Namaste! Welcome to my web-page! I am a Professor at the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. I have also worked at the Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati and the Dept. of English, Sagar Central University, M. P. I obtained my B. A. (Hons.) and MA in English from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and earned my M. Phil. and PhD degrees from Sagar Central University, Madhya Pradesh. My research interests largely lie in the intersections of Indian classics and ecosophy, Indian poetics, and comparative literary studies.Â