• PhD, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, 2025
• MPhil English, Mary Math College, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, 2017.
• MA English with Communication Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, 2014.
• BA Journalism, Political Science, Optional English, Kristu (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, 2009.

• Assistant Professor, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), from July 1, 2022.
• Assistant Professor, Krupanidhi College (Autonomous), Bangalore, September 22, 2021- June 28, 2022.
• Assistant Professor, St. Claret College (Autonomous), Bangalore, July 26, 2017 – September 21, 2021.
• Lecturer, Mary Matha College, Tamil Nadu, July 1, 2015 – April 28, 2017.

• English Literature,
• Lockdown Literature,
• American Literature and Research Methodology

• Internal - ‘Adapting to the New Normal: Examining People’s Behavioral and Emotional Responses During Lockdown’ funded by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Cochin, Kerala, India, under the seed money for Minor Research Project.

• Invited as External Examiner for question paper scrutiny for the second, fourth, sixth and eight semester BA BEd Examination at Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth (Deemed to Be) University, Onakkoor, Cochin, Kerala, India, on March 11 -12, 2026.
• Invited as External Examiner for question paper scrutiny for the first semester BCA and B.Tech Examination at Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth (Deemed to Be) University, Onakkoor, Cochin, Kerala, India, on October 27, 2025.

• Article titled “Half Circles, Full Lessons” published in Economic and Political Weekly on March 28, 2026.
• Review article titled “Existence, inequality, isolation, and the quest for meaning in COVID-19 literature” in the Journal, Reviews in Anthropology, indexed in Scopus, December 15, 2025.
• Review article titled “Exploring social movements: theories, experiences, and trends edited by Biswajit Ghosh and the cultural production of social movements by Robert F. Carley” in the Journal, Social Movements Studies, indexed in Scopus on May 31, 2025.
• Published article “An Interrogation and Analysis of Postmodern ‘Self’ in Robert Lowell’s Sonnet Reading Myself” in Scopus-indexed journal ECS Transactions (Conference Proceedings) in May 2022.
• Published an article, “Living in the new normal: People’s responses to exist during lockdown”, indexed in the WoS-indexed journal Agathos: An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences in November 2025.
• Published an article, “Lockdown: A real-life paradoxical experience to survive in new normal conditions”, indexed in the WoS-indexed journal Agathos: An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences in November 2024.
• Published a Book Review, “A performative autoethnography of five Black American men”, indexed in the WoS Indexed Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance in August 2025.
• Published a Book Review, “Travel and colonialism in 21st century romantic historical fiction: exotic journeys, reparative histories”, indexed in the WoS Indexed Journal of Postcolonial Studies in April 2025.
• Published a Book Review, “The Human Paradox: Worlds Apart in a Connected World”, indexed in the WoS Indexed Journal Reviews in Anthropology in April 2025.
• Published a Book Review, “Global Sikhs: Histories, Practices and Identities”, indexed in the WoS Indexed Journal Sikh Formations in February 2025.
• Published a Book Review, “Pandemic, Event, and the Immanence of Life: Critical Reflections on Covid-19”, indexed in the WoS Indexed Journal Reviews in Anthropology in February 2025.
• Published a Book Review, “Precarious youth in contemporary graphic narratives: young lives in crisis”, in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics in April 2025.
• Published a Book Review, “Autofiction and Cultural Memory”, in a Journal a/b: Auto/Biography Studies in February 2025.
• Published article titled 'Social Realism in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird' in IJELLH International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities with ISSN No -2321-7065 in October 2018.
• Published article titled ‘A study of Literary Landscapes and Journey in Philip Larkins Poem ‘Here’ in IJELLH International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities with ISSN No -2321-7065 in May 2019.
• Published poem titled ‘Imperfection, Twin Figure, Time, We are ………. Men’ in IJELLH International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities with ISSN No -2321-7065 in December 2017.
• Published article titled ‘Critical Analysis of Arundhati Roy’s Novel God of Small Things' in IJELLH International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities with ISSN No - 2321-7065 in July 2017.

Books

• Published and co-edited the book Pandemic Reflections: Stories from the Covid-19 Lockdown with ISBN No 9788893225280 on March 26, 2024.
• Published a book titled ‘Nariman’s Memories: A Psychoanalytical Study of His Past and Present in Creating His Family Identity’ with ISBN 978-93-5566-118-0 with Book Media Publication in November 2021.
• Editor for the conference proceedings titled “Modern Narratives in Literature, Cinema, Culture, and Society- Select Conference Papers of LUMOS, English Conference – 2021”, published by St. Claret College Publications, Bengaluru 560013, Karnataka, India.

