Associate Professor, with teaching and administrative responsibilities, including the Evaluations Coordinator of the Institute. PhD from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. Member of the MS Merian - R Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies Thematic Consolidation Group "Constructing Alternative Pasts", and European Association of South Asian Studies (EASAS). Coordinated several international and national conferences. Speaker at various international conferences and fora, including TEDx.

Migrant cultural archives, visual cultural studies, film studies, memory studies

Creative writer and essayists, with words in Wasafiri, Himal Southasian, New Lines Magazine, The Hindu, Jadaliyya, Dastavezi, The Wire, The Print, Scroll and others. Curator of migrant archives.

Example: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/42528

• Involved in teaching Masters and Bachelors students for more than a decade, with experience in designing curriculum and handling administrative tasks.

Awards and recognition (Provided by external agencies)

• peer reviewer for Q1 Journals
• invited to numerous academic conferences as keynote speaker
• numerous invitations for guest lecture