Ongoing Research

S.No.Research ScholarSupervisorCourseTitleYear of Joining
.Sadia KhanDr. Asmat JahanPh.D.Contextualising 1971 vis-à-vis Memory, Trauma and Identity Politics: A Study of Select South Asian Writers2023
.Swagata ChakrabortyProf. Nishat ZaidiPh.D.Distressed Natures: A Study of the Ecocritical Significance of Select Grief Memoirs by Women2023
.Fakrul MollaDr. Shubhy AbidiPh.D.Necropower over Women, Their Resistance and Resurrection: A Study of Select Fiction2023
.RitikaDr. Shubhy AbidiPh.D.Trauma in the Contemporary Non-Fiction Rape Narratives in the Indian Subcontinent2023
Poulomi ChandraProf. Nishat HaiderPh.D.Exploring Female Subjectivities, Trauma and the Uncanny in Select Works of Elena Ferrante and Sangeeta Bandopadhyay2023
.Ananya BoraDr. A.C. KharingpamPh.D.Toxic Care: Acts and Practices of Caregiving in Contemporary Fiction2023
.Kritika MathpalProf. Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Children and Transgenerational Trauma: A Critical Analysis2023
.Sameyah RoomiDr. Ivy Imogene HansdakPh.D.Uncovering the Layers: Models of Trauma and the Art of Unreliable Narration, Analysis of Selected Fiction in English through the lens of trauma models2023
.Bariya SirajDr. Shuby AbidiPh.D.Illness Narratives: Examining the Stories of Women Living with Chronic illness2023
 Vaishali BidhuriProf. Saroj K. MahanandaPh.D.Digitalisation of Raginis and Saangs and their relationship with their contributors2023
 Bariya HamidDr. Asmat JahanPh.D.Silence, Erasure and Resilience in the Literary Imagination of Kashmiri Muslim Women2023
 Pakhi JainProf Simi MalhotraPh.D.Tentative title- Study of the Literary History of Various Indian Childhoods in the British Empire for the Period of 1900-1947.2021
 Mamta SharmaDr. AC KharingpamPh.D.Retelling of "Rajula Malushahi": A Study of the Literary Adaptations of Kumaoni Folk Ballad2021
 Savita KiranDr. Ivy Imogene HansdakPh.D.Sanjay as a narrator in Mahabharata: Time, Space and Significance2021
 Tarika NADr. Asmat JahanPh.D.Cultural Capital and Its Contestations in Select Indian English Poetry Anthologies Between 1990-20202021
 Zainab AbrarProf Nishat ZaidiPh.D.The making of Muslim Identity in select contemporary detective fiction: Explorations in politics of the popular2021
 Reshma GuptaProf Anuradha GhoshPh.D.A Study of the Travels of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave in the Cinematic Practices of India and Iran2021
 Somya Charan PahadiProf Nishat HaiderPh.D.Traumatized Childhoods in Contemporary Indian Literature (1990s-the Present): A Study of Select Works2020
 Farhana TasnimProf Nishat HaiderPh.D.Understanding Hüzün as Melancholia in Select Works of Orhan Pamuk2020
 Arisha HabibProf Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Ambivalence, Anxiety, and Agency: A Study of the Surveillance, Subject(s) in Select Novels2020
 Sudipta AgarwalDr Saba Mahmood BashirPh.D.Life in Verses: Exploring the idea of womanhood through Rekhti2020
 Sheikh Sana AssadProf Nishat HaiderPh.D.Transgenerational Trauma and Memories: A Study of Select Texts from Kashmir after 19892020
 Asmita PandeyDr Shuby AbidiPh.D.Participation, Transculturality and Consumption in Fandoms: A Study of the Korean Wave (Hallyu)2020
 Monib AhmadProf Anuradha GhoshPh.D.Writing Lives/ Writing Nations: Tracing The Forgotten Legacy of The Indian National Army2020
 Arghya DeyProf Anuradha Ghosh, Co-Supervisor: Prof M. AsadduddinPh.D.The All-Seeing Eye: Narratives of Surveillance in Select Post 1980 Hollywood Dystopian Cinema2020
 Pooja PrasainProf Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Migratory Grief And Alienation in the Selected Nepali Diasporic Writings2020