Book Chapters

• Published a poem in the book Pandemic Reflections: Stories from the Covid-19 Lockdown with ISBN No 9788893225280 on March 26, 2024.
• Published a chapter titled “Literary Aspects in Narratology: A Case of Harper Lee’s Novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ in a book, Language and Literature: The Intertwined Arts, with an ISBN 978-93-6263-023 in June 2024.
• Published a conference proceeding, “Lockdown: Real-life Paradoxical Experience to Sustain Human Relationships, Healthy Lives, and Well-Being” in the book Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainable Development by Taylor and Francis with ISBN 9781003457619 in October 2023.
• Published a chapter, 'Postcolonial Study of the Novel ‘From Heaven Lake’ by Vikram Seth, Trends in Postcolonial Language, Literature and Culture, in Purbayon Publications with ISBN: 978-93-89940-72-5 in August 2020.
• Published a chapter titled ‘RS Thomas: A Postmodernist Poet’, Vergal Publication, Tamil Nadu, with ISBN 978-93-85109-92-8 on March 8 2017.

Poems

• Published a poem titled “Life in Lockdown and Beyond” in the book Pandemic Reflections: Stories from the Covid-19 Lockdown with ISBN No 9788893225280 on March 26, 2024.
• Published a chapter titled “Be a Wise Teacher’ in a book, Chalk Challenges and Celebrations: Tales from the Teaching Frontlines, in October 2024.
• Published a poem titled ‘Travel, Life and Infinity’ in the book Melange: A Collection of Contemporary Poetry &Prose ed. by Abijit Radhakrishnan, with ISBN 9798395759689 in May 2023.
• Published a poem titled ‘Lockdown Lessons’ in the book Poesy Vistas compiled by Smrithy K with ISBN 978-81-948296-1-4 in September 2023.
• Published a poem titled ‘To Be Questioned!!!' in the book 'His and Her Summer’-Split Poetry India Publication (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India) with ISBN: 978-8195085026 in May 2021.
• Published a poem titled 'Musings to Me' in the book 'Musing and Whispers'-Split Poetry India Publication (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India) with ISBN: 978 8195085026 in May 2021.
• Published a poem titled 'Loneliness in Education' in the book Heart - Split Poetry India Publication (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India) with ISBN: 978 8195085071 in March 2021

• Presented a paper titled ‘Autobiographical Reasoning as an Existential Response: Narratives of Good Health and Wellness’ in an international conference titled ‘Planetary Habitability and Critical Humanities: Re-Imagining Ethics, Narratives, and Co-Existence’ organised by the Department of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Manipal University, Jaipur, on October 7-8, 2025.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Representations of New Normal Lives of People During the COVID-19 pandemic’ in the NIT Humanities and Social Sciences Research Conclave (HSSRC) 2024 on "Humanities at the Crossroads: The Convergence of Language, Literature and Technology" organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Warangal from May 28-30, 2024.
• Participated in a Triennial International Conference on "Empowering Communities: Strengthening connections for a Sustainable Future” organised by CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), India, on November 5, 2023.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Lockdown as Chosen Time to Review Biographical Memories in the Intimate Space’ in an International Interdisciplinary Series of Conferences on "The Global Indian Diasporas: Literary, Cultural and Socio-Economic Perspectives in the 21st Century” organised by the Centre for Diaspora Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India, on 23-25 February 2023.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Lockdown: Real-life paradoxical experience to sustain human relationships, healthy lives and well-being’ in an international virtual conference on ‘International Conference on Technologies, Sustainable Development Goals and Academia 2022 (ICTSGA-1)’ organised by the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, SPAST Foundation, and Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak on July1-2, 2022.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Paradox of Human Life: An Understanding of Memories, Gender and War in the Social Space of Home’ in an International virtual conference on ‘Gender, War and Memory- An Interdisciplinary Approach’ organised by the Department of English and History, Bishop Caldwell College, Tamil Nadu, on April 29, 2022.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Lockdown: A Real-Life Paradoxical Experience to Sustain Human Relationships’ in an international virtual conference on ‘Sustainable Development: Literary, Ethical, and Religious Perspectives’, organised by the Research and Postgraduate Department of English, St. Aloysius College, Thrissur, Kerala, in collaboration with Journal of Dharma and Globethics.net India on March 24-25,2022.
• Presented a paper titled 'An Interrogation and Analysis of Postmodern Self in Robert Lowell Sonnet Reading Myself ' in an online international conference on ‘Technologies for Smart Green Connected Societies’ organised by Spast Foundation and Associated Partner Institutions on November 29-30, 2021. 
• Presented a paper titled 'Postmodern Narration of ‘Self’ in Robert Lowell Sonnet Reading Myself ' at an international conference on ‘Memory and Narrativization: History, Culture and the Self through Creative Expression’ at CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bangalore, on April 15- 17, 2021.
• Presented a paper titled 'A study of Literary Landscapes and Journey in Philip Larkins Poem ‘Here’ at a national conference on ‘Cartographies of Diaspora and Displacements: Narratives of Expatriates and Poetics of Exile’ at Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bangalore on January 18 2019.
• Presented a paper titled 'RS Thomas: A Postmodernist Poet' at a national conference on 'Commercialised Language and Artistic Business at Loyola College, Mettala, Tamil Nadu, on March 8 2017.
• Presented a paper titled 'Relevance of Religious Film Narratives at the National Conference on 'Narratives in Media and Literature' at Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous) on February 7 2017.

