Research Scholars

 

  • Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2024-2025)

S. No.

Name

Registration No

Topic of Research

Research Supervisor

NET/SLET

1

Aaditya Mishra

Y24431001

The Nyaya and The Postmodernist Epistemology In Jurgen Habermas : Readings into the objects of appearance and reality in Nyaya and Postmodernism of Habermas

Prof. B. I. Guru

NET (Ph.D. Only)

2

Priyanshi Kathal

Y24431006

Fractured Mindscapes: A Critical Analytical Exploration of Mental Health Challenges and Recovery in Contemporary Young Adult Literature 

Prof. B. I. Guru

NET

3

 Atul

Soni

Y24431003

Idea of Akhand- A study in relation to Rgveda, Lucretius Nature of Things and Dante's Divine Comedy

 

Prof. B. I. Guru

NET

4

Jagdish Rana

Y24431004

Eco-anxiety, Animal Subjectivity, and Literature: A Critical Study of Selected Twenty-first Century Fictions 

Prof. Rashmi Singh 

NET JRF

5

Kumari Samiksha

Y24431010

Political Exile, Loss of Identity and Cultural Alienation: An Existential Study in the works of Milan Kundera

Dr. Jyotsana Shukla

NET

6

Sulabh Agarwal

Y24431008

Unsung Heroes of the  Mahābhārata: Ghaṭotkaca, and Barbarīka Across Texts, Traditions, and Culture

Dr. Sreekutty T J

NET JRF

7

Aditi Jharbade

Y24431002

The Epistemology of Absolute and Metaphysics of Divine: A Study in Relation to Sankhya and the poetry of John Donne 

Dr. Ravi Bhatt

NET

8

Manas

Sharma

Y24431005

The Poetics of Érōs Theíos: A Comparative Study of selected texts across Bhakti, Sufi, and Christian Mystical Traditions

Dr. Vandana Rajoriya

NET (Ph.D. Only)/SET

9

Tuhin Subhra Mandi

 

Y24431009

Water and the Margins: A Study of  Selected Indian Texts Through the Lens of Blue Humanities

Dr. Debasish Mishra

NET

10

Sonakshi Dev Singh

Y24431007

Fire as a Divine Mediator: A Philosophical Inquiry into Agni in the Ṛgveda

Dr. Pragati Barethia

NET (Ph.D. Only)

 

  • Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2023-2024)

 

  • S. No.

    Name

    Registration No

    Topic of Research

    Research Supervisor

    NET/SLET

    1

    Priyanshi Yadav

    Y23414004

    Sphoṭa: Theory and Practice

    Prof. B. I. Guru

    NET JRF

    2

    Anmol Jain

    Y23414001

    Beyond the Battlefield: The Mahābhārata's Aesthetics of Peace, Unity of Puruṣārthas and Trayārtho

    Prof. B. I. Guru

    NET

    3

    Kanchan Rohitas

     

    Y23414002 

    From Village to Verse: The study into the role of folk narratives in the preservation and transformation of Ramayana and Mahabharata

     

    Prof. B. I. Guru

    NET 

 

  • Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2022-2023)

 

  • S. No.

    Name

    Registration No

    Topic of Research

    Research Supervisor

    NET/SLET

    1

    Neha Raikwar 

    Y22431002

    Reanimating Myths : Feminist Insights and Female Agency in the works of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Amish Tripathi, and Kavita Kane

    Dr. Vandana Rajoriya

    -

    2

    Ankita Jain
    Y22431001

    Beyond the Spells and Charms: Unearthing the Issue of Bullying in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series

    Prof. Rashmi Singh 

    NET

  • Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2021-2022)

     

    S. No.

    Name

    Registration No

    Topic of Research

    Research Supervisor

    NET/SLET

    1

    Abhijeet Daharwal

    Y21431001

    Sastra And Shashtra: A Study In Relation to the Intellectual Foundations of Warfare in Mahabharata.

