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The major research groups in the department are focused along the following disciplinary/ interdisciplinary tracks:

1. Literature, Linguistics and Cultural Studies
2. Philosophy
3. Psychology
4. Sociology
5. Economics

The following table lists the members of the faculty and their specific research areas.

1. Literature, Linguistics and Cultural studies
Faculty Area of Interest
Dr. Vidya Sarveswaran
Associate Professor
Ecocriticism, Environmental Humanities, Blue Humanities, Literatures of the Anthropocene, and Documentary filmmaking
Dr. Anupama Mohan
Associate Professor
Indian Ocean Studies; Working class literature; Transmodernity and Literature; Environmental Humanities; History of Ideas
Dr. Parichay Patra
Assistant Professor
Film Studies: Transnational Cinema, Indian New Wave, The Global 1968, Film Aesthetics
Dr. Natasa Thoudam
Assistant Professor
Literary Studies, Gender Studies, Religious Studies, Comic Studies, Performance Studies, Digital Humanities and their intersections focused on India's Northeast (Manipur)
Dr. Gurujegan Murugesan
Assistant Professor
Theoretical/Formal Linguistics, Syntax.
Dr. Tonisha Guin
Assistant Professor
Knowledge systems in Global South, Decoloniality, Identity Studies, Space Studies, New Media Issues
Dr. Sreedevi D
Assistant Professor
Sensory Studies; Literary and Critical Theory; Senses and Writing; Touch and Aesthetics
Dr. Kanak Yadav
Faculty Associate
Literature and Cities, Dalit Literature, Indian English Writing and the Postcolonial Anglophone Novel
2. Philosophy
Prof. Chhanda Chakraborti
Visiting Professor
Bioethics, Public Health Ethics, CSR and Business Ethics; Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Logic
Dr. K. J. George
Associate Professor
Philosophy: Applied Ethics, Ethics of Technology, Bioethics
Dr. V. Hari Narayan
Associate Professor
Philosophy: Cognitive Studies, Evolutionary Theory, Analytic Philosophy and Mindfulness
3. Psychology
Dr. Ankita Sharma
Associate Professor
Psychology: Gerontology, Clinical and Positive Psychology
Dr. Suman Dhaka
Assistant Professor
Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology; Sleep and Cognition
4. Sociology
Dr. Farhat Naz
Associate Professor
Natural Resource Management; Water Governance; Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender
Dr. Prasenjeet Tribhuvan
Assistant Professor
Anthropology of Material Objects, STS studies in Sociology, Political Ecology, Tourism and Youth Subcultures
Dr. Rachel Philip
Assistant Professor
Sociology of Education; Education Policy; Childhood Studies; Social Stratification; Science, Technology, Society Studies
5. Economics
Dr. Alok Ranjan
Assistant Professor
Public Health, Universal Health Coverage, Health System
Dr. Ruhi Sonal
Assistant Professor
Decision theory, Social Networks, Bounded Rationality.
Dr. Akanksha Choudhary
Assistant Professor
Development Economics, Education and Health Economics, Unfair inequalities, Public Policy and Gender Studies
Dr. Gopakumar K U
Assistant Professor
Structural Macroeconomic Modelling, Developmental Studies, Applied Econometrics