• Attended the 7-day Faculty Development Programme titled Sustainable Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Approach by the Department of English, Mount Carmel College (Autonomous), from 4th February to 12th February 2026.
• Attended a one-week international FDP on “Medical Humanities: Interdisciplinary discourse between Health and Humanities organised by the Department of English, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Delhi NCR campus in collaboration with BMJ Group from September 8-13, 2025.
• Attended a one-week international FDP on “DH360: Tools, Theories and Applications in Digital Humanities organised by the Department of English, SRM University, from August 25, 2025, to September 2, 2025.
• Attended a one-week FDP on “Innovative Pedagogies and AI Tools for Outcome-Based Education” organised by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (UGC-MMTTC/GAD-MMTTC), SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, from March 17 to March 22, 2025.
• Attended a seven-day FDP on “Environmental Humanities in Practice: Integrating Research and Training” organised by the Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Delhi NCR campus from June 18-24, 2024.
• Attended National Level FDP organised by Amity University Kolkata on “Literature and Culture: Rethinking Relations and Practices” organised by Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University Kolkata from July 24-28, 2023.
• Attended National Level FDP organised by The School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, on “Contemporary Literary Themes and Techniques” on June 19-23, 2023.
• Attended National Level FDP organised by the Research Foundation of India in association with Bhagwan Pharshuram Institute of Technology, Delhi, on ‘Innovative Teaching and Learning Pedagogy’ from May 27-31, 2023.
• Attended and completed National level (FDP and MOOC Course) on Postmodernism and Literature organised by NPTEL, AICTE, IIT Madras from September 2020 to November 2020.
• Completed a MOOC Course on ‘Academic writing’ organised by the University of California, Irvine, provided by Coursera from January 2020 - May 2020.
• Attended and completed the National level (FDP and MOOC Course) on ‘Introduction to Research        and MOOC Course) organised by Nptel AICTE from August to October 2019.
• Attended and completed the National level (FDP and MOOC Course) on ‘American Literature and Culture organised by Nptel AICTE from January to April 2019.
• Attended one-week National level FDP on ‘Role of Teachers in Quality Enhancement and Accreditation’ organised by Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous) from May 11 2020, to May 18 2020.

• Attended a workshop on ‘Literary Theory and Criticism’ organised by Dr. Sarbani Banerjee, IIT Roorkee, in association with NPTEL, from December 1-21, 2025.
• Attended an eight-day research methodology workshop on ‘Upscaling Research’ organised by the Department of English and Languages, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, Tamil Nadu, from April 5-15, 2024.
• Attended a two-week workshop on ‘Emerging Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies’ organised by the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, from July 3-15, 2023.
• Attended an International online workshop on ‘Effective Communication for Doctoral Success: LSRW Proficiency for Academic and Professional Success” organised by the Department of Languages, Presidency University, Bangalore, from June 23-25, 2023.
• Attended a National-Level workshop on ‘Qualitative Research Methods’ organised by the Department of Languages, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), on 26- 27 August and 17 September 2022.
• Participated and completed the Ten-Day Online NET Preparatory Workshop organised by the Department of English, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, from 15th to 25th November 2021.
• Participated in the “Dissertation Writing Workshop” organised by St. Berchmans College, Assumption College, Bishop Kurialacherry College and St. Aloysius College from June 12 2021, to June 19 2021.
• Attended National Level E workshop on ‘MLA Style of Referencing: The 9th Edition Updates’ organised by the Department of English, Aadishakti Dhandai Mata Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha's Late Annasaheb R. D.  Deore Arts and Science College, Mhasadi, Tal. Sakri, Dist.Dhule, (Maharashtra), in association with the English Language Teachers’ Association of India, on June 18, 2021.
• Attended a national-level workshop on ‘How to Publish in Scopus-Indexed Journal – Workshop’ by Gujarat National Law University, Gujarat, on October 31, 2021.