    Prof. B. I. Guru

    NET JRF

    2

    Akash Patel

    Y21431002

    Rhetoric of Truth and Reality in the Knowledge Texts of the Indian Tradition and the Contemporary Science Fiction Films: A Study with Special Reference to the Astavakra Gita

    Dr. Vandana Rajoriya

    NET JRF

    3

    Bhaswati Bhattacharjee

     

    Y21431003

    Words as Weapons: Analysing War Memoirs by Marginalised Women from an Intersectional and Biopolitical Perspective

     

    Dr. Rashmi Singh

    NET JRF

    4

    Devendra Kumar Katroliya

    Y21431004

    Anthropomorphism and its Cultural Relevance: A Study of The Folktales of The Three Major Civilizations of Asia

    Prof. Nivedita Maitra

    NET

    5

    Heena Chouhan

    Y21431005

    The influence of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita on The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

    Prof. B. I. Guru

    NET

    6

    Neha Sharma

    Y21431006

    Reconfiguring Ecology: Environment and Environmentalism in Select Upanishads

    Prof. B. I. Guru

    NET

  • Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2020-21) 

    S. No.

    Name

    Registration No

    Topic of Research

    Research Supervisor

    Link to the RAC

    1

    Jeetendra Rajak

    Y20431001

    Gendered Space in Public Discourse: A Study of Selected works of Indian Columnists

    Prof. Nivedita Maitra

     

    2

    Suryashi Dubey

    Y20431002

    Animation Aesthetics: A Study In Relation To the Textuality of the Text.

    Prof. B. I. Guru

     

     
  • Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2019-20) :

    S.No.

    Name of the Research Scholars

    REGISTRATION NUMBER

    TOPIC OF RESEARCH

    NAME OF SUPERVISOR(S)

    RAC MEMBERS

    1.

    Barun Kumar Mishra

    Y19431001

    Verbal Epistemology and the Poetics of Absolute: Readings into the Representation of Self in Kabir and John Donne

    Prof, B. I. Guru

    Prof. A. P. Tripathi,

    Prof. B.I. Guru,

    Dr. Vandana Rajoriya

    2.

    Chetna Mishra

    Y19431002

    Vish Dhamija: A Psychoanalytical study of his Crime Fiction

    Dr. Rashmi Singh

    Prof. Chanda Bain
    Prof. Nivedita Maitra

    3.

    Ria Basu

    Y19431004

    Locating the Multifaceted nature of Human Sexuality in the works of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Ismat Chughtai and Saadat Hassan Manto: A select study

    Prof. Nivedita Maitra
    Dr. Bablu Ray

    Prof. Nivedita Maitra

    Dr. Bablu Ray

    Dr. Rashmi Singh

    Prof. Diwakar Rajput

    4.

    Suman Kumari

    Y19431005

    Negotiating Cultures: The Mughal Women in Historical Novels of the Mughal Raj in India.

    Prof. Nivedita Maitra
    Dr. Bablu Ray

    Prof. Nivedita Maitra

    Dr. Bablu Ray

    Dr. Rashmi Singh

    Prof. Diwakar Rajput

 

  • Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2018-19) :

    S.No.

    NAME OF THE RESEARCH SCHOLAR

    REGISTRATION NUMBER

    TOPIC OF RESEARCH

    NAME OF SUPERVISOR(S)

    RAC MEMBERS

    1.        

    Shefin. S

     Y18431001

    Exploring intercultural performances through Kathakali : Adaptation of Shakespearean plays and Cervantes’ Don Quixote

    Prof. B.I. Guru

    Prof. B.I. Guru     

    Prof. A.P. Tripathi

    Dr. Vandana Rajoriya

    2.        

    Arzoo Choubey

     Y18431002

    Mahabharata: Readings into the making of Heroes, Heroism and Heroic discourses.

    Prof. B.I. Guru

    Prof. B.I. Guru     

    Prof. A.P. Tripathi

    Dr. Vandana Rajoriya

  •        Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2017- 2018) :

S.No.

NAME OF THE RESEARCH SCHOLAR

REGISTRATION NUMBER

TOPIC OF RESEARCH

NAME OF SUPERVISOR(S)

RAC MEMBERS:

1.

Siddhi Tripathi

Y17431001

Recounting History: A Study of Personal Narratives on Partition of India

Prof. Nivedita Maitra

Dr. Rashmi Singh
Prof. Anand Prakash Tripathi

2.

Vedika 

Y17431002

Con)textualizing Narrativity and Performance in Video Games: A Theoretical study in relation to storytelling

Dr Rashmi Singh 

Thesis awarded-11/7/22

Prof Nivedita Maitra

Prof Chanda Bain 

3.

