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Research interests

My research places the burgeoning critical theorisations around ethics and aesthetics of care in dialogue with socio-political protest movements, a context within which the relevance of caretaking is yet to be studied. It engages with select women-led social movements in India to examine the extent to which care played a principal role, both as a representative human practice as well as a form of political expression, to effect a radical re-imagination of non-violent protest organising and performance. It draws on the expanding body of work that connects the feminist materialist tradition of critical thinking on care with transformative ethics, politics and justice. Building on the phenomenology of care developed by prominent feminist care ethicists like Virginia Held, Sara Ruddick and Nel Noddings, my project argues that the values and practice of care existing within the domestic space can illuminate political interactions of disenfranchised communities with the State.

Teaching

I work as an Assistant Professor at Aligarh Muslim University (currently on a sabbatical) in the Department of English since November, 2016. I teach modules with a focus on Theatre, performance and Classical Indian Aesthetics to both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Courses designed, that are still running as a part of the syllabi:

  • Paper Code: EOM 3036, Title: Indian Aesthetics, MA English Literature, Semester I
  • Paper Code: EOB 665, Title: Indian and Western Aesthetics, BA English Literature, Semester VI
  • Paper 1, Elective, Title: Literature and Other Art Forms, BA English Literature, Semester V

Courses taught:

  • Reading English Drama (BA Semester II, ENBAMN2005)
  • An Introduction to the Study and Appreciation of Literature (BA Semester I, EOB155)
  • An Introduction to English Language (BA Semester I, EOB156)
  • World Classics (BA Semester II, EOB256)
  • English Poetry (BA Semester II, ENBAGE2006)
  • World Literature (BA Semester III, EOB356)

At the University of Manchester, I am working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the course Theatre & Performance 1 with course instructors Dr. Cara Berger and  Dr. Sam Čermák.

Further information

SCHOLARSHIPS / PROJECT GRANTS 

  • DramaHE (Drama in Higher Education) Postgraduate Research Support Scholarship, 2025
  • Commonwealth Masters’ Shared Scholarship, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Government of UK, 2021-22
  • School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Doctoral Scholarship (SALC), UoManchester, (2023-2027)
  • Zochonis Special Enterprise Grant, University of Manchester, 2024
  • Maulana Azad National Fellowship, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India, 2014  
  • University Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2009

AWARDS FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

  • University Gold Medal, BA English, Aligarh Muslim University, 2012     
  • Mumtaz Jahan Haider Memorial Medal for Academic Excellence, Aligarh Muslim University, 2012
  • Razia Khan Certificate of Merit, Aligarh Muslim University, 2012              
  • Shoa Fatima Merit Award, Aligarh Muslim University, 2011
  • Begum Roshan Mashood Award for Excellence in Writing, Aligarh Muslim University, 2011

BURSARIES / TRAVEL AWARDS

  • CISA Travel Award, Centre for India and South Asia, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2024 
  • SALC Doctoral Travel grant, University of Manchester, 2024
  • SALC Doctoral Travel grant, University of Manchester, 2025 
  • SALC Fieldwork Bursary, University of Manchester, 2024

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality

Education/Academic qualification

Bachelor of Arts, BA in English Literature (University Gold Medal), Aligarh Muslim University

Master of Arts, MA in English Literature, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Master of Arts, MA in Applied Theatre (Distinction), The University of Warwick

External positions

PGR, Executive Committee, Theatre and Performance Research Association

20242026

Research Assistant, The University of Warwick

Feb 2022Oct 2022

Assistant Professor, D/o English, Aligarh Muslim University

7 Nov 2016 → …

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