 Saima MalikDr A.C. KharingpamPh.D.Representation of Gender: Locating Silences, Subjugation, and Subversion in the Folklore of Kashmir2020
 Mohd AqibDr Saba Mahmood Bashir, Co-Supervisor: Prof M. AssaduddinPh.D.Aesthetics of Bilingualism in English Self Translations of Three Post-Partition Urdu Novels2020
 Hishma Binti NazirProf Nishat Haider, Co-Mentor: Prof M. AssaduddinPh.D.Negotiating the Personal and the Political: Agency, Visibility and Resistance for Women in Kashmir2020
 Sk. Raqeeb RazaDr Asmat JahanPh.D.Queer Identity and Parenting: Modes of Representation in Hindi Cinema2020
 NoorussabahProf Nishat HaiderPh.D.Posthuman Ecology and Affect: A Study of Select Weird Fiction2020
 Alka LakheraProf Nishat ZaidiPh.D.Brave New World: Re -imagining Dystopias in South Asia2020
 Tasadduq TanveerProf Nishat HaiderPh.D.Exploring the Representation of Male Impotence in Select Indian Texts2020
 Azhar Uddin SahajiProf Anuradha Ghosh, Co-Supervisor: Prof M. AsadduddinPh.D.Tagore's Translation and Reception in Hindi: A Study of Select Novels2020
 Tapti RoyDr Saba Mahmood BashirPh.D.Gender Subtexts of Colonial Medicine in the Select Works of Banaphool2020
 Aparna PathakProf Simi MalhotraPh.D.Ludic Narratives of the Post-Anthropocene Era: A Study of Survival Video Games2020
 Md Fazal Mahmud ShahDr Shimi Moni DoleyPh.D.Re-thinking Kazi Nazrul Islam: A Cosmopolitan Interpretation/Reading of his Poetic Works2020
 Aasif AminDr Saba Mahmood BashirPh.D.On (Re)presenting children of conflict: A study of select texts of Kashmir (2000-2021)2020
 Sheikh Mohammed ShafiullaProf Nishat HaiderPh.D.Reconfiguring Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Conceptualisation of Odia Identity: A Study of Select Works2020
 KanupriyaProf Anuradha GhoshPh.D.Representation of Body, Desire and Sexuality of Women with Physical Disabilities in Hindi Cinema Post 20002020
 Shaghayegh MoghariProf Nishat HaiderPh.D.Race, Gender and Desire in Select Works of Zadie Smith2020
 Elyas Matanyous EbrahimDr Shimi Moni DoleyPh.D.Existential Themes in the Selected Novels of Toni Morrison2020
 Aditi Das KhanDr Asmat JahanM.Phil./Ph.D.Exploring Multispecies Relationships in Select Indian Texts2019
 Tanushri BanerjeeDr Shuby AbidiPh.D.Identity and Trauma: The Study of Select Narratives of South Asian Diaspora Cinema2019
 Numana Ibrahim BhatProfAnuradha GhoshM.Phil./Ph.D.Eco-localism, Planetarism and the Green Imagination: A Study of Select New Nature Writings in Britain Post 20002019
 IndrajitProf Ameena Kazi AnsariM.Phil./Ph.D.Configurations of Exile in Select Novels of Milan Kundera2019
 Kanu PriyaDr. Ivy Imogene HansdakM.Phil./Ph.D.Children’s Literature in English and Nation-Building in Post-Colonial India2019
 Steven S GeorgeProf Nishat ZaidiPh.D.Identity and Alienation: A Double Paradox in Literature of Dalit Christians in Kerala2019
 Jubi C JohnProf Nishat ZaidiM.Phil./Ph.D.Exploring Corporeal Subjectivity in Island Women's Narratives2019
 Sabrina MehrajDr Saroj Kumar MahanandaM.Phil./Ph.D.Memory, Body Politics and Identity: A Study of Select Dalit Women's Life Writings2019
 Gulbahar ShahProf AsaduddinM.Phil./Ph.D.Problematizing Representation of Trauma: A Comparative Analysis of Graphic Narratives by Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman2019
 Sakshi DograProf Simi MalhotraPh.D.Food, Feelings and Flavours: A Study of Contemporary Indian Writing in English on Food2018
 Grace Mariam RajuProf Nishat ZaidiPh.D.Subaltern Cosmopolitanism in Kochi: Re-Examining the City as Decolonial Space2018
 Moumita RoyProfAnuradha GhoshM.Phil./ Ph.D.A Study of Thematic Trends in Post-Partition Bengali and Assamese Literary Writings in English2019