Bijendra Nath Das

Y17431003

Representation of Trauma in

 Contemporary Literature: A study of Selected Women Novelists

Prof. Nivedita Maitra

Dr. Rashmi Singh
Prof. Anand Prakash Tripathi

4.

Vivek Kumar Mahto

Y17431004

The Principle of Maya and the Workings of Aesthetio- Philosophical Imagination in Heidegger, Nietzsche and Sartre.

Prof. B I Guru

Dr Vandana Rajoriya
Professor A.P. Tripathi

 

  •    Details of the Scholars Registered for the PhD Programme (during 2016- 2017) :

S.No.

NAME OF THE RESEARCH SCHOLAR

REGISTRATION NUMBER

TOPIC OF RESEARCH

NAME OF SUPERVISOR(S)

RAC MEMBERS:

1

Dr. Mehuli Santra

YI6431003

Narrativity in Visual Art Forms with a special Reference to the Selected Paintings of Rajasthan: A study in Cultural Poetics’

Prof. Nivedita Maitra

Prof. Nivedita Maitra

Dr. Prakash Joshi

Prof. A.P. Tripathy

2

Samprity Pal

Y16431004

Identity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Comparative Study of Selected Indian Fiction and Films.

Dr. Rashmi Singh

Dr. Rashmi Singh

Prof.  Nivedita Maitra

Prof. Chanda Bain

3

Ramdas Ahirwar

Y16431007

Social and Political Space of Minorities in the Selected Narratives of the Partition of Indian Subcontinent

 

Prof. Nivedita Maitra

Prof Nivedita Maitra

Dr. Prakash Joshi

Dr. Anupama Kaushik

4

Devendra Kumar Prajapati

Y16431008

Portrayal of Child Psychology in the Selected Works of Ruskin Bond and Anita Desai

Dr. Rashmi Singh

Dr. Rashmi Singh

Prof. Nivedita Maitra

Prof. Chanda Bain.

 

  • Details of the PhD Degrees awarded during the last five years : 
S. No. Name of the Research Scholar Name of the Research Supervisor Title of the thesis Year of registration  Year of award of the PhD Degree Link to the PhD Notification
1 Durgawati Singh Prof. B. I. Guru Philosophical Foundations of Literary Theory: A Study in Relation to Nyaya, and Samkhya Systems of Philosophy and the Structuralist and Poststructuralist Movement in Art 2014 2020  
2 Ravi Bhatt Prof. B. I. Guru Buddhism, Marxism and Postmodernism: A Study in Relation to the Configuration of Knowledge, Experience and Reality 2015 2020  
3 Upasna Malik Prof. B. I. Guru Indian and European Myth Narratives: A Study in Relation to their Form and Structure 2016 2020  
4 Shakti Dixit Dr. Rashmi Singh  Emerson's Over-Soul and Aurobindo's Supermind as Reflected in Their Writings: A Comparative Study 2012 2019  
5 Ajeet Dehariya Prof. Nivedita Maitra The Subaltern In Indian Dalit Narratives: Roles, Responsibilities and Responses 2013 2019  
6 Shraddha Singh Prof. B. I. Guru Hegel, Kant and Indian Aesthetics: An Enquiry into the Origins of Universal and Absolutes in Artistic Formation 2014 2019  
7 Sachin Singh Prof. B. I. Guru Paradoxical Intentions and Modes of Convergence in Literary Theory: A Study in Relation to Discursive Formation in Indian Poetics and Modern European Theories 2014 2019  
8 Sonal Budhwani Dr. Vandana Rajoriya Philosophy of Life in Postmodern Science Fiction Films 2014 2019  
9 Shalini Kaushik Prof. B. I. Guru Aesthetics of Walt Disney Films: A Study in Relation to Feminist Categories and Conceptualisation 2016 2019  
10 Vaishali Jain Dr. Vandana Rajoriya Samuel Beckett and the Postmodern: A Study in Theory and Practice 2013 2018  
11 Shruti Dubey Prof. Nivedita Maitra Twentieth Century Political, Social and Cultural Transformations: A Study of Selected Women's Narratives of the Indian Subcontinent 2012 2016  
12 Shubha Mishra Dr. Rashmi Singh  Portrayal of Social Reality in Premchand's Fiction and its Visual Re-presentation: A Comparative Study  2012 2016