The department is privileged to have a dynamic, experienced and dedicated faculty, widely recognized for their research in critical theory and for their creative publications. The faculty is the backbone of the department and consistently strives to foster in the students a curiosity that cultivates in them a deeper comprehension and appreciation of the world.
RITA JOSHI:
Dr. Rita Joshi
Teaches the novel in its many formulations across centuries and cultures. Her doctoral thesis was on D.H. Lawrence and his engagement with Christianity. She has also worked extensively with Indian writing in English and has published on Vikram Seth among others. She is the author of the novella Enlightened Awakening and The Simla Paintings and Other Stories.
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MADHU GROVER:
Dr. Madhu Grover
Teaches eighteenth century poetry, the nineteenth century English novel, Indian writing in English, and Postcolonial Studies. Her doctoral work examined Rudyard Kipling’s writings from a Cultural Studies perspective. She has presented papers on Kipling, Empire and literature of the Raj at national and international conferences. Her publications include critical readings of John Dryden and Nissim Ezekiel.
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Dr. Madhu Grover
Teaches eighteenth century poetry, the nineteenth century English novel, Indian writing in English, and Postcolonial Studies. Her doctoral work examined Rudyard Kipling’s writings from a Cultural Studies perspective. She has presented papers on Kipling, Empire and literature of the Raj at national and international conferences. Her publications include critical readings of John Dryden and Nissim Ezekiel.
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RUKSHANA SHROFF:
Teaches Drama across centuries and countries. Her teaching of Drama explores the particular interface between dramatic theory and its cultural situation. She has a particular interest in Shakespearean dramaturgy, especially in cultural and performative history, an interest that saw her part script a UGC film on the English Renaissance.
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Teaches Drama across centuries and countries. Her teaching of Drama explores the particular interface between dramatic theory and its cultural situation. She has a particular interest in Shakespearean dramaturgy, especially in cultural and performative history, an interest that saw her part script a UGC film on the English Renaissance.
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ARTI MINOCHA:
Teaches Modern British Fiction and Drama, the American Novel and Indian Drama in translation. Her research is focused on mapping the historiography of Modern Indian Culture as displayed in the production of dramatists. She is also concerned with how class and gender manifest in textual translations.
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Teaches Modern British Fiction and Drama, the American Novel and Indian Drama in translation. Her research is focused on mapping the historiography of Modern Indian Culture as displayed in the production of dramatists. She is also concerned with how class and gender manifest in textual translations.
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MAYA JOSHI:
Teaches courses in the Contemporary Novel, Cultural Studies, postcolonial Theory and Indian Literature. Her doctoral thesis explores nation, language and identity through the genre of the autobiography, in the context of Modern Indian History. She has also edited the critical edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and co-edited a volume on Buddhist philosophy.
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SHERNAZ CAMA:Teaches Classical Greek and Indian epics by Homer and Vyasa in addition to Modern English poetry. Her doctoral thesis was on `Blake and Zoroastrianism’ and she has published a book on Blake’s poetry. Her work on Parsi heritage made under the aegis of the UNESCO has won international acclaim.
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MITALI MISHRA:
Teaches Renaissance Drama, Modern Drama and the Novel. Her research spans the field of Indian Writing in English and its numerous representations in diverse literary forms. Her study is specifically focused on ideas of the nation and identity politics as they are formulated in post-colonial writing.
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ARUNIMA RAY:
Enjoys teaching Indian Writing in English besides Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne and other British authors. Her doctoral thesis is on the relationship of caste and gender politics.
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DIPTI NATH:
Teaches Contemporary Literature, Romantic Poetry and Popular Fiction. Her area of interest is Indian Writing in English, especially poetry and an exploration of the unavoidable markers of post-coloniality, class, caste, gender and location that accompany this project.
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KARUNA RAJEEV:
Her areas of research interest include Nineteenth Century Studies, Nineteenth Century Russian
Literature, Philosophy of Literature, Literary Theory and Post-Colonial Discourse. She is currently pursuing her PhD titled “The Deceits of Marie Corelli: Gender, Narrative and the Popular”.
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MAITRAYEE MANDAL:
Her M Phil dissertation was on the representation of lesbianism in Indian literature. Her areas of interest include Gender studies, Women’s writing and Popular literature. She has presented academic papers at various national and international conferences.
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JANET LALAWMPUII C:
Her areas of interest include Romantic poetry and Contemporary Public/Popular Culture and she has worked on visual representations of sexuality in popular Hindi Cinema for her M.Phil dissertation.
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NGANGOM MAHESHKANTA SINGH:His areas of interest range from children’s literature, cultural studies, folklore and translation to North East Indian literature in English. His doctoral dissertation examines children’s games in Manipur to explore the social and political history of Manipur.
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WAFA HAMID:
Her areas of interest include: Gender Studies, Popular Culture, Women’s Writing, Culture Studies, and Translation Studies. She is pursuing her doctoral research on Poetics and Politics: A Study of Agha Shahid Ali’s Poetry.
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JONATHAN KOSHY VARGHESE:
Teaches Nineteenth Century Novel, American Modernism, Public Intellectual and the American public sphere, Contemporaneity, Nationalism and Nation-state, the socio-politics of art and criticism. His dissertation is on the “visualization” of intellectual dissent focusing on the intellectual niche that Edward Said occupies in the American public sphere.
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TANIYA SACHDEVA:
She did her M.Phil from the University of Delhi. She also is a co-author of a short-story anthology, ‘Just Plain Bad Luck’, published in 2010, and for her M.Phil, she explored the modern adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Othello.
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RACHITA MITTAL:
Teaches courses on Romanticism and Victorian novel and poetry. Her interdisciplinary research interests include science and international relations, and explore issues like complexities of language in diplomacy. She also examines her subject in several areas like American literature, African American writings and Post-colonial literatures.
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