2011 - Ph.D. Dissertation titled Symbiosis in the Songs of Mudugar from Madras Christian College, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu State

2003 - M.A. in English Language and Literature from Madras Christian College (Autonomous), Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu State

2001 - B.A. in English Language and Literature from Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla, affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala State

Additional Qualifications

2020 - Certificate course (Online) in Music Production from Music Lounge, Chennai

2007 - Post Graduate Certificate in English Language Teaching from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

2000 - Diploma in Communicative English from Mar Thoma College affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Work Experience

2022-2023 - Fulbright fellow at Western Washington University (taught a course on Environmental Justice)

2021 to Present - Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus

2012 - 2021 - Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

2010 - 2012 - Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu State

2009 - 2010 - Assistant Professor (Guest), Dept. of English (SFS), Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu State

2008 - 2009 - Program Officer, National Folklore Support Centre (NFSC), Chennai, Tamil Nadu State

Courses Taught

At Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University, USA

     1. Indian Films, Environmental Justice, and the Subaltern (5 credits)

At Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

     1. Ecocriticism (3 credits)

     2. Philosophy of Aesthetics (3 credits)

     3. Literary Criticism (3 credits)

     5. Technical Report Writing (2 credits)

At Central University of Tamil Nadu

     1. British Literature I (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     2. Introduction to Dravidian Literature (M.A. English Studies  - 2 Credits)

     3. Introduction to Comparative Literature (M.A. English Studies  - 3 Credits)

     4. Literary Criticism (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     5. American Literature II (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     6. British Literature III (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     7. Language and Media (M.A. English Studies  - 3 Credits)

     8. New Literatures I (M.A. English Studies  - 3 Credits)

     9. Theory and Cultural Criticism (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     10. Ecocriticism (Integrated M.Sc. - 2 Credits)

Contribution to Academics

Syllabi Framing

At Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University, USA

     1. Indian Films, Environmental Justice, and the Subaltern (5 credits)

At Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

     1. Ecocriticism (Elective introduced in 2013)

     2. Philosophy of Aesthetics (Elective Introduced in 2016)

     3. Introduction to Video Games (Elective Introduced in 2016)

At Central University of Tamil Nadu

     1. Introduction to Dravidian Literature (along with Dr. Nirmal Selvamony)

     2. Introduction to Comparative Literature (along with Dr. T. Jayaraman)

     3. Language and Media

     4. Theory and Cultural Criticism (along with Dr. T. Jayaraman)

     5. Ecocriticism for Integrated Sciences (along with Dr. S. Susan Deborah)

My Essays and other works included in Syllabi:

     1. “Towards Green Education” introduced in the Undergraduate course on Ecopoetics at Women’s Christian College, Chennai

     2. The Story of Mudugar (Video-documentary made as part of my Ph.D. dissertation included in the Ecocriticism syllabus at Central University of Tamil  Nadu, Thiruvarur

     3. Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations taught as part of Green Studies course in Madras Christian College

     4. Prepared the syllabus titled “Green Studies” for the newly introduced PG Programme in English at the Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous) along with Dr. S. Susan Deborah in the academic year 2018-2019