Mrinalini Raj is a UGC-Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee. She is a recipient of the Charles Wallace Research Grant for the year 2024. Her research analyses literary works to situate Adivasi women within gender discourse through a spatial framework. Mrinalini has also translated literary works of Indigenous writers into English. Her areas of interest are Indigenous Studies, Women's Studies, and Spatiality Studies.
Research Interests : Indigenous Studies, Women's Studies and Spatiality Studies.
Grants and Awards:
Charles Wallace Research Grant 2024
UGC-Senior Research Fellowship
UGC-Junior Research Fellowship
GATE Exam ( English Literature) - Ranked in the top 100 candidates across India
Publications:
Raj, Mrinalini, and Sarbani Banerjee. 2024. “Feminism as World Literature: Edited by Robin Truth Goodman, New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, 310 Pp., £94.13 (Hardcover), ISBN 9781501371189.” Journal of Gender Studies 33 (4): 486–87. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2024.2332077
Raj, Mrinalini. 2024. “Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture: By Srirupa Chatterjee and Shweta Rao Garg, Eds, Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 2024, 276 Pp., $110.50 (Hardcover), ISBN 9781439922514.” Journal of Gender Studies 33 (7): 972–73. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2024.2405286
Hembrom, Sunder Manoj. 2026. "Hooghly Ghat." Translated by Mrinalini Raj. Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. 70 (1): 89-91. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27441401.pdf
Raj, Mrinalini. 2025. "Jacinta Kerketta: The Voice of Adivasi Vision." Feminism in India. https://feminisminindia.com/2025/02/03/jacinta-kerketta-the-voice-of-the-adivasi-vision/