic-information

Venkatesan, Sathyaraj and Revathy Krishnan. “On drawing graphic industrial disasters: an interview with Sean Michael Wilson.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Taylor and Francis, 2022, pp 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2022.2082503.

Sathyaraj Venkatesan and Revathy Krishnan, “Drawing Ecosickness: Industrial Disaster Comics, Post Memory and The Minamata Story: An Eco Tragedy”, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2022.2153893