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Professor (since 2014); Head of the Department of English and Comparative Literature (2011-14, 209-20; 2021-2024); Dean of the School of Languages and Comparative Literature (2012-15; 2023- continuing); also Head of the Departments of Hindi and Comparative Literature, and the Department of Linguistics and Language Technology of the Central University of Kerala. He had been the Member of the Executive Council (2021-24), Academic Council (2011-15; 2021-now) and Finance Committee (2023-24) of the Central University of Kerala. He is the NEP Coordinator of the University at present.
After MA (Kerala University in 1988), and PhD (JNU) in English (1998), and working at the English Departments of government HEIs in Bhutan (Sherubtse College, Kanglung); India (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi); and Saudi Arabia (University of Hail, Hail), he joined CU Kerala in 2009 as the first teaching staff member in 2009.
He has successfully guided more than 90 MA dissertations, 4 MPhil dissertations, and 6 PhDs. At present 6 studetns are working under him for PhD.
He is a recognized translator and Shakespeare scholar. He offers a 4-credit Postgraduate MOOC 'Shakespeare Across Cultures' through SWAYAM for UGC/CEC. He has published 3 books (2 translations and 1 edited work). This much sought-after resource person has written more than 40 articles and has given more than 80 invited lectures.
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