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 |