Dr. Ajanta Sircar

Designation : Professor Higher Academic Grade
School / Centre : School of Social Sciences and Languages
Department : English

Educational Details

Women”s College, Osmania University

B.A.,
English Literature
Graduated in 1988

University of Hyderabad

M.A.,
English Literature
Graduated in 1990

University of Ease Anglia, U.K.

Ph.D.,
Literary Theory
Graduated in 1997

Post Doctoral Experiences

CSSSC, Kolkatta, 1998-2001, IIAS, SHIMLA, 2006-9

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Literary Theory
  • Film Theory
  • Psychoanalysis
  • History & Pol of Mod India

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Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Framing the Nation: Languages of ‘Modernity in India Seagull Books UK in association with Chicago Univ. Press, January 2011. ISBN: 1906497303 2011
The Category of Children’s Cinema in India IIAS, Shimla, Oct. 2016, released as part of their “Golden Jubilee Series.” ISBN : 9789382396338 2016

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Hinduja Foundation Fellowship (1983-1985) to study at the U.W.C.S.E.A, Singapore.
  • Junior Research Fellowship for English awarded by the University Grants Commission of India, 1990-95
  • Awarded the Commonwealth Fellowship for a Ph.D. in English at the University of East Anglia, UK, 1993-1997.
  • Nominated by the ICCR/MEA, Govt. of India, as Chair, India Studies, at Georgetown University, Washington DC, August 2014 – June 2015.

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Editing a book with Dr Sreejith Varma for Routledge, Contagion Narratives of the Global South, (Dec 2022)