About the Faculty Member
Santosh Mahapatra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus. He has completed his PhD in English Language Teaching at the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. Before joining BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, he taught MCA and Integrated Masters students at the University of Hyderabad and worked as a Teaching Assistant at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. His research interests are teacher development, digital educational technology and educational language policy.
Educational Qualifications
- PhD in English, with Language Assessment Literacy as the area of specialization, at the University of Hyderabad (2015)
- M.Phil. in English Language Education, with English for Science and Technology as the area of specialization, at EFLU, Hyderabad (2010)
Research Interests
The overarching aim of my research is to find feasible solutions to problems related to digital technology use, teacher professional development and educational language policies. I am comfortable with qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies.
I am working on how technology can be leveraged to facilitate language learning and the professional development of teachers. Specifically, I focus on tools driven by generative AI and their ethical use for academic purposes. I am also interested in critical digital literacy.
I have been working on assessment since my PhD. While I am specifically interested in formative assessment and the use of digital technology in it, I have been a part of a project on the TOEFL. One of my PhD students, who received her PhD in 2023, worked on eportfolio assessment in the classroom.
Currently, I'm investigating ESL/EFL teacher development on online platforms. My focus is on how professional development programmes can shape their ability to carry out formative assessments, use technology and implement pedagogic innovations. In particular, I'm interested in tracing the impact of non-intrusive interventions on their practices.
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Educational Language Policy
Studying educational language policies from an evidence-based perspective and working towards finding solutions to policy-related problems are close to my heart. My research focuses on the close interaction between history, politics and pedagogy in educational language policy-making. I have been working on colonial language policies, the politics of multilingualism and the policy-practice gap in Indian contexts.
Journal Editorial Board
Peer Reviewing for Journals
- Teaching in Higher Education (SCOPUS/WOS)
- English for Specific Purposes (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Educational Research and Evaluation (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Teaching Education (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Linguistics and Education (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Educational Psychology (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Journal of Second Language Writing (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Frontiers in Education (SCOPUS/WOS)
- System (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Foresight (SCOPUS/WOS)
- RELC Journal (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Research in Learning Technology (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Behaviour & Information Technology (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Cogent Education (SCOPUS/WOS)
- Íkala (SCOPUS)
- FORTELL (a guest editor for an issue, UGC-CARE)
Book Proposal Reviewing
- Taylor & Francis
- Springer
Institutional Responsibilities
- Warden, Valmiki Bhavan
- In-charge of Students' Mess Council
- In-charge, Recreational Activity Forum
- Nucleus Member, Faculty Affairs Division
- Member of the Vendor Management Committee
- Member of the House Allotment Committee
- Member of the Institute-wide Committee for Academic Curriculum Review
- SPOC for PS Division (past)
- Convener, Departmental Research Committee (two terms, past)
- Convener, Departmental Committee for Academics (one term, past)
- Member, Teaching Learning Centre (three terms, past)
- Editorial Team Member for BITSCAN (six years, past)
Faculty-in-Charge of Student Clubs
- BITSMUN
- Grandh
- Movie Club
- Ethos
- Toastmasters Club
- ELAS
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