Dr. Nikhila Narayanan
MA, B.Ed, UGC-NET, PhD
Vidwan ID : 342222
Orcid ID : 0000-0002-3876-3543
BASIC INFORMATION:
- Name: Dr. Nikhila Narayanan
- Gender: Female
- Department : English
WORK EXPERIENCE :
- Joined the Department of English on 29/8/2017 and currently working in the same department.
Academic & Professional Affiliations
- Joined the Department of English on 29/8/2017 and currently working in the same department.
- Member Secretary, Student Grievance Redressal Committee, Patna Women’s College
- Member, Editorial Board, Roots International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches
- Member, Association for English Studies of India
Certifications & Online Courses (NPTEL)
- American Literature and Culture
- Indian Fiction in English
- Indian Writing in English
- Indian Poetry in English
- English Literature of the Romantic Period
- Modern Indian Writing in Translation
- Film Studies
- Indian Popular Culture
- Twentieth century fiction
Research Supervision
- Supervises undergraduate and Post graduate students on research on topics related to literature and literary theory
Conference Presentations
- Presented papers at various national and international-level conferences
Publication :
- Narayanan, Nikhila. “The Rhetoric of the Rebel: Reading the Poems of Meena Kandasamy.” LangLit, vol. II, no. 4, May 2025, pp. 22–26.
- Narayanan, Nikhila. “Food, Caste and Everyday Life: Reading Culinary Narrative in Contemporary Dalit Literature.” Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL), vol. 13, no. 4, Oct.–Dec. 2025, pp. 206–210.
- Narayanan, Nikhila. “The Culinary Trope: A Cultural Study of Don’t Run My Love.” International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research (IJMER), vol. 14, no. 4(5), Apr. 2025, pp. 20–23.
- Narayanan, Nikhila. “The Eye of the Mind: Negotiating Science, Faith and Enlightenment in The Country of the Blind.” Advanced International Journal for Research (AIJFR), vol. 6, no. 6, Nov.–Dec. 2025, pp. 1–5.
- Contours of the Past: Memory and Identity in Easterine Kire’s Don’t Run, My Love. Sahityasetu. Year 11, Issue 4, Continuous Issue 64, July-Aug 2021.
- Tropes of Trauma: Reading Katherine Mansfield’s The Fly. Langlitt. Vol 8, Issue 2, Nov 2021.
- Existential Self in Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq. The Criterion.Vol.12, Issue 4. August2021
- Constructed Female Identities: A Study of Popular Bollywood Film Songs. The Criterion.Vol.13, Issue 2. April 2022.
