Lalitha Sarma R 

I am a former teacher and currently a full-time researcher in English Literature and Indian Knowledge Systems with research interests as diverse as Women Studies, Gender Studies, Shakespeare, Decolonization, Digital Humanities and Indic Studies (on various IKS thematic concerns in areas including but not limited to ethnomathematics, research methodology, pedagogy and education philosophy and public policy). I am committed towards making an effective intervention in societal harmony through IKS research as well as literature - language teaching and Values-based Education. 

Since Nov 2023, I have been a Project Research Scientist at CISTS, Dept of HSS, IIT Bombay. I also work as a Research Assistant on an ICHR - History of Science and Technology (Special Project) under the supervision of Prof. K. Ramasubramanian. I am also a part-time Research Consultant in the hospitality and wellness vertical of Sai Lakshmi Industries Pvt Ltd. 

During 2012-17, I was a doctoral researcher at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning and defended my thesis in 2017 under the supervision of Rajeshwari C Patel. In 2018, I was an Assistant Professor (Ad Hoc) in English at Indian Naval Academy.