I am currently an Assistant Professor of English in the School of Holistic Development at MIT- Arts, Design and Technology University, Pune. 

I completed my PhD in English from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, India, under the supervision of Dr Swathi Krishna S and Dr Sreekumar Jayadevan. My thesis titled, “Reworking the Myth: Questing Heroes in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Hainish Cycle”, examines questing heroes in contemporary American author Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative fiction to study how she reworks the figure of the traditional American questing hero of the nineteenth and early twentieth century by undermining the hegemonic definitions of masculinity. 

I am now fully prepared to embark on the next phase of my professional journey, contributing to the academic community through research, teaching, and scholarly engagement.

My research interests include American Literature, Science Fiction, Queer Theory, Heroism Studies, Ursula K. Le Guin Studies and Gender Studies.