 Usama ZakirProf Mukesh RanjanM.Phil./ Ph.D.Metamodernism after Postmodernism: Tracing a New Logic of Cultural Production in the Middle East2019
 Ruchi NagpalProf Ameena Kazi AnsariM.Phil./Ph.D.Theorizing Flash Fiction: A Study of Postmodern Perspective(s)2019
 Zahra RizviProf Simi MalhotraPh.D.Gamers in the ‘Bad Place’: A Study of Select Young Adult Dystopian Fiction2018
 Meenakshi YadavDr Saroj K MahanandaPh.D.Hindi Print Media: A Study of Caste Specific Journals in 1880-19202019
 Sehnaz HazarikaDr Shimi Moni DoleyPh.D.Deconstructing War Narratives and Conflicts in North-East India: A Study of the Repercussions of Wars in the Selected Novels2019
 Nabanita DekaDr Shimi Moni DoleyM.Phil./ Ph.D.Location and Positionality of Indian Women: A Study through Select Dystopian Texts2019
 Rania Saber Ahmed Abel RahimDr Saroj MahanandaPh.D.Reconstructing Native Womanhood through Confession in the Poetry of Kamala Das and Joy Harjo2019
 Suraiya ShahinDr Shimi Moni DoleyPh.D.Women's Subversive Identities and Subjectivities In Nigerian Society: A Study of the Select Works of Ifeoma Okoye and Flora Nwapa2019
 Vasundhara GautamDr IvyImogene HansdakPh.D.Marginalization, Identity and Representation: A Study of Haryanvi Women Folksongs2018
 Khairun TamannaProfAnuradha GhoshPh.D.Translating Life/Translating Time: Engaging with Sufia Kamal’s Ekattarer Diary2018
 Syed Sumaira GilaniProf Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Defying the Margins: A Comparative Study of the Fictional Worlds of Buchi Emecheta and Chamamanda Ngozi Adichie2018
 Suab AhmedDr Asmat JahanPh.D.Interrogating Identity, History and Culture: An Analysis of Select Contemporary Texts of South Asian Diaspora in England2017
 Kashish DuaProf Nishat ZaidiPh.D.Queering Citizenship: A Critical Study of Select Texts in Post-Independence India2017
 Shraddha Adityavir SinghProf Simi MalhotraPh.D.Posthumanism and the Anthropocene in Margaret Atwood's Select Speculative Fiction2017
 Balram PandaDr Saroj K. MahanandaPh.D.Revisiting Cultural Consciousness through Koshali Folklores: A Study of Select Works of Haladhar Nag2017
 Aditi SharmaProf Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Mapping Urbanisation of Delhi: An Analysis of Selected Works of Fiction and Non-Fiction2017
 Bhawna ShreyProf Anuradha GhoshPh.D.Interrogating Feminism/s: A Study of the 'Politics of Exchange' in Hollywood Productions Post '90s2017
 SaneyaProf Simi MalhotraPh.D.Begumati Zubaan: Voice of a Subculture2017
 Suman BhagchandaniProf Simi MalhotraPh.D.Bodies in Motion: Performer, Performance and Performativity in Kathak2017
 Elaheh GhasempourProf Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Representations of Imperialism in Select Works of Simin Daneshvar, Jalal Al-e Ahmad and Mahmoud Dowlat Abadi2017
 Ann Susan AleyasProf Simi MalhotraPhDConversing History: A Study of Select Folk Traditions of Southist Christians2017
 Abhishek PundirProf Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Interrogating the idea of Modernity in works of Agyeya and Muktibodh2016
 Kalyanee RajanProf M. AsaduddinPh.D.Discourses of Womanhood: A Comparative study of select works of Ismat Chughtai and Ambai2016
 IshitaDr Saroj K. MahanandaPh.D.Identity and Desire in Select Plays of Mohan Rakesh2016
 Sarah MariamProf M. AsaduddinPh.D.A Study of Habib Tanvir as Translator2016
 Roomy F. NaqvyProf Mukesh RanjanPh.D.Imaging Self, Community and Nation: A Study of Parsi Writing of the 20th Century2016
 Mansi GroverDr Ivy HansdakPh.D.Representation of Disability in Women in Hindi Cinema since the 1970s2015
 Jahanshah Safari (foreign student)Prof M. AsaduddinPh.D.A Comparative Study of the ‘subaltern’ in Selected Films Directed by Bahman Ghobadi and Selected Novels of Khaled Hosseini2013