Students

SUPERVISION OF M. PHIL. DISSERTATION

• Ms. Anjali Tiwari (Awarded in July 2015). New Historicism: Theory and Practice, Dept. of English & Other European Languages, Dr. H. S. Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

SUPERVISION/CO-SUPERVISION OF Ph. D. THESES

Degree Awarded 

• Dr. Pankaj Kumar Verma (Awarded in July 2022). Contemporary Concerns of Premodern Texts: An Eco-Aesthetical Study of Valmiki Ramayana, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati.

• Dr. Atul Kumar Singh (Awarded in April 2023). Gendered Discourse of Language and Nation: A Study of Maternal Icons in the Performance of Nationality in India, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati.

• Dr. Kashyapi Ghosh (Awarded in May 2023). Kitchen Space and Gender: A Critical Understanding of the Changing Gendered Dynamics through Select Indian Media Texts, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati (Co-guided with Dr. V. Vamshi Krishna Reddy, CCL, UoH, Hyderabad).

• Dr. N. Srikanth (Awarded in December 2023). YouTube, Online Videos, and Creator Labour in Rural South India, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati (Co-guided with Dr. V. Vamshi Krishna Reddy, CCL, UoH, Hyderabad).

Ongoing

• Ms. Kanupriya Pandey (Enrolled in July 2023). "Dystopian Portrayals of Utopian Aspirations: A Study of the Select Ecogothic Narratives from a Conservationist Perspective", Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati.

• Ms. Puspita Panda (Enrolled in November 2023). In the area of Comparative Literary Studies, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati.

• Mr. Shashwat Pandeya (Enrolled in July 2024). In the area of Literature and Environment, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati.

• Ms. Sanjivani (Enrolled in July 2025). "Religious Poetics and Intersectionality: A Study of Folk Rituals of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh" Dept. of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

• Ms. Sadmi (Enrolled in July 2025). "Colonial Motifs in Postcolonial Indian Theatre: A Study With Special Reference to Select Modernist Plays" Dept. of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

• Mr. Mahanand Manohar (Enrolled in July 2026). "The Enigma of the Self and the Burden of Meaning: Yoga Vāsiṣṭha and Beckettian Writings in Comparative Perspective" Dept. of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

• Mr. Gali Teja  (Enrolled in July 2026). "Narrative Desire and Aesthetic Experience: A Study of Select Works of the Aṣṭadiggajas in the Light of Nāṭyaśāstra" Dept. of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.