I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras. I was previously an Assistant Professor at the Department of HSS, IISER Bhopal. I obtained my Ph.D.  from IIT Kanpur. My primary training is in literary studies, although my work often shares borders with history and aesthetics. I work in the larger domain of literary studies with special focus on Literary Theory, Sanskrit Poetics and Aesthetics, Colonial Modernity, Postcolonial Studies, Intellectual History, Translation Studies (with special emphasis on Malayalam literature).

I have authored two books An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics: History, Theory, and Theoreticians and Sanskrit Poetics in the Postcolonial Space: Beyond the Canon, both published by Bloomsbury. The first book, which gives a good glimpse into the world of Indian literary theories, has been selected as one of the featured titles in Bloomsbury Medieval Studies, a significant resource for Medieval studies. My second book critically examines interventionist intellectual historiography in Sanskrit poetics, proposing a fresh approach to this ancient epistemology. Furthermore, I have also co-edited a book titled  Aesthetics in India: Transitions and Transformations (Orient Blackswan). This volume seeks to redefine conventional notions of aesthetics in literary studies by exploring its various dimensions through contemporary critical lens.

I am also a recipient of  the prestigious Meenakshi Mukherjee Memorial Prize for the year 2022 by the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS). This award was conferred for my article titled “What To Do with the Past?: Sanskrit Literary Criticism in Postcolonial Space,” published in the Journal of Indian Philosophy (Springer). The esteemed jury which selected me for this award comprised Prof. Robert JC Young (Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature, New York University), Prof. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan (Global Distinguished Professor of Literature, New York University), and Prof. Rukmini Bhaya Nair (Professor Emerita, Humanities and Social Sciences Department, IIT Delhi).

Furthermore, I have also contributed research articles to esteemed journals such as Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademy), Journal of Indian Philosophy (Springer), South Asian Review (Taylor and Francis), Journal of Dharma Studies (Springer), and Economic and Political Weekly. Additionally, I also serve as an Area Editor in the field of Literary and Critical Theory for Oxford University Press.