Bio
I am a Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Associated Faculty at the Educational Technology Services Centre at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. I was formerly a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. I am the author of A History of the Jana Natya Manch: Plays For the People, Freedom from Profit: Eschewing Copyright in Resistance Art and an annotated translation of Bijon Bhattacharya’s Nabanna (with a critical introduction).
My research interests include: Digital Humanities; Performance and Theatre Studies; Authorship; Copyright and Intellectual Property; Political Communication
(prospective applicants for the PhD programme – please check this page for details)
Education
- PhD “Idiom for Change: A Study of the Jana Natya Manch” (Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi)
- MPhil in English (Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi)
- MA in English (Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi)
- BA(Hons.) in English Literature (St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta)
Employment
- 2021–: Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
- 2014–2021: Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
- 2011–2014: Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
- 2010—2011: Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
- 2005–2010: Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Shivaji College, University of Delhi
- 2002–2005: Ad Hoc/ Temporary Lecturer in English in various colleges, University of Delhi
Awards
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Participated in the institute on ‘Theater and Civil Society: Politics, Public Space, and Performance‘ at the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA between 9-23 June 2012.
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Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla for 2009-10 to work on the project entitled “Freedom from Profit: Eschewing Copyright in Resistance Art”.
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Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Westminster University between 19 May – 18 July 2008 sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom. Under the project I engaged in academic exchange with Dr. Dibyesh Anand, Reader in International Relations, Westminster University. The title of the project was: “The Politics of Performance: The Uses of Spectacles for Political Mobilisation in Contemporary India”.